Eastern has enrolled a record 2,751 freshmen this fall, 593 more than last year and the largest increase in the university's history, according to an official report released by the university Wednesday.

It was a night of song and spirituality.

The Illinois 2002 Teacher of the Year and Eastern alumnus Robert Grimm will speak at 7 p.m. tonight in Buzzard Auditorium.

About 800 students, faculty and staff along with Charleston community members gathered Wednesday night in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union to memorialize the people who tragically lost their lives in last year's terrorist attacks.

A Weller Hall student pleaded guilty Tuesday to possession of child pornography and will be sentenced Nov. 7.

Mary Anne Hanner, dean of the college of sciences, has asked the council on academic affairs to designate 13 biology courses as writing intensive.

The Apportionment Board will meet with the boards it funds at its first meeting at 7 p.m. at the Arcola-Tuscola Room today.

It is nearly impossible to find anyone who didn't look at the world differently after Sept. 11.

To accommodate for the increase in freshmen enrollment this fall, several academic departments increased class sizes, added more sections and hired new faculty. While that was a successful effort in the eyes of some faculty, others have expressed concern that the overload of students has put academic quality at risk.

In an attempt to motivate senators to fulfill their diversity requirement in a timely and high-spirited manner, the Student Senate is strictly adhering to recent changes in its diversity bylaw.

The university-community party noise committee will soon revisit the issue of a noise ordinance that was tested last academic year.

Sept. 11, 2001 started out as a seemingly peaceful, beautiful late summer morning that resulted in the tragic loss of nearly 3,000 lives.