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Sorority hosts baby shower for pregnant students

Sorority hosts baby shower for pregnant students

By Austin Miller, @AMiller_DE March 22, 2015

Giving birth is one of the hardest things for a woman to go through, and two students had their journeys made a bit easier. The SIU chapter of the Zeta Phi Beta sorority hosted a baby shower for two pregnant...

Renovations underway for Lentz Hall

By Tierra Carpenter, Daily Egyptian March 20, 2015

Lentz Hall renovations, which began in February, are expected to be completed by fall, university officials say. Lentz is undergoing $1.4 million renovations paid for by University Housing, which is...

Board of Trustees discusses furlough payments, renovations

By Austin Miller, @AMiller_DE March 19, 2015

The SIU system will have its lowest funding since the 1980s if GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner’s Feb. 18 budget proposal passes.At Thursday’s Board of Trustees meeting in Carbondale, SIU President Randy Dunn...

Students still without vote on board

Students still without vote on board

By Luke Nozicka, @lukenozicka March 18, 2015

Eleven months after students on the Carbondale and Edwardsville campuses first elected representatives to the SIU Board of Trustees, neither representative has cast a vote.The two student trustees on...

Club climbs across the country

By Aidan Osborne, Daily Egyptian March 18, 2015

While some SIU students went home for break, 32 members of the SIUC Climbing Club went on a 1,700-mile excursion to climb and camp Red Rock Canyon near Las Vegas for a week. The club left on March 6 and...

Changes proposed for city council

By Hayley Dillon, @HayleyDillon_DE March 18, 2015

With outdated technology and concerns about efficiency, the Carbondale city council is contemplating changes to improve city government.Carbondale’s financial software, GEMS, is about 13 to 14 years...

Blood drive continues to ban sexually active gay men

By Jessica Brown, @BrownJessicaJ March 18, 2015

The Student Center is hosting an American Red Cross blood drive later this week. However, men who have had sex with another man since 1977 will not be permitted to donate.Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans...

Author takes students on feminist journey

By Chase Myers, @chasemyers_DE March 17, 2015

Gender inequality was so prevalent in the 1950s, women at certain universities were not allowed to own keys to their own dorms. If they were not back by curfew, the school punished them. The fight for...

Town hall talk addresses university budget woes

By Austin Miller, @AMiller_DE March 16, 2015

Citizens smell something rotten in the state of Illinois and it smells a lot like money problems.Several SIU administrators were part of a panel to answer questions from the near 50-person audience Monday...

Inmate literacy lessens reincarceration, group says

By Jessica Brown, @BrownJessicaJ March 16, 2015

Fifty-one percent of Illinois inmates have been previously incarcerated.Barbara Kessell, a founder of a volunteer organization known as 3R’s, or Reading Reduces Recidivism, said inmates reoffend because...

Dunn talks potential impact of budget cuts at hearing

Dunn talks potential impact of budget cuts at hearing

By Tyler Davis, @TDavis_DE March 15, 2015

SIU President Randy Dunn and some of his top aides traveled to Springfield on Thursday to discuss the repercussions of Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's proposed budget cuts.A Senate budget committee convened...

Obama unveils Student Aid Bill of Rights

Obama unveils Student Aid Bill of Rights

By Sarah Gardner, @rabbitearz93 March 11, 2015

With student loan debt in the U.S. topping $1.3 trillion, President Barack Obama unveiled his plan to help the more than 40 million Americans who feel trapped under insurmountable student loans.The president...

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