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The Ask a Student Senator segment is a bi-weekly question and answer article with a Student Senate member on various topics. Matt Pickham, a senior sociology major with a criminology minor, is this week's senate member. Pickham is a first-semester senate member and a member of the Committee on Constitution revisions. (0) comments
After the two-day H1N1 vaccine clinic, 1,000 doses remain, according to Sheila Baker, medical director for Health Service. Health Service will have another clinic from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday in the University Ballroom in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. (2) comments
The federal commitment of $1.1 billion and the work of the FutureGen Alliance bolsters U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin's confidence about the FutureGen plant's pending arrival to Mattoon in the distant future. Durbin, D-Ill., said in a press conference Friday at Mattoon that the U. (0) comments
The FutureGen Alliance remains confident that an electricity purchase agreement can be made with the State of Illinois. The proposed deal could result in savings for Illinois taxpayers. Lawrence Pacheco, a spokesperson for the Alliance, said they hoped the Illinois General Assembly would have approved a deal that would allow the state to purchase its electricity solely from FutureGen by the end of its veto session, which concluded in October. (0) comments
The next phase of the vice president for university advance search kicks off today with Pamela Christman's visit to campus. Christman is one of four final candidates invited to participate in a series of on-campus interviews, starting with a meeting with President Bill Perry. (0) comments
People in the United States are struggling now more than ever before. Many may think that the problem of hunger is overseas, yet in reality it is in the local community, said Amanda Messinger, community service coordinator in the Student Community Service Office. (0) comments
Preparing for a disaster can be as easy as a simple click. Eastern students can measure their readiness for certain natural disasters, contagious disease outbreaks, hazardous material accidents or terrorism incidents through a survey being distributed on campus through Panthermail. (0) comments
Shakespeare's romantic-comedic tale of an exiled Duke and his daughter marooned on an idyllic mysterious island haunted by spirits and sprites will play at 7 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, and at 2 p.m. Sunday in The Theatre of the Doudna Fine Arts Center. (0) comments
In the energy center article in Thursday's edition of The Daily Eastern News, the date of the groundbreaking ceremony was mislabeled. It will take place Friday, Nov. 20. In Wednesday's edition of The DEN, Jocelyn Tipton was misidentified. She is an associate professor. (0) comments
The 20th annual EIU Literature Conference "Re-encountering Shakespeare" will have two free lectures open to the public today at the Recital Hall in the Doudna Fine Arts Center. Scholarly professors Alexandra Bennett and Don-John Dugas will deliver the lectures, said English professor David Raybin. (1) comment
For an aspiring author, there may be no other career more lucrative than writing for film. Every year producers receive scripts by the thousand, each averaging about 120 pages, from those who dare enough to follow their muse. Of those thousands, a major Hollywood Studio buys only about 400 screenplays, and then proceeds to make around 10 films per year. (0) comments
