Clay Hall residents will have to find an alternative place to drop their suitcases in the fall. Clay Hall will close when classes end in May because the university is remodeling the dormitory. The hall will reopen in August 2008, according to Kenna Middleton, the university housing director.… Post the First Comment

Main Street in Richmond is a popular and busy place, but, sometimes, traffic can be hectic and parking can be scarce. SGA and the city of Richmond have partnered together to provide an alternative to this situation. Ground was broken Wednesday on the Colonel Path, a public walkway which will provide students a new mode of travel from campus to downtown.… Post the First Comment

Taking a trip on one of Eastern's shuttle buses may be a more stylish plan of action in the near future. With the help of the Student Government Association and the university, one student will receive the opportunity to give the buses a makeover. SGA recently held a contest for students to share their creative visions by submitting a new design for the shuttle buses and the top three designs have been chosen.… Post the First Comment

Tomorrow is a big day for Eastern students. Hundreds will log onto their EKU Direct accounts and ponder whether or not it's worth it. Should they withdraw from the class just to escape that terrible professor who insists they be in their desk every Tuesday and Thursday morning? Should they try to stick it out and end up with a D anyway? A W on a student's record stands for withdrawal, and tomorrow is the last day students can withdraw from a class.… Post the First Comment

Many Eastern students could soon be scrambling to find another way to pay for college. The reason: President Bush's new budget proposal calls for the elimination of the Perkins Loan, which has long been used by college students to help foot their bill for school.… Post the First Comment

Typical gender rules are changing. And Eastern may be moving in the same direction. Over 30 colleges and universities, including Harvard, Brown and Dartmouth, have adopted two new housing arrangements called gender-neutral and gender-blind housing. Gender-neutral housing allows students to not identify with a specific gender when applying for on-campus housing.… Post the First Comment

Picture this: you walk into the community bathroom of your dormitory to take a shower when you hear a familiar voice singing in the shower next to yours. Come to find out, that voice belongs to the guy down the hall, who happens to be your English professor.… Post the First Comment

The campus services that repair your broken toilet and blown light bulb have undergone a few changes. Eastern's former facilities services director, James Street, was recently appointed as executive director of capital planning and facilities management. Rich Middleton, former associate facilities services director, was named director of facilities services to replace Street.… Post the First Comment

Facebook has been know for making and breaking relationships. But Facebook could do more than that. It could help determine the president of the United States. Alban Holyoke, president of EKU Democrats, said college students are an important demographic in the political arena.… Post the First Comment

It's becoming cool to do something nice for someone else. Just look around, said Mike Austin, a philosophy professor at Eastern, and witness all the many charitable organizations that dot the landscape, all dependent on peoples' compassion for others. "It's the hot virtue to have," Austin said.… 3 Comments

There's a chance Eastern's wallet might get a little heavier in the next few weeks. But that chance is getting smaller each day. A state bill that would restore millions of dollars to universities has passed in the House, but has yet to pass in the Senate.… Post the First Comment

Sex offenders will be required to provide more information when Bill 65 takes effect. This bill will amend a previous bill to include electronic mail address and any instant messaging, chat or other Internet communication name identities to the list of information a sex offender has to provide.… Post the First Comment

ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Be careful about doing someone a favor when you don't know the full story behind the request. Don't rely on someone's unsubstantiated assurances. Insist on all the facts before you act. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) That workplace problem still needs your attention before you can finally close the book on it.…

2007 Guitar Festival On Saturday and Sunday, Eastern is hosting it's Guitar Festival. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, there will be a guitar clinic hosted in Foster Room 100. The clinic will feature sessions on rhythm accuracy, the CAGED system, fingerboard visualization, guitar maintenaince, wiring and many more.…

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? Thursday 8:30 p.m. Chautauqua Lecture Series "So Whose Responsibility Is It?" in the SSB O'Donnell Auditorium. ? Friday Last day to withdraw from classes and receive a W. ? Saturday 12 p.m. Women's tennis vs. Samford at Martin Hall courts. Baseball vs.…