Students looking for employment this semester can look no further than the World-Wide Web for access to a variety of on-campus positions. Job listings are available on the ISU Web site for students interested in a number of areas including Campus Dining Services, University Housing Services, Recreation Services and Milner Library.… Post the First Comment

While the proposed budget sits atop the governor's desk and state employees become increasingly concerned about their paychecks, ISU is breathing a sigh of relief. According to an August 8 press release from Senator Bill Brady, Illinois was expected to supply $170 million dollars of state aid to academic institutions by that same date.… Post the First Comment

The department of marketing and business teacher education in the College of Business implemented a business casual dress code for the fall semester. Students will be required to wear business casual attire everyday to their marketing and business teacher education classes.… Post the First Comment

In a matter of days, construction will begin to move ISU tennis courts and begin to renovate recreational fields on Gregory Street as part of a $2.5 million project. These tennis courts and recreational fields, along with an adjacent parking lot, will be located on the southern edge of Gregory Street and will assume some 30 acres of the available 270 acres on the lot.… Post the First Comment

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel said Sunday it will no longer allow refugees from Darfur to stay after they sneak across the border from Egypt, drawing criticism from those who say the Jewish state is morally obliged to offer sanctuary to people fleeing mass murder.… Post the First Comment

Bloomington and Normal police are not sure why the recent robberies of banks and businesses are occurring. "We can't predict. It's just something somebody decides to do and we react," Duane Moss, media relation's specialist of the Bloomington Police Department, said.… Post the First Comment

The ISU Honors Program selected graduate student Timothy Johnson as the recipient for a prestigious Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship for the upcoming school year. The Fulbright is intended for graduate students who intend to teach in foreign countries.… Post the First Comment

WASHINGTON (AP) - Sapped by nearly six years of war, the Army has nearly exhausted its fighting force and its options if the Bush administration decides to extend the Iraq buildup beyond next spring. The Army's 38 available combat units are deployed, just returning home or already tapped to go to Iraq, Afghanistan or elsewhere, leaving no fresh troops to replace five extra brigades that President Bush sent to Baghdad this year, according to interviews and military documents reviewed by The Associated Press.… Post the First Comment

PISCO, Peru (AP) - Three generations of Alejandro Espino's family filled the first two rows of simple wooden pews for the Roman Catholic memorial Mass. Behind them were some 300 relatives and close friends. "All the seats were filled," said Vilma, one of Espino's seven children.… Post the First Comment

KABUL (AP) - Afghanistan Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. - Afghan television on Sunday broadcast what it said was video of a kidnapped German aid worker - prompted by a man off-camera - calling for the release of prisoners, but police said Taliban militants were not behind the woman's brazen daytime abduction.… Post the First Comment

XINTAI, China (AP) - Distressed family members shouted and scuffled with guards after a third day without word on 172 miners trapped in a flooded mine in eastern China, where rescue crews began pumping water Sunday. Paramilitary police and emergency crews plugged a breach in a dike that burst Friday after heavy rains, flooding the Huayuan Mining Co.… Post the First Comment

Illinois State University retained its third tier ranking for the sixth year while improving in several rating categories, according to newly released data from U.S. News and World Report. Illinois State made gains in the subcategories of Acceptance Rate, Freshman Retention Rate, Six-Year Graduation Rate and Percentage of Faculty Who Are Full-Time.… 1 Comment

The Illinois State Fire Marshal recently put out a list of fire safety tips for students. The tips include making sure the housing unit is equipped with a working smoke alarm within 15 feet of every sleeping area and testing the smoke alarm monthly. Illinois law requires working smoke alarms be placed within 15 feet of every sleeping area and alarms be maintained in working order.… Post the First Comment

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -An oppressive two-week heat wave in the Southeast and Midwest has killed at least 44 people, many who were elderly and living in homes without air-conditioning. Authorities in Memphis reported 2 more heat-related deaths Saturday, bringing Tennessee's total to 13.… Post the First Comment

HUNTINGTON, Utah (AP) - Family members gathered at a church Sunday to watch video recorded deep in a mine as rescuers probe for six miners trapped in a collapse nearly two weeks ago. Four holes drilled more than 1,500 feet into the mountainside have given officials limited access to the Crandall Canyon mine.… Post the First Comment

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -Jamaicans headed inland and tourists fled the country as Hurricane Dean headed for a direct hit on the island Sunday after a deadly and destructive march across the eastern Caribbean. Coastal Texas and Mexico began evacuations, with many Texans hoping to avoid the disastrous last-minute exodus before Hurricane Rita in 2005.… Post the First Comment

LOS ANGELES (AP) - An illegal immigrant who avoided deportation by living in a Chicago church said this weekend that she is not afraid of being taken into custody on her first trip outside the sanctuary in a year. Elvira Arellano spoke at a downtown Los Angeles church Saturday as her 8-year-old son Saul, a U.… Post the First Comment

FORD HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - A 48-year-old suburban Chicago man was charged with dogfighting after authorities said they recovered three pit bulls living in filthy conditions from his residence. "There was feces and urine strewn around the yard, garage and driveway," said Cook County sheriff's police spokeswoman Penny Mateck.… Post the First Comment

HOUSTON (AP) - Space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the international space station a day early on Sunday, as NASA kept a wary eye on Hurricane Dean. Space agency managers worried that the storm would move toward Houston and force them to evacuate to a smaller-staffed makeshift control center at Cape Canaveral, Fla.… Post the First Comment