The intimate crowd was on its feet, arms waving in the air, and they were connecting with the Lord as much as they were with the live music.

How to make the most of the college experience is the focus of today's seminar "Making College Count."

After a few years of negotiating with Eastern to lease the former location of Coffee Express, Keith Bliss' Java Beanery & Bakery is finally coming into fruition in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union sometime before Labor Day.

An Eastern Illinois University faculty member was attacked Tuesday at the southwest corner of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union, police said.

Faculty Senate members voiced their concerns about last year's unsuccessful presidential search, saying confidentiality left them in the dark.

Petitions circulated the campus as the 2001-02 school year ended and students left with the possibility of Fox Ridge State Park closing because of state budget cuts.

Bill Davidson, Speaker of the Student Senate, has what he calls some "lofty goals" for himself and the senate in the coming year, but he says they are up to the task.

Students may soon be able to pass up the lines in the Thomas Hall dining room.

Students can learn more about a new program that guarantees to get freshmen out of college in four years at an information session at 8 p.m. tonight in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

Though Eastern's campus is small, some students depend on cars, rides, their driver's licenses.

The Black Student Union will be hosting an array of activities for the entire campus to enjoy throughout this week.

As Jalal Williams boarded the shuttle bus this morning en route to the Art Center housed at the former IGA, he started making plans to take a second trip on the Panther Express after class.