Why didn't we wait? We wouldn't have been any worse off. We're really not better off now. In fact, we're probably worse off now. Possibly, in the end, the ribbon cutting ceremony will be held sooner than it would have if we had waited, but it's late already. Did anyone consider if it would have been better to just suck it up and wait a little longer, that as bad as it is, it just might have been better?

The University Board and a committee of other student representatives is looking to renovate Seventh Street Underground when the temporary food court is moved out this semester.

If the proposed University Board concert fee of $5 per semester gets through a long approval process by April, it will be implemented by next year, Caleb Judy, University Board vice chair, said Monday.

If the proposed University Board concert fee of $5 per semester gets through a long approval process by April, it will be implemented by next year, Caleb Judy, University Board vice chair, said Monday.

The Charleston City Council will meet Tuesday night to discuss possibly passing an ordinance that will allow spending $22,000 in tax increment financing funds for work to be done on The Station, 613 Monroe Ave.

Anthony B. Mertz is scheduled to be the first capital murder suspect tried in Coles County since a U.S. Supreme Court decision changed the way prosecutors charge suspects in cases were they intend to seek a more severe sentence.

A plane crashed at Coles County Memorial Airport on Sunday morning because of engine troubles; however, no one was injured.

The university has lowered the heat in campus housing to try to save money to make up for the $2.3 million in state-funding cutbacks that have been proposed by the governor.

Local bars enjoyed a calm and small crowd the first Sunday the new liquor ordinance passed by the Charleston City Council went into effect.

This year's graduating class will be facing a different dilemma then the last several years of graduates - fewer job offers and lower starting salaries, a result of America's dwindling economy.

Only three applications have been received thus far for the 11 open positions on Student Senate, leaving the governing body with a third of its seats vacant.

The Council on Academic Affairs Thursday voted against rescheduling fall commencement, contradicting a proposal made by the president and supported by the Student Senate.