The Daily Egyptian staff made the trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma to talk with people at the Wanenmacher's Gun Show.

On April 10 and 11, Tulsa, Okla. hosted the world's largest gun show and with over 4,000 tables, the Wanemacher’s Tulsa Arms Show accommodated around 40,000 people from across the world. 

Southern Illinois University held its commencement ceremonies in Saluki Stadium in Carbondale, Ill. May 8.

Susan Stone, also known as the Dance of Life Dancer, lives in a white trailer with light pink trimmings to the side of the highway on the edge of Lenzburg Illinois, a rural town with a population of 600. She drives a bright pink car with lime green wheels and wears carefully crafted costumes and tutus to dance at the local park, her goal is to spread hope and positivity to the world and her community. 

With the end of the semester approaching, the Daily Egyptian photo staff reflect on and highlight some of the best images from the Spring 2021 semester.

SIU will be delivering in person scholarships to high school seniors recipients in the southern Illinois area. On May 3rd, the Interim director of admissions, Amanda Sutton, was present at the Scholarship Night Program at Marion high school to hand out scholarships to twelve Marion high school seniors. 

The Carbondale Women's Center hosted the Take Back the Night vigil to raise awareness of sexual violence.

As a junior in high school, Swisher created her business because she wanted more goats, but her father said she needed to find a way to make money to cover the expenses of keeping the animals. 

SIU professor Cade Bursell and students from the Art and Activism course carried a funeral casket to remember the countless species that have gone extinct because of the effects of climate change.

In honor of Earth Month, SIU professors and students attended the celebration at Bucky’s Haven on Wednesday, April 21, 2021, near Campus Lake, in Carbondale, Ill. The event consisted of talking about the dome structure, sharing sound reflections inside the dome and taking part in meditation.

The International Festival has many events, one of which is a talent show featuring SIU’s most talented international students. This year, the event was held virtually Friday, April 9, 2021, allowing students to submit their entries by video or perform them live on Zoom. The range of talent was vast. So was the diversity of participants who came from countries in Latin America to Bangladesh to China. 

In 2010, the Midland Institute for Entrepreneurship began providing a space for high school students to build their own businesses while touring local companies and speaking with other businessmen and women through the Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities (CEO) program.