With a new laundry room and jail cell taking over an old courtroom, the Coles County Detention Center is more immediately equipped and accommodated to handle the overcrowding of inmates as a result of the "methamphetamine crisis."

Charlotte Martin grew up in Charleston and graduated from Eastern, but her career has since taken her to new heights and new experiences well beyond central Illinois.

What do you get when you put a big city girl in a small, Central Illinois town? One hilarious stand-up comedy act.

The Graduate School Advisory Council begins each school year with expenses exceeding its budget. So Mike Rudy, GSAC president and political science major, proposed to the Student Senate Wednesday a raise of the fee for full-time graduate students to $1.

After two terms as a state representative, Dale Righter is looking to represent central Illinois in the state senate.

Administrators will now have to consider two resolutions that passed in the Student Senate last week recommending changing the university's Honors Program to an Honors College and involving students more in the faculty hiring process.

Everclear's performance Saturday night came together with few problems, paving the way for the University Board to bring more mainstream bands to campus.

The plan to bring in a federal mediator to aid negotiations between the University Professionals of Illinois, Eastern's faculty union, and the administration has generated mainly favorable reactions from faculty members.

Snoopy in his doghouse, a multi-car train, the "chick magnet" and a replica of the painting American Gothic were just a few of the costumes displayed at the annual Kiwanis Halloween parade Saturday on the Square.

Art Alexakis, the lead singer of Everclear, walked out onto the Lantz Arena stage Saturday night, smiled, and yelled "Are you guys ready to rock?"

Administrators will now have to consider two resolutions that passed in the Student Senate last week recommending changing the university's Honors Program to an Honors College and involving students more in the faculty hiring process.

Administrators believe a callback of university funds from the state is likely this year.