Mike Witt, freshman, undeclared major, gets into the Halloween spirit Monday with his newly carved Jack-O-Lantern outside Abbott Hall in Thompson Point. Scott Shaw-Daily Egyptian

Asya Blevins, a 5-year-old Unity Point kindergartener from Carbondale, picks out a pumpkin Monday on her class field trip to Bandy’s Pumpkin Patch in Johnston City. J.T. Bandy, pumpkin patch owner, said...

Senior hooker Taylor Bryant, right, attempts to advance the ball as junior prop Lauren Clay supports her while Illinois State University sophomore lock Victoria Leontios runs against her during the women’s...

Airman First Class Zac Sidders, of Peoria, and loadmaster on an Air National Guard C-130, describes his job to Air Force ROTC cadets Monday at the Southern Illinois Airport in Murphysboro. As loadmaster,...

Frankie Acevedo, a junior from Chicago studying civil engineering, lands a skateboarding trick during this semester’s Tour de Carbondale. Twice a year, students bike to various houses across town that...

Kelly Krone, a junior from DuQuion studying buisness management, loses his hat while performing a bike trick Thursday on the half pipe in front of the Alice Wright Early Childhood Center. Krone said he...

Glass pumpkins sculpt educationRudy Faulkner, a graduate student in glass from Morgan Hill, Calif., carves a glass pumpkin Thursday in the hot glass studio in Pulliam Hall’s industrial wing. Faulkner...

The cast of SIU’s upcoming production of “Rent” sing at a dress rehearsal Tuesday night at McLeod Theater. The award-winning musical, which kicks off the season for McLeod, is directed by Courtney...

Throwback Thursday: Today in 1955

Josh Curvey, a freshman from Alton studying architecture, tries on a Halloween costume Monday at Party City in Carbondale while fellow architecture majors Kyle Eliakis, left, from Morris, Ryan Lex, center,...

Bruce Durham, a senior from Joliet studying sports administration, takes aim before making a free throw Monday at the Recreation Center. The game was part of the intramural sports 5-on-5 coed basketball...

Nathalia Londono, a senior from Colombia studying civil engineering, gives hugs to Luisa Concepcion, director of the Hispanic Resource Center, after winning Ms. Latina at the Mr. Latino and Ms. Latina...