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Serving the Southern Illinois University community since 1916.

The Daily Egyptian

Serving the Southern Illinois University community since 1916.

The Daily Egyptian

Joyce Krigsvold, right, Irene Hill, back, and Ann Wallace, center, members of the Pamunkey Church, located on the reservation, gather outside after Sunday worship on July 10, 2015 on the Pamunkey Reservation in Virginia. The church is designated the oldest Native American Church in Virginia. The Pamunkey Indian tribe has just received recognition from the U.S. government more than 450 years after signing their first treaty with the king of England. 

Isolated Pamunkey tribe in Virginia finally recognized by U.S.

By Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times August 18, 2015

The tidal river that surrounds this spit of scrubby land has long functioned like a moat that rises and falls through the day.A single road connects the reservation's sycamore, poplars and modest houses...

The new looking Lentz

The new looking Lentz

August 18, 2015

Layoffs expected at EIU

By Bill Grimes, Effingham Daily News August 18, 2015

The 1,750 or so employees of Eastern Illinois University are holding their collective breath in the face of expected staff layoffs.University spokeswoman Vicki Shaw Woodard said there is no question that...

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MAP grant funding still in question

By Austin Miller, @AMiller_DE August 18, 2015

Students arriving to campus thinking their school funds are secure may soon be in shock.Because of the ongoing gridlock in the Illinois General Assembly, the state is still without a budget. Without...

How one Chicago suburb is tied to notorious codeine cocktail

By Lindsey Compton, Chicago Tribune August 18, 2015

"Sizzurp" — an intoxicating concoction of codeine cough syrup, soda and candy — is mostly associated with rappers who sing about it, offer recipes on social media and have sometimes suffered its negative...

Gov. Bruce Rauner gives a thumbs up after giving his first speech as governor on Monday Jan. 12, 2015 at the Prairie Capital Convention Center in Springfield. (Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Rauner signs bill into law that provides disabled veterans with property tax breaks

By Mike Fitzgerald, Belleville News-Democrat August 17, 2015

Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed into a law a bill that would provide property tax breaks to severely wounded military veterans, as well as a handful of other measures affecting veterans, including a proposal...

SIU represented at summer White House workshop

By Chase Myers, @chasemyers_DE July 29, 2015

SIU’s associate director of the Center for Workforce Development, Jeanne Kitchens, attended a White House Inter-Agency Policy Workshop in Washington D.C. in May held at the Eisenhower Administration...

Helping local businesses make a change

By Jacob Wiegand, @JacobWiegand_DE July 29, 2015

Changing ownership of a business can be a very difficult process.However, there are a number of steps business owners can take to help make the process a smoother one, one of those being a transition workshop...

City council votes to lift Halloween bar ban

By Jordan Duncan, @jordanduncanDE July 28, 2015

Restrictions on the sale of alcohol in Carbondale on the week of Halloween have been fully rescinded for 2015.The Carbondale City Council met Tuesday to discuss the sale of liquor and called for a vote...

New program will promote alcohol moderation

By Chase Myers, @chasemyers_DE July 28, 2015

Four out of five college students drink alcohol and of those who do, half consume alcohol through binge drinking, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.With the help of a...

Police look at reports of extremist views, mental illness of Louisiana theater shooter

By Christine Mai-Duc and Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times July 24, 2015

About 20 minutes into the early evening showing of "Trainwreck" on Thursday, John Russell Houser ― described as a drifter with a criminal past ― stood up and began firing with a .40-caliber semi-automatic...

Black alumni announce new fund amid reunion

Black alumni announce new fund amid reunion

By Jordan Duncan, @jordanduncanDE July 22, 2015

The Black Alumni Group announced a new fund for black students in need Saturday, and was met with cheers from more than 1,000 students.Tim Tyler, president of the group, announced the BAG Student Emergency...

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