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Riots, unruly behavior, arrests lead to Unofficial Halloween in Carbondale

By Joei Younker, Staff Reporter • October 25, 2023

Newcomers to SIU might be confused by the existence of “Unofficial Halloween,” which is a relatively new tradition. Here’s a primer on how we got to have two different celebrations for the same spooky...

“Gun violence is everywhere:” Carbondale panel takes on recurring issue

By Ali Goering, Staff Writer • September 19, 2023

“One incident of gun violence is too many” was the message at a panel discussing gun violence in Carbondale and the nation at large. Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America organized the panel...

Why mass shootings wouldn’t happen that often in Germany

By Wiebke Bolle, Journalist from Berlin, Germany • April 13, 2023

America is talking again about gun regulations now, days after another mass shooting, this one in Louisville, where four people were killed and eight injured at a downtown bank Monday. The suspect was...

Vigil for Amir Locke held amid continued calls for racial justice

By Joel Kottman, Staff Reporter • March 2, 2022

People in the Carbondale community gathered on Feb. 27 to remember Amir Locke, a 22 year-old Black man who was killed by Minneapolis police executing a no-knock warrant on Feb. 2. “It’s sad to me...

String of HBCU bomb threats throughout the U.S

By Janiyah Gaston, Assistant to Editor • February 23, 2022

Racial tensions in the United States have increased to the point to where HBCUs (historically black colleges) have now started to receive bomb threats. So far more than a dozen HBCUs across the U.S....

Ahmaud Arbery killers found guilty of hate crime

By Janiyah Gaston, Assistant to the Editor • February 22, 2022

Today a jury in Brunswick, Georgia, found Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William Bryan guilty of federal hate crimes for their involvement in the death of Ahmaud Arbery. Arbery was an African...

Brief: Middle school student threatens students at Unity Point School following “White Privilege” card scandal

By Jamilah Lewis, Staff Reporter • February 18, 2022

A grade seven student that passed out "White Privilege" cards to Black students at Unity Elementary School, threatened multiple times to harm students and staff at the school. Terrisha Adams, a parent...

Semester in Photos: Fall 2021

By Sophie Whitten, Photo Editor • December 2, 2021

Chris Bishop Chris Bishop is a senior at SIU and the multimedia editor of the Daily Egyptian. He is in the cinema department and is graduating in December 2021. He is originally from St. Louis...

SIU students protest gun violence

By Janiyah Gaston , Staff Reporter • December 1, 2021

On December 1, 2021 Southern Illinois University Carbondale students and faculty marched from Faner to Anthony hall, where the chancellor and provost offices are located, to protest the ongoing gun violence...

Community Action: the battle against opioid addiction

By Kiersten Owens, Staff Reporter • November 8, 2021

Southern Illinois University’s School of Medicine is helping combat the opioid epidemic by freely distributing nasal spray that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose. The Illinois Department...

A Historical Look at SIU: When Halloween was Official

By Ryan Jurich , Staff Reporter • October 21, 2021

Halloween in Carbondale has a well-deserved reputation of almost mythical proportion. From car flipping and beer tossing to keggers and John Candy, this Halloween we look back at the holiday’s long tradition...

Reward announced for information in connection to Keeshanna Jackson case

By Annie Hammock , Managing Editor • October 13, 2021

Law enforcement agencies are now offering $15,000 in rewards for information in the shooting death of SIU-C freshman Keeshanna Jackson. The FBI’s Springfield Division announced Tuesday it is putting...

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