Seniors graduating next month have another reason to celebrate. They will escape the 23 percent increase in tuition and fees the Board of Regents approved Monday. Fees will remain stable at $230, but tuition will increase by $434 per semester for in-state undergraduates, which raises the cost of attending Eastern from $1,896 to $2,330 per semester. The Board also approved increasing tuition for the 2006-2007 academic year by another $400 per semester. .................................................................................................................................................…

Carl D. Perkins was once described as the rustic congressman from Eastern Kentucky who wears rumpled suits, drives beat-up cars and raises mules. Although the congressman died 21 years ago, he still influences thousands of students across the country, including many at Eastern.…

Eastern Kentucky University authorities and the Kentucky State Police are awaiting the autopsy results for an Eastern student who died early Friday morning at Pattie A. Clay Regional Medical Center. Madison County Coroner Jimmy Cornelison pronounced Stephanie Lynn Kremer, 18, of Louisville, dead at 5:45 a.m., according to a KSP press release.…

More than 1,700 students voted Tuesday for the 2005-2006 members of Eastern's Student Government Association. Kyle Moon and Amy Jo Smith were named the new president and executive vice president of the Student Government Association Tuesday night after a day of last minute campaigning and campus-wide voting. Kristin Hale, chair of the election committee and ethics administrator for SGA, said there was good student participation from all four campuses in this year's election, and 1,784 students voted this year. Last year, 2,341 students voted in the SGA elections, and this year student participation was down by more than 500. …

Three weeks into searching for a new men's basketball coach, Eastern finally found the man for the job. Early Tuesday afternoon, University President Joanne Glasser announced the signing of Jeff Neubauer, former head assistant coach of West Virginia University.…

Former men's basketball Coach Travis Ford has already packed his belongings and headed to the University of Massachusetts but late last week WLEX-18 in Lexington reported Ford's departure did not go smoothly. WLEX-18 reported Ford and the assistant coaches, who left Eastern for UMass with Ford, were not invited to the men's basketball banquet.…

If you're planning to be a resident assistant or will be taking freshman orientation next year, you may have to learn a little more about recycling. In an effort to help promote its on-campus recycling program, Facilities Services is thinking about integrating recycling into freshman orientation and resident assistant training with the help of housing, said Dave Williams, assistant director of Facilities Services.…

Presenting their senior thesis project is the culmination of events for students in Eastern's Honors Program. This weekend more than 40 seniors in the Honors Program will present their theses during the 15th Annual Senior Thesis Presentation Event sponsored by the Eastern Kentucky University Honors Program.…

An Eastern student sits down after eating supper, has a cup of coffee and gets out a laptop computer to do homework. This is a typical scene in many dorms and apartments all over Richmond. It is also becoming a common sight in some downtown businesses. Some local businesses are joining a national trend and have begun offering wireless Internet service to their customers.…

It is hard for many people to find a job they love and brings them fulfillment. Softball Coach Jane Worthington has never had that problem. For the past 13 years, Coach Worthington has had the opportunity to do what she loves. After more than a decade of leading Eastern's softball program, Worthington is still excited to come to work and take on the new challenges that each day brings, she said.…

In order to give students facing plagiarism or cheating charges a timelier and fairer appeal process, Eastern's academic integrity committee is suggesting changes to the way such cases are handled by the university. The Student Government Association Student Senate viewed the changes and made suggestions last Tuesday.…

For the past few weeks, students have been stressing over what classes to take for the fall semester. Students struggle to pick the right courses and the right professors. A Web site, www.pickaprof.com, might make the process of choosing courses easier for Eastern students.…

Illegal hunting and trapping of endangered and threatened wildlife is the theme of an animated series created by Chris Turner, a former Eastern student, and Steven Singleton, a senior public relations major from Danville. The series, "The Avenging Apes of Africa," follows six gorillas on their mission to protect the environment, teaching children that illegal poaching is not monkey business.…

Michael Garrett was Stephen King's first editor and everyone knows how well he turned out. Garrett will be on campus this weekend giving a series of workshops on how to get published. "My primary goal is not to help students become great literary writers, but to coach them toward being published," Garrett said.…