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General education requirements reduced

The board of regents approved a proposal to decrease the current general education requirements Tuesday, Jan. 17, and the changes will take effect in the fall for new students.

'Signature' dorm design starts

Phase II of design process begins on new residence hall

Eastern has recently sold $21 million in bonds to fund the first residence hall built on campus in 40 years and plans have begun for the design of the building.

Student Government Association continues seeking syllabus index

Student Senate is making changes to the syllabus index after concerns were presented at the last Faculty Senate meeting.

New science building fully evolves

The new science building, a $64 million addition to campus, officially opened for student use this semester.

Largest enrollment drop found in College of Ed.

Although Eastern has been known for being a school for teachers since 1906, the College of Education has recently seen a drop in enrollment.

$5.5 million Stratton addition completed

After two years of construction, the Stratton building, home to Eastern's College of Justice & Safety, recently opened a 25,000 square-foot addition.

President evaluation shows positive results, ‘some’ concerns

The final results of Eastern President Doug Whitlock's recent evaluation were revealed at a Board of Regents meeting on Jan. 17.

Hiring freeze allows ‘critical’ hires

A 6.4 percent reduction proposal in state appropriations was announced last week. And with the announcement, some decisions had to be made.

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Eastern participates in Challenge For Change

Eastern is going head-to-head with Morehead State University this winter.

Chautauqua art exhibit helps visualize theme of ‘Living with Others’

Eastern's Chautauqua series is in its 12th year showcasing diverse topics within the realm of nature; the current series is titled "Living with Others: Challenges and Promises."

New legal studies minor approved for department of government

A new minor has been approved for students under the Department of Government.

Police Beat

Police Beats for Jan. 26, 2012

All information is taken from Eastern police reports.

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Last Chance

Resilient

Senior battles back from multiple knee injuries; looking for last chance at Eastern

After two tears on the same ACL, some players might be inclined to give up.

Basketball

Colonels take down Longwood

With 3:15 left in the game, Eastern's Jeff Johnson gave his team the biggest lift of the night.

Lady Colonels fall to OVC’s top team

It was like Fourth of July last Saturday in McBrayer arena as University of Tennessee—Martin's hot shooting Lady Skyhawks lit up the Lady Colonels' defense in a 84-61 defeat.

Column

Put down your beer and cheer...please?

Since coming to Eastern, it is obvious to me there is a lack of student support for athletics.

Tennis

Tennis falls to highly ranked SEC teams

Eastern's mens tennis squad started their spring season off against two powerhouse SEC teams, The University of Tennessee and The University of Kentucky.

Track and Field

Three place at Gladstein Invitational

Eastern's track and field team had three athletes placing among last weekend's Indiana University Gladstein Invitational.

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Lights out, knock out

Local MMA fighter battles injuries, set-backs on journey to professional career

Robert Bennett isn't your average young college student.

Oscar nominations reward Moneyball, snub Drive

Each year, I eagerly await a certain day in late January with childlike glee and enthusiasm.

Photosharing site Pinterest grows in popularity thanks to social networking

We are a visual generation; we are the Internet generation.

Entertainment

SeeFlik offers first online film festival for college crowd

Everyone loves YouTube.

A Gifted Man cures Friday TV blues

TV medical dramas have a reputation of being intense and only about the medical mysteries within them.

Extremely Loud is incredibly moving 9/11 drama

If you saw previews for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, you probably caught on that the film is about 9/11.

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Editorial

Syllabus index benefits students and faculty

As we've mentioned before, the face of college students is rapidly changing.

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Campus Comments

Campus Comments for Jan. 26, 2012

Students sound off on SOPA.

My Turns

Editor keeps new year’s resolution going with ‘miracle plant’

We're now into week three of 2012.

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Improve society by learning the way of ‘non-action’

At birth, I was never told be a part a specific political party, nor was I ever assigned a religion.

My Turns

‘Old nerd’ finds new generation’s lack of faith disturbing

If someone had called me a nerd 10 years ago, I would have thrown down my 20-sided die and commenced berating them using my +10 hammer of righteous justice.