A Kent State University professor will visit Eastern's campus Thursday to speak about ongoing controversial issues erupting in Africa.

In honor of Women's History Month, the Women's Resource Center will show the award winning film,"Vagabond," and lead a discussion following the movie.

Eastern presidential candidate Phillip Conn told members of the campus community Wednesday that he intends to spend much time "strengthening Eastern's statewide political base and building community ties," in part to alleviate funding problems from a suffering state economy.

Even though Booth Library's atrium was planned to be the last project completed in the now open facility, the final obstacle to overcome is the south entrance, an undertaking that reportedly delayed Booth's original opening this semester.

Tina Leonard of the Counseling Center told students they had control over their own fates at a seminar called "Feeling Good is a Gift to Yourself" last night at the Martin Luther King, Jr. University Union.

The military science department is bringing in a graduate to speak about roles for women in the military Thursday.

Credit requirements may increase for students hoping to graduate with a foreign language minor if the Council on Academic Affairs approves the request Thursday.

The Charleston School Board met Wednesday and discussed staffing proposals, including cutting as many as five teaching jobs, to deal with budget cuts.

The University Board's proposed $5 per-semester concert fee was approved Wednesday by the Student Senate.

Eastern's marketing committee recently introduced new banners to welcome visitors to campus and is organizing focus groups in an effort to attract more students to Eastern. The new blue welcome banners are being hung high on several lamp posts on campus to welcome the presidential candidates, Jill Nilsen, vice president for external relations, said Wednesday.

Attorney General Jim Ryan will face off against U.S. Rep. Rod Blagojevich in the race for the next Illinois governor.

The second of three Eastern presidential candidates will make his impression on various university groups when he visits campus Wednesday and Thursday.