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.

The search for the new dean of the Lumpkin College of Business and Applied Sciences continues Wednesday, with the second of four candidates visiting campus.

Daniel Innis, candidate for the open dean of the Lumpkin College of Business and Applied Sciences position, was asked Thursday how his experience would transfer to Eastern.

Several Charleston landlords have readily agreed to have their properties inspected over spring break, Mayor Dan Cougill said at Thursday's External Relations Committee meeting Tuesday night.

The second candidate for dean of the College of Sciences, Edward L. Kick, expressed the importance of good teaching during his open-session interview with faculty and other interested parties on Tuesday.