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Former Illinois resident Michael Hoadley joins Eastern's faculty under the newly created position of assistant vice president for academic affairs for technology.

On that lonely drive into Charleston, students making their way back to school may have noticed that the vacant businesses were still vacant.

Three out of the four colleges at Eastern's campus are under new leadership.

The university and the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps will honor one of Illinois' top military officers at 5 p.m. tonight behind Old Main.

The Student Senate has yet to approve a Charleston City Council liaison, as the senate member originally appointed for that position had to resign from the senate.

Bill Feltt was planning on spending his first few days on campus meeting new students, perfecting syllabuses and learning how to view Eastern from a teacher's perspective.

The Daily Eastern News will publish a special section on Sept. 11 to commemorate the events of last year. As part of the special section we are holding an essay contest. The top six entries will run in the special section, and others will be added to The Daily Eastern News online edition. Sept. 11 essays should be about a personal experience, or emotion experienced in relation to the events of September 2001. Entries can be entered, care of Shauna Gustafson, at 1811 Buzzard Hall, or via e-mail to slgustafson @eiu.edu. All entries should be 300 words or less, and all entries must be entered by 4 p.m. on Sept. 3.

Over 100 students flocked in to the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union Wednesday night for Ben Gleiberman's comical, yet educational seminar "Making College Count."

Students from other cities and countries can feel uncomfortable during their first few weeks at Eastern. Jemisha Samuels, a sophomore computer information systems major, encountered difficulty when she began attending Eastern last year.

Charleston Community Theater will host a rare open audition from 8 to 9 p.m. tonight at What's Cookin' restaurant, 409 Seventh St.

Construction on the new Doudna Fine Arts Center will start with the removal of asbestos in September, but future steps have not been set in stone.