Last year the Student Senate executive board members in office were campaigning, they made a number of promises. It is said that promises are like pie crusts: easily made and easily broken, and Eastern students watched a sorry pastry crumble this week.

The athletic department named five former Eastern athletes to be inducted into the Eastern Hall of Fame.

Spring is a time for new beginnings. The smell of newly grown flowers will soon fill the air and the vacant branches on trees will be covered with fresh leaves.

Eastern's women's tennis team is taking its four-match winning streak into its match against Butler Tuesday.

Eastern women's golf squad played its way into contention Monday going into the final round of the Butler Spring Invitational at Preswick Country Club.

Eastern baseball will travel to the Gateway of the West to face the Saint Louis Bilikens (5-10, 0-6) in another non-conference match-up.

Eastern wrestler Pat Dowty ended his junior season Friday morning by losing to red-shirt freshman Tom Clum of Wisconsin in the 133-pound consolation bracket.

There have already been some great games in the NCAA tournament this year.

Saturday's baseball games against Saint Xavier became Eastern's home opener after the original outing against Indiana State was rained out last Wednesday.

A barrage of extra base hits from Western Illinois enabled the Westerwinds to hand the Panthers two losses in Saturday's double-header in Macomb.

Hopes of a positive outcome in the Eastern softball team's home-opener were washed away by a solid Indiana State pitching performance in game one and a weather cancellation in game two.

While many watch the over-rated teams flop in the NCAA tournament this weekend they should take heed and watch the bombs drop.