People who study for doctorates in the arts and sciences are typically driven by love — for a particular historical period, author or field of inquiry. But graduate school isn't just a place to dive...

The firing of SIU football coach Dale Lennon was long overdue. Some fans wanted the change after last year and by the time the 2015 season rolled around, it was down to the last shot for Lennon.With Lennon...

Decent people see tragedy and barbarism when viewing a terrorism attack. American politicians and intelligence officials see something else: opportunity.Bodies were still lying in the streets of Paris...

The average American will spend $830 on Christmas gifts this year, according to statistica.com.If that number causes your jaw to drop, then it might be time to reconsider the costs of your shopping list...

This summer, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon signed into law the Campus Free Expression Act, which prohibits the state's universities from restricting student protests to designated "free speech zones."The law...

The National Football League is ruining the sport of American football. The evolution of the NFL has deteriorated the sport into a commercial based flag-fest that turns the 60-minute games into three...

Letter to the editor from Johnathan Flowers, a doctoral candidate in philosophy.Previously, I have written for the Daily Egyptian about race and diversity. In charging the university to consider issues...

Twenty-one years ago, I wrote the Violence Against Women Act to end the scourge of violence against women and hold perpetrators accountable. It’s been a great success, but even one attack is one too...

One of the saddest statistics in America today is the low rate of voter turnout. In the 2012 presidential election only 57.5 percent of eligible voters turned out. That number is sobering. Even worse is...

One of the leading Republican candidates for president tells heartbreaking stories of violence committed by a few Mexican immigrants as evidence that they are rapists, murderers, criminals and drug dealers....