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Governor signs law to help simplify transfer system

11:51 PM 8/29/2005 — Students thinking about transferring to public or private four-year institutions within the state of Illinois may find the whole process easier than it once was. Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed earlier this month a bill establishing a Web-based system for course transferability.

Southern's Daily Egyptian learns grim lesson

11:52 PM 8/29/2005 — Recurring scandals are keeping Southern Illinois University's student newspaper under the microscope. The ongoing, high profile investigation of a former editor in chief at the Carbondale campus paper comes after two confirmed incidents of plagiarism at the paper in 2004.

Greek recruitment late, but right on track

11:56 PM 8/29/2005 — In previous years, Labor Day weekend meant football, cookouts and thousands of University women beginning the first stages of formal sorority recruitment. This year, however, the Panhellenic Council and the Recruitment Board decided to push the recruitment dates back one weekend this year in hopes of bringing in higher numbers of young women interested in rushing.

Bill offers new definitions in ongoing abortion debate

11:58 PM 8/29/2005 — Soon, fetuses outside the mother would be considered persons whether or not they are still connected to the mother. Illinois legislators passed a House Public Act on Aug. 12 that offers new definitions in the ongoing abortion debate. The bill grouped together "person," "human being," "child" and "individual" as including all humans "born alive at any stage of development.

Rate of younger college students increasing

1:07 AM 5/6/2008 — A new trend has begun to emerge with high school students: going to college early. Click on the icon to hear The Daily Illini's Sydney Langford bring you more on the story. 0