Students discuss goals for after spring break
Shamaine Ware, Contributing Writer
March 18, 2019
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Students on campus shared how they plan to finish the last 6 weeks of the semester. Demetria Joiner, a junior majoring in management, said her goals for the rest of the semester are to finish her classes, go to work and complete all of her extracurricular activities. “I plan on meeting my academi...
Awards for Excellence applications due Friday
Analicia Haynes, Editor-in-Chief
March 18, 2019
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Applications for Booth Library’s Awards for Excellence in Student Research and Creativity are due by noon on Friday. Beth Heldebrandt, the public relations director for Booth Library, said any undergraduate or graduate student in any major could submit their research paper, project, art project, pr...
UB to host ‘Pixelpalooza’ video game tournament
Analicia Haynes, Editor-in-Chief
March 18, 2019
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For the first time in five years the University Board will be partnering with Eastern’s Gamer’s Guild and the ESports Club (both are registered student organizations) to host the 5th annual video game tournament. “Pixelpalooza” will be from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday in the University Ballroom of...
City Council to vote on ordinance limiting businesses’ gambling areas
Corryn Brock, Associate News Editor
March 18, 2019
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The Charleston City Council will vote on amending title 3-3-13 and approving the city budget among other items during its Tuesday meeting at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall. Title 3-3-13 deals with the conditions and regulations on licenses. The amendment will add language under section F of the title, which pert...
Fall, Summer 2019 classes registration available for grads
Staff Report
March 18, 2019
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Registration for both Fall and Summer 2019 semesters is currently available for graduates and post-baccalaureates. For seniors and priority students, registration for fall and summer classes begins March 25; for juniors, it begins April 1; for sophomores and freshmen, it begins April 8. For fall cl...
Secretary of state services available Tuesday morning
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March 18, 2019
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Secretary of state mobile services are available Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Bridge Lounge of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. These are the services available Tuesday, according to Secretary of State Jesse White: • Driver’s license (renewal, replacement and correctio...
Eastern’s ‘Trash Man’: Student picks up litter, trash all over campus
Analicia Haynes, Editor-in-Chief
March 18, 2019
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A McDonald’s plastic cup, some pieces of paper, a bottle cap and a condom wrapper were some of the things junior history major Brian Welch picked up and threw away on his commute to the Taylor Hall Dining Center Monday night. This is not the first time Welch picked up trash on campus. “Every...
Not all that it’s made out to be: Students are told to avoid ‘honors society’ emails
Analicia Haynes, Editor-in-Chief
March 17, 2019
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Just a click of a button in an email would activate an Honor Society membership that promises a slew of “featured privileges” like “exclusive” scholarship listings, full access to “career insider guide books,” dental, vision and health discount plans and dining discounts at 18,000 restaurant...
Faculty Senate to talk Think Tank project
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March 17, 2019
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The Faculty Senate will hear presentations from three guest speakers and will continue discussion for the Think Tank project at its Tuesday meeting. The meeting will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 4440 of Booth Library. English professor Jeannie Ludlow; Paul McCann, the interim vice president of busine...
Doudna to feature ‘One-Woman Show’ Thursday
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March 17, 2019
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Kate Tombaugh, a Mezzo-soprano opera performer, will present her one-woman show, “It Just Takes One” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Doudna Fine Arts Center Black Box Theater. Tombaugh wrote the show, which is a musical that features only herself, about her, “roller-coaster ride” embarking on a career i...
University Board to host 2 events this week
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March 17, 2019
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The University Board will host “Pixelpalooza” on Tuesday and “The Pink Passion” on Friday. “Pixelpalooza” is a video game tournament and enters its fifth year. It is cohosted by the Gamer’s Guild and Esports. It will be from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the University Ballroom of the Martin Luther King...
Students unload, reflect after spring break week
Katelyn Eddington, Contributing Writer
March 17, 2019
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Eastern students coming back from spring break found time to relax, be adventurous and prepare for the final stretch of the semester. Dymine Dorsey, an Andrews resident and desk assistant and senior English major, said she went to New Orleans a week after Mardi Gras with two friends. Dorsey and her fr...
