Taylor Gray, 14, left, and Whitley Holden, 14, both of Carbondale, sell handmade soaps Saturday at the Carbondale Farmers Market in the West Town Mall parking lot. Gray said they have been making handmade...

Students dressed in costumes and danced during the filming of the SIU Harlem Shake Saturday at Cali’s. SIU is the latest university to make their own version of the viral internet sensation. Brett Mueller,...

Photos by LYNNETTE OOSTMEYER | DAILY EGYPTIANBarney Moore, left, of Johnston City, prepares a horse hoof for shoeing Monday at Giant City Stables while Terry Heern, center, and owner Ramona Twellman wait....

Charlie Dorsey, a founder of Transpoetic Playground and graduate student in speech communication, performs poetry Monday during Transcending Transgressions, a spoken word open mic event at Global Gourmet....

Performer Phillippe Normand-Jenny flips through the air Sunday during the show “TRACES” at Shryock Auditorium. The act, which was featured on NBC’s “America’s GotTalent,” blends acrobatics,...

Macklin Andrick, a senior from Decatur studying music, plays with The Pirouettes Monday at the Big Muddy Independent Media Center. The Pirouettes, who will take time off from performing to record their...

Steve French, an undecided junior from St. Louis, skateboards Tuesday at the Carterville Skate Park. French said skating helps free his mind from stress. “I’ve been skating for about eight years now...

Betsy Harman, right, of Carbondale, leads stretches with student center employees Sarah VanVooren, left, of Marion, and Leslie Godwin, of DuQuoin, Monday at the University Honors Program office in Morris...

Ben Elwood, a senior from Yorkville studying physics with a music minor, performs composer Alexander Arutiunian’s “Trumpet Concerto” Monday with David Lyons, a collaborative pianist for the School...

Jimmy John’s workers prepare sandwiches Saturday during the Polar Bear weekend in Carbondale. One Jimmy John’s employee, Liz Biggane, a senior from Chicago studying foreign language and international...

Senior diver Anna Beeck practices on a trampoline Tuesday in the Dr. Edward J. Shea Natatorium. The swim team is preparing for Saturdays’s meet at Washington University in St. Louis. Beeck will compete...

Ryan McKennedy, second from right, an army veteran and a senior from Springfield studying psychology, plays a pick-up basketball game with Dontay Lawless, 12, second from left, and other club members Monday...