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The Daily Egyptian

Serving the Southern Illinois University community since 1916.

The Daily Egyptian

Serving the Southern Illinois University community since 1916.

The Daily Egyptian

Proposed cuts threaten Career Services

By Heather Cachola, @HeatherCachola May 3, 2015

The campus center that strives to serve students preparing for their futures is also one being threatened by budget cuts. In response to Gov. Bruce Rauner's proposed budget, SIU President Randy Dunn asked...

Hard work pays off for USG president

Hard work pays off for USG president

By Evan Jones, @EvanJones_DE May 3, 2015

Some say the harder you work the luckier you get. If that is the case, then Undergraduate Student Government President Kevin Gettis is one of the luckiest men in Carbondale.“Ever since he was a young...

Professor fights to save sturgeon from extinction

Professor fights to save sturgeon from extinction

By Austin Miller, @AMiller_DE May 3, 2015

Finding a pallid sturgeon is like searching for a needle in a haystack.Ed Heist, associate director of the Center for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Science, is leading a genetic identification program...

Remembering 1970 protests: silent to violent

By Chase Myers, @chasemyers_DE May 3, 2015

Forty-five years ago, the SIU students protested President Richard Nixon’s 1970 plans to invade Cambodia, and in the process, created one of the most active demonstrations on Illinois campuses.Steve...

UN appeals for more help for earthquake-hit Nepal

UN appeals for more help for earthquake-hit Nepal

By Shashank Bengali, Los Angeles Times May 1, 2015

KATHMANDU, Nepal –The United Nations on Friday called for further support for earthquake-hit Nepal as officials said the death toll from the 7.8-magnitude temblor neared 6,200.Nearly one week since the...

Rev. Pamela Coleman, right, prays with Baltimore residents at the corner of West North Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue on May 1 after charges were filed against six Baltimore police officers in the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Md. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun/TNS)

6 officers charged in death of Freddie Gray

By Pamela Wood and Scott Dance, The Baltimore Sun May 1, 2015

The six Baltimore police officers involved in the arrest of Freddie Gray, who died last month after being injured in police custody, have been charged criminally, Maryland State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby...

March aims to stomp out sexual assault

March aims to stomp out sexual assault

By Shawn Bowen, @ShawnBowen_DE April 30, 2015

With signs raised and chants ringing, a group of about 40 people took to the sidewalks of SIU's campus on Thursday to rally against sexual violence.The march was organized by The Women’s Center and brought...

Student loses home to quake in Nepal

Student loses home to quake in Nepal

By Austin Miller, @AMiller_DE April 29, 2015

Nikesh Maharjan started his Sunday by showering and browsing the web.Maharjan, a graduate student in physics from Nepal, then used his tablet, went to CNN.com and saw the devastation of the magnitude-7.8...

Non-tenure track faculty face uncertain future

Non-tenure track faculty face uncertain future

By Tyler Davis, @TDavis_DE April 29, 2015

Up to 317 non-tenure track faculty will be notified they may not have positions at the university in Fall 2015 as a result of Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's proposed budget cuts.The university, in an attempt...

Student discussion turns to social injustice

By Evan Jones, @EvanJones_DE April 29, 2015

Amid the controversy regarding deaths by police officers across America, the Zeta Phi Beta sorority hosted “Still I Rise,” a discussion on women’s roles in social injustice Monday night.Stories shared...

University: anonymous threat made against Faner is not credible

University: anonymous threat made against Faner is not credible

By Luke Nozicka, @lukenozicka April 29, 2015

Following an ambiguous threat made on Yik Yak against Faner Hall early Wednesday, the Department of Public Safety increased its presence near the building.SIU spokeswoman Rae Goldsmith said university...

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