Elizabethtown junior Travis Beeler bought an Amazon Kindle this semester so he wouldn’t have to carry around as many books.

Kindles are digital book readers available exclusively through Amazon, according to Amazon.com.

Amazon announced the Kindle DX yesterday, according to an Amazon press release.

Registrar Freida Eggleton answered some frequently asked questions for graduating seniors. Q: Do students need tickets for their guests at graduation? She said that’s probably the most frequently asked question she gets. The ceremonies are open to the public and there isn’t a restriction on the number of guests who can attend, Eggleton said.

Columbia freshman Josh Ford was on his way to the Tower Food Court yesterday afternoon to treat himself to Edy’s Ice Cream.

He said he usually eats at Zoca’s, which serves Mexican food, when he goes to the food court near Pearce-Ford Tower.

Ford, who lives in Barnes-Campbell Hall, said he eats Zoca’s so often that some staff members know his order.

Kaylee Egerer, a freshman from Rochester, Mich., understands how injuries affect student athletes because she hurt her back, which kept her from continuing to cheerlead in high school.

So, when Western athletics department officials asked her how they should use the $10,000 her uncle donated to athletics, she said she wanted to help injured athletes.