The workshop "Boys Get Angry, Girls Get Sad" talked about the way males and females interact amongst each other.

The first of two Apportionment Board meetings dedicated to budget presentations for student-fee funded boards will take place Thursday.

This letter is in response to Paul Franklin's letter about wanting a coffee house. I, too, felt this town needed a little kick of caffeine, a place where students could kick back with books, jazz music playing softly in the background while they sipped their mocha caramel latte. Well, my friend, I found a solution. It may not be 24 hours, but it makes me feel more at home. This place is Jitters and Bliss, located next to Papa John's in the strip mall across from Gateway Liquors (these being landmarks I'm sure many students are aware of). While Common Grounds was a wonderful weekend place I used to frequent, Jitters has become a place I can study at, bring friends to just sit and talk, and it is within walking distance. The owner is friendly and there are drink specials every day of the week (coffee drinks, that it). I suggest you try Jitters. It's been there for over a year and even advertises in this very paper. If you're reading this and thinking, "But I don't like coffee, and what the heck is a steamer?" Try Jitter's ice cream. This "po-dunk Main Street Illinois town" does have a coffee house, and I highly recommend it!

Friday has been designated "Business Day" by Eastern's School of Business.

Eastern's theater department will perform "Master Harold and the Boys" as the first play in its "Talk Back" series Wednesday through Sunday at the Main Stage Theater.

The Eastern men's basketball team goes on the road for the last time during the regular season Tuesday night at 7 p.m. against Southeast Missouri State.

The Illinois Board of Higher Education has chosen Daniel J. LaVista, McHenry County College president, to replace Keith Sanders as its executive director.

The director of the African American Studies program will lecture Wednesday at the Tarble Arts Center about how the black community was impacted Coles County over the last 100 years.

Digging has stopped in the South Quad and students will soon travel campus without tall fences lining the walkway once warmer weather sets in.

This Wednesday Governor George Ryan will break the silence about state budget problems, delivering the State of the Budget Address and potentially revealing whether cuts to Eastern's budget will only happen this year or come out of its base funding.

Faculty Senate members raised issues about the new President's Cabinet, a project that brings together a group of area leaders with interim President Lou Hencken to work on community concerns.

Three Apportionment Board allocations and a bill supporting the university influence area portion of the Unified Development Code are on the agenda for Wednesday's Student Senate meeting.