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Archive for August, 2009
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Peoria Police Catch Dumb Criminal
(East Peoria, IL) — Police officers in East Peoria, Illinois, say Billy Robinson is the “dumbest criminal” they’ve ever seen. Police say a woman caught Robinson in her driver’s seat trying to hot-wire her car. She told Robinson that she had called police and that she wanted him to “follow her” and wait for officers.
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Illinois Water Districts Sue Atrazine Makers
PEORIA, IL — An attorney representing water districts throughout Illinois has filed a class action lawsuit in the Third Judicial Circuit of Illinois against the manufacturers of the herbicide atrazine, the Journal Star reported August 22.
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Game Nite Series Continues at WIU’s Malpass Library
MACOMB, IL – - Western Illinois University’s Leslie F. Malpass Library will continue its monthly Game Nite events in the 2009-2010 academic year. According to Marketing and Outreach Librarian Jeffery Darensbourg, Game Nite is a lively evening of brainy fun, featuring traditional board and card games such as chess, Uno and Scrabble, as well as LAN gaming and other electronic games on such systems as Wii and Xbox.
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Welcome Back Events for GBCC
MACOMB, IL – - The Gwendolyn Brooks Cultural Center (GBCC) at Western Illinois University is sponsoring three events to welcome the campus community and the public back for the Fall 2009 semester.
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Bayliss-Henninger Annual Mud Volleyball Tourney Aug. 29 & 30
MACOMB, IL — Get down and dirty for a good cause this weekend at Western Illinois University’s eighth annual mud volleyball tournament 8 a.m.–7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29 and Sunday, Aug. 30.
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Media Advisory: Move-In Coverage
What has become an annual tradition, Western Illinois University President Al Goldfarb and other senior-level administrators will again be a part of WIU’s Move In Crew Saturday, Aug. 22.
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Western Named a Top Tier Masters Institution
MACOMB/MOLINE, IL — Western Illinois University continues to be ranked in the top tier of Midwest Universities Master’s granting institutions, according to U.S. News and World Report’s Annual College Rankings 2010 edition.
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Students Present Projects for John Deere Summer Co-op Program
MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – -Three Western Illinois University students, who participated in the John Deere information technology co-op/summer internship program, recently presented their summer projects to John Deere and Western administrators.
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Murray St. to Open to Traffic, Pedestrians
MACOMB, IL — West Murray Street (C.T. Vivian Way) and sidewalks along Murray Street are tentatively scheduled to re-open to traffic and pedestrians Tuesday, Aug. 18; however, curb and sidewalk repair must be completed prior to opening.
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Quesal Named Fellow of ASHA
MACOMB, IL – - Robert W. Quesal, a professor in the communication sciences and disorders department at Western Illinois University, has been elected a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).