Illinois State's Campus Dining Services is changing its selections to accommodate more health-conscious students. Three years ago, Jacquleen Ludwig, now a senior nutrition and dietetics major, conducted a study with other students comparing the food served in Watterson Food Court to fast food restaurants.… 1 Comment

If you are a student looking to get your voice heard on the role of money in elections, then look no further. The ISU Documentary Project is sponsoring the 2008 Living Democracy Video Contest, a competition designed to promote the understanding of publicly and privately financed elections at local, state and national levels.… Post the First Comment

The Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's School Historical Preservation Society will dedicate five statues on Saturday at 2 p.m. at the location of its former campus, 1 Normal Plaza. The five bronze statues of children playing around a lamppost, called "Circle of Friendship," are dedicated in memory of the people who lived and worked at ISSCS from 1865-1979.… Post the First Comment

Certain universities across the country are providing students with Apple iPhones and iPods to improve communication between the administration and student body. Because iPhones have the ability to be constantly connected to the Internet, they can aid in the notification of class cancellations, delayed buses, campus security threats or simply display the daily cafeteria menu.… Post the First Comment

DETROIT (AP) - Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to felony charges Thursday in a sex scandal, forcing him out of office after months of defiantly holding onto his job leading the nation's 11th-largest city. He was ordered jailed for four months and fined $1 million.… Post the First Comment

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - John McCain, a POW turned political rebel, vowed Thursday night to vanquish the "constant partisan rancor" that grips Washington as he launched his fall campaign for the White House. "Change is coming," he promised the roaring Republican National Convention and a prime-time television audience.… Post the First Comment

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Residents moved boats and booked inland hotel rooms while National Guard troops prepared to deploy along the Southeastern coast as Tropical Storm Hanna plowed through the Atlantic on Thursday, with Category 4 Hurricane Ike trailing a few days behind.… Post the First Comment

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - Vice President Dick Cheney insisted that Georgia will join NATO and backed its attempts to rebuild from its war with Russia on Thursday, using a trip to former Soviet republics as a show of U.S. support for their pro-Western leaders. Cheney flew to Kiev from Georgia, where he denounced Russia's "illegitimate, unilateral attempt" to redraw the U.… Post the First Comment

Friday, August 29 At 2:32 a.m. officers responded to a call of noxious odors in Hewett Hall. Upon locating the source of the odor, officers arrested two male students on charges of possession of cannabis and drug paraphernalia. Another male student was charged with possession.… Post the First Comment