Campus Briefs: No parking during Homecoming Parade
Issue date: 10/16/08 Section: News
Parking will temporarily not be allowed Saturday along the Homecoming Parade Route.
From 3 a.m. to noon, parking will not be allowed on Monroe and Jackson avenues between Sixth and Seventh streets, on Sixth Street from Monroe to Lincoln avenues and on Seventh Street from Monroe to Grant avenues.
Parking along with through traffic will be banned from 3 a.m. to noon on Grant Avenue between Seventh and Ninth streets. Johnson Avenue will also be closed to traffic between Seventh and Ninth streets for the parade staging.
Parking will not be allowed in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union parking lot, the Student Service parking lot, the Blair Hall parking lot and both the North and South X parking lots.
Vehicles parked on the streets or in the parking lots will be towed at the owner's expense.
Fundraiser hosted for children coats
The psychology department is hosting a fundraiser this week and next week for local underprivileged children. The department is collecting money to purchase coats, which will be donated to the Salvation Army in Mattoon.
Donations can be turned in to the department office in the Physical Science Building. Next week the department will collect money by the Food Court in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
Secretary of State services visit campus
The Illinois Secretary of State mobile services will visit campus from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday in the Bridge Lounge of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
The group will offer renewals to students' driver's licenses and Illinois ID cards. The group will also conduct vehicle sticker sales, vehicle registration and other services. For more information, visit cyberdriveillinois.com.
- Compiled by Associate News Editor Matt Hopf
From 3 a.m. to noon, parking will not be allowed on Monroe and Jackson avenues between Sixth and Seventh streets, on Sixth Street from Monroe to Lincoln avenues and on Seventh Street from Monroe to Grant avenues.
Parking along with through traffic will be banned from 3 a.m. to noon on Grant Avenue between Seventh and Ninth streets. Johnson Avenue will also be closed to traffic between Seventh and Ninth streets for the parade staging.
Parking will not be allowed in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union parking lot, the Student Service parking lot, the Blair Hall parking lot and both the North and South X parking lots.
Vehicles parked on the streets or in the parking lots will be towed at the owner's expense.
Fundraiser hosted for children coats
The psychology department is hosting a fundraiser this week and next week for local underprivileged children. The department is collecting money to purchase coats, which will be donated to the Salvation Army in Mattoon.
Donations can be turned in to the department office in the Physical Science Building. Next week the department will collect money by the Food Court in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
Secretary of State services visit campus
The Illinois Secretary of State mobile services will visit campus from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday in the Bridge Lounge of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
The group will offer renewals to students' driver's licenses and Illinois ID cards. The group will also conduct vehicle sticker sales, vehicle registration and other services. For more information, visit cyberdriveillinois.com.
- Compiled by Associate News Editor Matt Hopf
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