As students begin settling into a campus void of the renovated library they were promised, some are feeling disappointed while others are just keeping their sights on opening day.

Though moving into the newly renovated Booth Library began on Jan. 3, student workers who were hired to move the books are instead on the sidelines watching like the rest of the campus.

While the Chicago Bears managed to bring home their first division title since 1990, local fans will have a harder time bringing home team merchandise.

Numerous construction projects that have changed the face of Eastern's campus will be wrapping up in the coming weeks.

Spring semester will mark the onset of the revamping of Eastern's teacher education requirements and structure, affecting nearly 2,700 students at the university that produces the second largest amount of teachers in Illinois.

Over semester break, the Subway on Lincoln Avenue was robbed at gunpoint, marking a rare occurrence of such a violent robbery in Charleston.

Charleston bars as of Jan. 13 will be able to sell liquor between 11 a.m and 11 p.m. on Sundays because of an ordinance the Charleston City Council passed during winter break.

Despite continuous affirmations, Booth Library will not open at the start of this semester. In addition, the new food court schedule has been delayed, but is still on target to open this month.

The capital murder trial for Anthony B. Mertz, the Eastern student charged with strangling fellow student Shannon McNamara to death June 12, has been pushed back three months while additional charges were filed Thursday.

To the sounds of cheering, applause and air horns, approximately 750 students received their Eastern degrees during commencement ceremonies Saturday in Lantz Arena.

To the sounds of cheering, applause and air horns, approximately 750 students received their Eastern degrees during commencement ceremonies Saturday in Lantz Arena.

Taking a trip back in time to fireplace cooking and hand-made Christmas ornaments, this past weekend's Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site event gave Eastern students and area residents the chance to see what the holidays were like in the 1800s.