Spring Break
Campus Briefs: State legislators visit campus
Issue date: 4/24/09 Section: News
A forum featuring Illinois state legislators will be at 4 p.m. today in Buzzard Hall Auditorium.
The legislators coming to campus will include Sen. Dale Righter, R-Mattoon; Rep. Chapin Rose, R-Mahomet; Rep. Roger Eddy, R-Hutsonville; Rep. Brandon Phelps, D-Norris City; Rep. Dennis Reboletti, R-Addison; and Rep. Robert Flider, D-Mount Zion.
The legislators will participate in an open forum-style discussion, titled "Challenges for Illinois in a Time of Uncertainty."
The audience will have an opportunity to ask questions
The event sponsored by the Political Science Association in conjunction with the political science department and the Office of External Relations.
Saturn in view at observatory open house
The public is invited to view Saturn during Eastern's observatory open house at 8:30 p.m. today.
If skies are clear, attendees will also be able to view some globular clusters, which are groups of stars that orbit galactic cores.
The open house is part of Eastern's celebration of the International Year of Astronomy, which commemorates the 400th anniversary of Galileo's use of a telescope to study the skies, Kepler's publication of "Astronomia Nova" and other historic events in science
The observatory houses a 16-inch telescope and is located southwest of the Campus Pond.
For more information, call the physics department at 581-3220.
Sixth Annual Memorial Walk/Run
The sixth annual Run for Shannon McNamara will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Campus Pond Pavilion and Panther Trail. McNamara was an Eastern student who was murdered during the summer of 2001. While at Eastern, she was a physical education major, a student worker at the Student Recreation Center and a member of the Alpha Phi Sorority.
Check-in begins at 1 p.m., and the run/walk starts at 2 p.m.
The cost is $15. All proceeds go toward the Shannon McNamara Scholarship, which is awarded to a kinesiology and sports studies major.
For more information, contact Meaghan Clavey at mtclavey@eiu.edu.
-Compiled by Associate News Editor Emily Zulz
The legislators coming to campus will include Sen. Dale Righter, R-Mattoon; Rep. Chapin Rose, R-Mahomet; Rep. Roger Eddy, R-Hutsonville; Rep. Brandon Phelps, D-Norris City; Rep. Dennis Reboletti, R-Addison; and Rep. Robert Flider, D-Mount Zion.
The legislators will participate in an open forum-style discussion, titled "Challenges for Illinois in a Time of Uncertainty."
The audience will have an opportunity to ask questions
The event sponsored by the Political Science Association in conjunction with the political science department and the Office of External Relations.
Saturn in view at observatory open house
The public is invited to view Saturn during Eastern's observatory open house at 8:30 p.m. today.
If skies are clear, attendees will also be able to view some globular clusters, which are groups of stars that orbit galactic cores.
The open house is part of Eastern's celebration of the International Year of Astronomy, which commemorates the 400th anniversary of Galileo's use of a telescope to study the skies, Kepler's publication of "Astronomia Nova" and other historic events in science
The observatory houses a 16-inch telescope and is located southwest of the Campus Pond.
For more information, call the physics department at 581-3220.
Sixth Annual Memorial Walk/Run
The sixth annual Run for Shannon McNamara will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Campus Pond Pavilion and Panther Trail. McNamara was an Eastern student who was murdered during the summer of 2001. While at Eastern, she was a physical education major, a student worker at the Student Recreation Center and a member of the Alpha Phi Sorority.
Check-in begins at 1 p.m., and the run/walk starts at 2 p.m.
The cost is $15. All proceeds go toward the Shannon McNamara Scholarship, which is awarded to a kinesiology and sports studies major.
For more information, contact Meaghan Clavey at mtclavey@eiu.edu.
-Compiled by Associate News Editor Emily Zulz
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