As Christmas break fades from memory and the new semester starts rolling along each year, rumblings begin surfacing about the spring concert in April, held by the Student Activities Council. SAC discussed the issue in a special emergency meeting Tuesday in which it voted to pursue an $85,000 bid and begin contract negotiations to bring a major country music artist to McBrayer Arena on April 9.…

The recent rumors of two downtown business closings have many students questioning the vitality of Richmond's downtown social scene. Taylor's pool room closed Jan. 18, and the Buddha Belly bar on South First Street may be closing. After hearing her customers ask whether local downtown Richmond bar T Bombadils, also known as T Bombs, will close, co-owner Rachel Billings just wants to get the word out.…

Dead week could be getting deader. Student senate and faculty senate are planning on forming a joint committee to rewrite Eastern's current dead week policy. Student Government Association Vice President Lindsey Cross said SGA recommended revising the policy last semester to the student and faculty senates.…

Negotiations for possible renovations to the Blanton House have been underway since mid-August, but delays have prevented the project from getting started. During its quarterly meeting Friday, in light of this year's statewide budget cuts, the board elected to push the renovations back again.…

Ever wonder what that $50 technology fee you pay each semester actually goes toward? It gets you a printing account at the library and SSB and replaces mice and keyboards around campus. But for the past four years, a portion of the fees have been set aside for a bigger, long-term investment.…

A new Kohl's store will be opening near the Toyota dealership on the Eastern bypass this spring, creating more job opportunities for Eastern students. The grand opening of the store will be March 12, but a job fair was held throughout this week in the Perkins Building, continuing today from 12:30 p.…

We have a writer in our midst. Since she was young, Washington D.C. native Kathy Flann has been writing and illustrating stories. Flann said fiction is something she has always done. But she said she never thought her writing would translate into a career.…

Go to a Colonels' basketball game and you can't help but see it: dozens of Eastern students, covered head-to-toe in war paint, screaming at the top of their lungs in support of their beloved team. To some, this image conjures thoughts of fanatical devotion, or college craziness.…

A glass eye, two t-bone steaks, an artificial leg, a hunting dog and a cage full of parakeets are not exactly items on everyday grocery lists. However, those are things you might be able to find on the show Pawn Shop Wars in the near future. Emerson St.…