Marriage secrets shared
According to psychologist Sigmund Freud‚ everyone wants two things: to work and to love. Judy C. Pearson‚ associate dean of the College of Arts‚ Humanities and Social Sciences‚ director of the doctoral program of communication at North Dakota State University‚ gave a lecture titled "Lasting Love: What Keeps Couples Together‚" Monday night for the annual Western Illinois University Department of Communication Thompson lecture in the University Union Sandburg theatre.…
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Provost gets wish listsProposed music department move causes conflict
Provost Joseph Rallo has initiated efforts to produce an Academic Master Plan as part of strategic planning for Western Illinois University. Academic departments and other areas of the university provide the provost with their wishes for future changes on campus to be considered in the plan.…
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Health insurance for students increases
Student health insurance can be a confusing subject, and one that many students attempt to avoid, particularly when they realize how expensive such policies can be.
"I'm just on whatever my parents use," said Steven Barbeau, senior individual studies major.…
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SGA talks foreign languages
In the middle of election week, the Student Government Association kept busy by discussing 12 pieces of legislation at Tuesday night's meeting.
One bill dealt with a possible foreign language requirement, which Western Illinois University does not currently have.…
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From student to employee, wear clothes that work
There is no official dress code for students at Western Illinois University, but if there were, it would probably be sneakers, jeans and a sweatshirt. The majority of students on campus portray the casual, laid-back look when going to class. However, those approaching graduation realize they cannot wear flip-flops every day in the "real world.…
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City council puts trash, garbage on agenda
Occasionally‚ civil servants have to put up with garbage‚ and sometimes they just have to talk about it. This happened at Macomb City Hall Monday night when the council discussed waste issues for the majority of the meeting.
The most important issue was a discussion on reducing the maximum amount of trash bags homeowners can put out on garbage day from six to three.…
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Fossil Fanatics
Prehistoric creatures‚ or at least their bones‚ descended on Western Hall last weekend when Western Illinois University hosted the 26th annual Fossil Exposition. The expo‚ sponsored by the Mid-America Paleontology Society‚ is one of the largest shows of fossils in the world.…
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Matchmakers look at Kerry's possible running mates
DALLAS (KRT) - John Kerry is in a protracted period of courtship - scouring the country for a person whose special somethings augment his own. But finding a political soul mate is a lengthy process‚ even if the union needs to last only four years. And when it comes down to whittling virtues from vices in that search for a second name on the Democratic ticket‚ the paper turned to a group long schooled in such affairs: matchmakers.…
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Grease is the word of a new industry
KANSAS CITY‚ Mo. (KRT) - Set down the forkful of sausages and ponder, if you will, the grease log.
In the sewer trade, the grease log terrorizes. It grows, forming white and rubbery in wastewater lines outside restaurants and beneath residential kitchens, the cumulative ick from America's affair with fat.…
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