Volleyball has test run at SIU Arena

[caption id="attachment_50677" align="alignright" width="300" caption="The women's volleyball team played its first match at the SIU Arena since 1982 Friday and Saturday during the 32nd annual Saluki Invitational. The Salukis won two of three games, defeating Murray State and Wisconsin-Green Bay but losing to Memphis 3-0. With more seating and new video boards, Saluki volleyball fans might see more matches in the arena later this season. Genna Ord | Daily...

Track and field complex on pace for finish

[caption id="attachment_48775" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Jim Whitehead, middle, of Whitehead Concrete Pumping, works with John Hand, right, and Jonathon Pierce, left, of the Laborer’s Local 773 union, pouring and grading rock Tuesday at the construction site of SIUC’s new track and field complex. Mark Anderson, superintendent of Fager-McGee Commercial Construction, said his team is on schedule to finish in December as planned. “Right now we are doing good as long...

Guests celebrate Student Center rededication

Nearly 200 guests attended the ceremony Friday afternoon to celebrate the anniversary of a building where students, faculty and community members have come together for half a century.

The Student Center has been the center of SIUC’s campus since June 10, 1961, when its first director, Doc Dougherty, dedicated the building. Friday’s presentation included a ribbon-cutting by Dougherty and speeches by Student Center Director Lori Stettler, Vice Chancellor Kevin Bame…

Track goes the Saluki way

The Saluki Way was designed to upgrade and create championship-caliber facilities for the university’s student athletes and staff, and it has continued its promise with a new track and field complex.

The new, state-of-the-art complex will feature NCAA regulation event fields and will serve as the home of the men’s and women’s track and field teams. Construction on the $3.96 million facility began May 22 and is expected to be…