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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2005
MR. ROBOTO
CAMPUS BRIEFS
ONLINE
POLL
6 p.m. Saturday Rededication ceremony for Martin
Luther King Jr University Union in the Bridge Lounge
of the Union.
What is your
reaction to the
75 cent tax
increase on cigarettes?
Saturday 7:15 Miss Black EIU Pageant in the Grand
Ballroom in the Martin Luther King Jr University
Union.
AROUND
ILLINOIS
CAMPUSES
ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
Professors to implement
messaging system
(U-WIRE) NORMAL– Professors at Southern
Illinois University are working to implement a text
messaging system throughout their campus.
Gordon Bruner, a professor of marketing at SIUC
is in charge of the project to launch a text messaging
service.
According to Bruner, the project began as a way to
provide a more timely alert system to students, faculty
and staff. He said e-mail is great for some things and is
a good way for teachers, students and administrative
personnel to communicate, but everyone does not
always have the time to check their e-mail because
people are so busy.
"We need faster, more immediate ways to contact
students," Bruner said. With this system, he said students can be notified right away about things going on
around campus and the town.
Merchants may contact students regarding sales,
and professors may contact students regarding class
cancellation or updated announcements.
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
Students boycott buses
(U-WIRE) DEKALB– Some Northern Illinois
University students won't sit at the back of the bus, or
any other part, during a Black Student Union bus boycott for Black History Month.
The BSU's second annual Black Down Memory
Lane bus boycott will be going on all day Friday.
"We are having this boycott to pay tribute to our
ancestors that boycotted the Montgomery, Ala. bus system back in 1955 for 381 days," said BSU president
DuJuan Smith.
The BSU hopes all students of color realize the significance of what their ancestors did years ago.
L AURA M ILEN /THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS
Joe Garling (left), a senior industrial technology major, and Brandon Rowatt, a junior industrial technology major,
adjust the robotic manipulator on their robotic car Thursday night on the second floor of Klehm Hall. Garlina and
Rowatt plan to bring the car to the National Association of Industrial Technology convention this October.
WTF?
PEOPLE
Blind man bites dog
Lopez admits marriage
EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP)– A blind man who
allegedly bit his guide dog has been charged with animal cruelty.
David Todd is accused of sinking his teeth into the animal's head in a busy street, Scottish police said Thursday.
A police spokesman said: "Any attack on a defenseless animal, particularly one trained to help people, is
appalling."
An eyewitness reported seeing the 34-year-old man bite
the dog and kick it repeatedly at a shopping mall on Feb.
8, a spokeswoman for Lothian and Borders Police said.
Officers arrested the suspect on Feb. 10 and charged
him with animal cruelty and breach of the peace, the
spokeswoman said.
Police took the Labrador/retriever mix into protective
care and handed it to the Guide Dogs for the Blind
Association.
NEW YORK (AP) - Jennifer Lopez has confirmed that
she and Marc Anthony are, indeed, husband and wife.
"Yes, we're married," Lopez tells People magazine, on
newsstands Friday. "I mean, come on, everyone knows.
It's not a secret."
It was the first public acknowledgment of her union
with the salsa singer - an unusually long delay considering the ceremony was last June at her Beverly Hills,
Calif., home.
The couple performed a duet, though, at the Feb. 13
Grammy Awards show. Lopez says she was ailing from
swollen glands and a sore throat during the performance,
which caused her to cancel a London trip to promote the
British release of her film "Shall We Dance?" Though the
trip cancellation prompted some speculation of pregnancy, Lopez says she's "not on a timetable" to have a baby though she hopes to become a mother someday.
In Tuesday’s edition of The Daily Eastern News, WEIU
morning radio co-host Rob Calhoun’s name was spelled
incorrectly. The DEN regrets the error.
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students of Eastern Illinois University. It is
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SUMMER & FALL CLASS REGISTRATION APPOINTMENTS
ALL DAY
9TH STREET HALL
Students assigned to an Academic Advisor at the Academic Advising Center should schedule an appointment.
SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING CLINIC
HEARING EVALUATIONS
9 A.M.
If you are concerned that you might have a hearing problem, the clinic will be offering hearing evaluations.
9 A.M.
CATS TRAINING LAB, MCAFEE 1214
FIREWORKS, PART 1
Must register in advance for this event at http://cats.eiu.edu/training/registration/workshops.asp.
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VOTE @
THEDAILY
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NEWS.COM
COUNTING
DOWN
15
Days until Spring
Break!
WORD
DU JOUR
allegory
TODAY’S EVENTS
CORRECTIONS
A) Let’s take all
the money we can
from those filthy
smokers! 58%
B)Smokers should
be taxed more,
but 75 cents is too
much. 10%
C) It shouldn’t
have
been
increased.
The
tax
is
high
enough. 17%
D) Another area
could have been
taxed instead of
picking on smokers. Isn’t it bad
enough smokers
already have the
addiction? 15%
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