News Briefs
Disco era fashion show raises
money for the homeless
Go back to the '60s for one night.
On April 14, students from the visual merchandising class in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences are hosting the "Peace, Love and Fashion" fashion show and benefit.…
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Fountain of Youth
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UWR: Will it pass or fail?Proposed change could make UWR obsolete for future graduates
Students dread it. But the CARES report requires it. Now, it might be terminated.
The council on academic affairs approved Thursday a proposal to discontinue the university writing requirement (UWR) at Eastern.
The UWR is an English essay exam that Eastern students must pass to graduate with a baccalaureate degree.…
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Students hunt eggs for prizes
Easter came eight days early for some Eastern students.
On Saturday, some students participated in the Second Annual Eastern Eggstravaganza.
The festivities were scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. with an egg hunt. The eggs were hidden throughout the Ravine.
The eggs were filled with candy and various amounts of money.…
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And the SGA campaigns begin...
The time has come for posters to be hung, sidewalks to be chalked and fliers to be handed out. It's time for the student government elections.
The candidates were officially announced yesterday.
Several students are running for student activities council positions, student senate positions and extended campus council positions.…
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Student Crashes bikeMotorcycle accident victim says helmet saved his life
He was looking forward to his upcoming performance in dance theatre. But everything changed for Chris Stone when his motorcycle collided with a tow truck Thursday. ??
Stone, a junior chemistry and pre-pharmacy major, was driving his motorcycle on Jessamine Street in Richmond when a Dargavel's Wrecker Service truck driven by Jerry Gray turned into his path, according to a Richmond police Web site.…
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Cool classes: Witch one of them should you choose?
Every semester students register for classes and every semester most students find themselves sitting in at least one boring class they would rather jump off the Keen Johnson Building than take.
Well, to those students, as well as everyone else looking for interesting classes, listen up.…
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Wikipedia: is it worthwhile or worthless?
What would you do if something you trusted to be the truth, wasn't?
Every day, people all over the world perform research using our Internet friend named Wikipedia.
Its vast catalog of online encyclopedia entries cover just about everything a student could want to know.…
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Next stop: university diversity
Diversity is a word you here often in the modern day as technology has given people the capability to make friendships around the world and take their relationships with them through various portable devices.
The concept of diversity can sometimes be hard to understand, though, because people view it differently.…
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Corbin campus introduces new groups
Eastern's Corbin campus is moving on up.
In fact, it's the first extended campus to have national honorary organizations: Alpha Phi Sigma and Lambda Alpha Epsilon.
The organizations represent Corbin's criminal justice program, which also recently received a graduate program called the pilot program.…
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Non-traditional student council comes alive in Corbin
If you happened to pass through the area around Combs or the Crabbe Library March 26, then you would have noticed a construction area roped off, with dirt flying and changes being made.
Across the road in the Weaver Building, construction was also occurring, only of a different nature.…
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Happenings
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Police Beat: March 24-April 2
April 2
n Three fire extinguishers were reported stolen from the Brockton Apartments.
April 1
n Timothy M. Roberts, of Louisville, was arrested and charged with alcohol intoxication in a public place.
March 29
n Items were reported stolen from the EKU bookstore.…
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