Neighborhood group to make Main ‘walkable’ As students go about their daily routines, Peoria resident Lisa Ferolo and the proponents of the Walkable West Bluff campaign are working to make the Main Street area more pedestrian-friendly for students and residents. Ferolo said members of the…
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Two alumni working on opposing ends of the political spectrum came to speak last Friday to share their political experiences and roles in the upcoming election in a forum. The Department of Political Science and the Institute for Principled Leadership in Public Service sponsored the…
The Main West parking deck opened the first day of classes, but commuters are the only students that can use it. The parking deck, located on Main Street next to Jobst Hall, adds 622 parking spaces to campus, Parking Director Charmin Hibberd said. “The new…
Excessive drinking is becoming more and more common on college campuses, Melissa Sage-Bollenbach said, and drinking games like beer pong can contribute to the danger. The director of the Wellness Program said college students don’t always realize the amount of alcohol they are consuming could…
Three days of rain may have discouraged some men from attending recruitment last weekend, but by the end, about 180 men were placed in houses. “Most of recruitment takes place inside, but there is also a constant flow of people moving from chapter to chapter,…
Student creates organization to foster fair politics, encourage voting, offer internships Democracy Matters, a nonpartisan organization, emerged on campus a month ago, but the group’s president, Nicole Hanson, said students are already expressing interest. The organization’s goal is to “get big money out of politics,”…
Lisa Iaccino didn’t know she’d be in danger walking from the door of Crusen’s on Farmington Road to a friend waiting in the parking lot to pick her up. But when a man grabbed the small purse hanging from her wrist, pulled her towards his…
UNIVERSITY WIRE – Video games have made their way out of the family room and into the outpatient program of a Danville hospital. Following a growing national trend in injury treatment, Provena United Samaritans Medical Center recently integrated the Nintendo Wii, a game system encouraging…
For some students, the puddles created by the large amounts of rain pelting Central Illinois last weekend are inconvenient, but there is no immediate solution to keeping the puddles at bay. Sophomore psychology and administration of criminal justice major Becca Valladeres said she hates the…
17 seats remain open, students can petition to represent buildings other than their own Student Senate’s first meeting was Monday, and no students petitioned to fill any of the 17 available seats. This is the highest number of unfilled seats Senate has seen in recent…