Christine Miklosik, of Chicago, sets up her Dogz on Wheels stand Monday in the Murdale Shopping Center parking lot. Miklosik said she started her business because it was hard to find an authentic Chicago...

Brett Dunker, a junior from Red Bud studying exercise science, takes a break Monday in front of Morris Library. Dunker, a transfer student from Southwestern Illinois College, says he’s enjoying SIU so...

 The SIU football team will be without an important piece of the puzzle for the latter part of this season as senior quarterback Kory Faulkner is out four to six weeks with a right hand injury.The three-year...

 Mike Czerwonka, of Hoyleton, explains his magic marker drawings to a customer Saturday during Vulture Fest in Makanda. Vulture Fest, an annual event that celebrates the migration of black and turkey...

Harding County High School students browse through a pumpkin sale Friday during the College of Agricultural Sciences Fall Festival at the Agriculture Building. Michelle Sullivan, coordinator of recruitment...

Students, faculty, alumni and guests take self-guided tours of the new Student Services Building Saturday after the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony. A 1,000-foot ribbon was strung around the...

Junior running back Tay Willis runs past Southeast Missouri State University defender Josh Freeman Sept. 21 during the Salukis’ 36-19 win at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. The Salukis’ are 4-3 heading...

Construction workers apply new artificial turf Monday at Richard “Itchy” Jones Stadium. The new turf is part of a $4 million project to renovate the baseball stadium, which includes new dugouts, lights,...

Sean Folsom of Kinmundy plays the Irish pipes for passersby Sunday at the Southern Illinois Irish Festival in Turley Park. Folsom has played a variety of pipes for more than 40 years, and demonstrated...

Shirts decorated with messages against abuse are displayed Monday outside Faner Hall as part of the Clothesline Project, sponsored by the Women’s Center in observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month....

Dominic Bracco II, left, a freelance photographer out of Mexico City, Martha Rial, a freelance photographer out of Pittsburgh and Rich Saal, the photography editor at the State Journal-Register in Springfield...

Laura Roberts, a senior from Magnolia studying photojournalism, takes a picture during a thunderstorm Saturday in the Clearwave Communications building during the South of 64 Weekend Workshop in Harrisburg....