Animal shelters taking in animals displaced by hurricanes
September 20, 2017
In the clamor to escape the hurricanes that recently battered the United States and Caribbean Islands, four-legged storm victims were often left behind.
Read more »Businesses feel effects of SIU’s low enrollment
September 20, 2017
Filed under Campus, City, News
Following a decades-long enrollment decline, SIU’s student population this year decreased by nearly nine percent from last fall, according to university officials.
Read more »New library hours frustrate campus community
September 20, 2017
For some on campus, Morris Library’s new hours have caused a bit of inconvenience.
Read more »Despite dorm candle regulations and non-kosher dining halls, SIU’s Jewish students find ways to practice
September 20, 2017
Victoria Hammond was first introduced into the Jewish faith at a young age when her mother converted to Judaism. The senior studying geology said her mom started taking her to a temple in her hometown of Columbus, Ohio, and she decided to convert too. Hammond and the rest of the Jewish communi...
Dunn says universities should be ‘guardians of free speech’ in politically divided times
September 20, 2017
In a column emailed to faculty and staff, SIU President Randy Dunn said universities should be “guardians of free speech” in a time when the country is politically divided and debates rage on over whether inflammatory or polarizing speakers should be allowed to give talks on campuses.
Read more »GPSC seeks to increase student participation in university governance
September 20, 2017
During their regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday, members of the Graduate and Professional Student Council discussed increasing council participation in university committees in the hopes of increasing effectiveness in student representation. GPSC President Johnathan Flowers he called on volunteers to fill...
31st annual women’s conference to feature international fitness expert
September 15, 2017
The southern Illinois based organization Women for Health in Wellness will host their 31st annual Women’s Health Conference tomorrow at John A. Logan College.
Read more »SIU will continue current Title IX policies while DeVos overhaul remains murky
By Cory Ray
September 14, 2017
Betsy DeVos said she plans to rescind Title IX-related policies enacted during the Obama administration, saying current laws force schools to operate at the lowest standard proof in sexual assault cases.
Read more »Shawnee Hills Wine Trail, the ‘face of tourism in southern Illinois’
By Kitt Fresa
September 14, 2017
With more than a dozen vineyards within 15 miles of Carbondale, the area has made a name as a destination spot for many wine-lovers in the state.
Read more »Hurricane Harvey was ‘heartbreaking,’ SIU student from Houston says
September 13, 2017
Houston-native Raymond Sullivan, a sophomore studying business, has experienced some of the worst storms to come through Texas, but Hurricane Harvey’s landfall in late August was his first time away from home and his family during major weather.
Read more »Country artist Mo Pitney to perform at the Varsity Center
September 13, 2017
Rockford-native country music artist Mo Pitney will be returning from Nashville to his home state to perform at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Varsity Center in Carbondale.
Read more »Car crashes into Thai Taste, injuring one person
September 12, 2017
Filed under City, Crime, News, News Briefs
A car crashed into Thai Taste on Tuesday night, sending one restaurant patron to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Kevin Barker, of Marion, was driving westbound on West Main Street when he ran through a red traffic signal and entered the intersection of Illinois Avenue and West Main S...