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Serving the Southern Illinois University community since 1916.

The Daily Egyptian

Serving the Southern Illinois University community since 1916.

The Daily Egyptian

Active Minds IDs a solution to suicide prevention

By Anna Spoerre, @ASpoerre_DE September 15, 2015

Active Minds, a non-profit organization seeking to raise mental health awareness, hopes to reduce suicides from college students by adding 11 more numbers to the back of each student identification card.Every...

City of Carbondale names Jeff Grubbs police chief

City of Carbondale names Jeff Grubbs police chief

By Bill Lukitsch, @Bill_Lukitsch September 15, 2015

Jeff Grubbs is here to stay as Carbondale’s chief of police.After serving as interim chief for more than a year, Grubbs was named as permanent chief of the Carbondale Police Department, City Manager...

Rights group to Jackson County Board: Protect us

By Sam Beard, @SamBeard_DE September 15, 2015

There was only standing room in Courtroom 1 of the Jackson County Courthouse as the County Board convened Tuesday night. More than 45 people could not find a seat as they rallied to support a Community...

Mississippi professor shot dead in his office

By Johannes Schmitt-Tegge and Gretel Johnston, DPA, Berlin September 14, 2015

A university employee was being sought Monday after a history professor was shot dead Monday in his own office, according to authorities in the Gulf Coast state of Mississippi.Students and employees at...

Shannon Wampler-Collins, left, and Carmen Wampler-Collins speak to the media after obtaining a marriage license at the Rowan County Courthouse on Monday in Morehead, Ky. Carmen Wampler-Collins and Shannon Wamper-Collins were the first couple to marry while Kim Davis was back at work. 

Kentucky county clerk says she won’t interfere with gay-marriage licenses

By Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times September 14, 2015

A Kentucky county clerk announced Monday that she would not interfere with her office granting marriage licenses to same-sex couples, ending, for now, a confrontation that put her behind bars for five...

Suspect charged with battery for fight on the Strip

By Bill Lukitsch, @Bill_LukitschDE September 14, 2015

A brawl involving two men and a dog was captured on camera and posted to social media early Saturday morning by an SIU student.Carbondale police officers responded to a report of people fighting on the...

Recreation Center introduces new equipment

By Cory Ray, @coryray_DE September 14, 2015

State-of-the-art equipment has cycled into the Recreation Center this semester. Troy Vaughn, director of the Recreation Center, said $170,000 was spent on 25 new cycling bikes, 10 treadmills and eight...

Rauner, aides reject expansion of medical marijuana program

Rauner, aides reject expansion of medical marijuana program

By Monique Garcia, Chicago Tribune September 13, 2015

Gov. Bruce Rauner on Thursday continued his chilly reception of the medical marijuana program he inherited, vetoing a measure that would have allowed patients with post-traumatic stress disorder to qualify...

Drones help former center improve agriculture, Saluki football

By Thomas Donley, @tdonleyDE September 13, 2015

Tanner Crum saw Saluki football from the middle of the action as a starting offensive lineman from 2011 to 2014. Now, he sees it from more angles.Crum is a strength and conditioning graduate assistant...

Old Recreation Center track passes the baton to a new floor

Old Recreation Center track passes the baton to a new floor

By Cory Ray, @coryray_DE September 13, 2015

The Recreation Center is running to new distances with the installation of a new track.The east gym is receiving a new rubber track floor for the first time since 1986, when the Recreation Center opened,...

SIU reintroduces skydiving club

By Shannon Allen, @ShannonAllen_DE September 12, 2015

For the first time in five years, students can go onto an airplane and free fall into the sky.The SIU skydiving club has not been active for the past five years because of a lack of participation, according...

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Gov. Bruce Rauner approves student vote on SIU Board of Trustees

By Bill Lukitsch, @Bill_Lukitsch September 11, 2015

Gov. Bruce Rauner has designated SIUC's student trustee Allen Shelton as a voting representative on the SIU Board of trustees.The governor’s press office released a statement earlier today naming Shelton...

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