Serving the Southern Illinois University community since 1916.

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

Saluki basketball faces changes

Saluki basketball faces changes

By Tyler Dixon April 14, 2014

Following coach Hinson's advice, guards Fillyaw and Balogun pursue other optionsThe Salukis will be without two guards next season; both played valuable minutes in the run to the Missouri Valley Conference...

Petition for Pravin continues to grow

By DE Staff April 14, 2014

Calls for a special investigation into the death of SIU student Pravin Varughese are growing quickly.Lovely Varughese, Pravin’s mother, started the Justice for Pravin campaign as a means of finding out...

Safety first

Safety first

By Matt Daray April 14, 2014

Carbondale firefighter Matt Wozniak, talks about fire safety with a group of fifth graders Monday outside of Lewis School. Students displayed their knowledge from fire safety classes earlier in the year....

Aaron Connor, a senior from Murphysboro studying human nutrition and dietetics, fishes Sunday during the fifth-annual Saluki Bassers Veterans Appreciation Fishing Tournament at Lake of Egypt in Marion. Connor, a veteran of the U.S. Army and member of the Saluki Bassers, was one of several student veterans who participated in the tournament. He said it was great to be back on the water again. I love it, Connor said. I spent 10 months overseas and the closest thing I got to water was a dam. The Saluki Bassers meet every week at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Campus Lake boat docks. LEWIS MARIEN • DAILY EGYPTIAN

Bassers give school national recognition

By Tyler Davis April 14, 2014

Not many sport clubs can say they have a professional athlete who once competed for their team, but SIU's Saluki Bassers, the school's bass fishing team, holds that distinction.The club debuted in 2004,...

A voice for the impaired

A voice for the impaired

By Remy Abrought April 14, 2014

Joyce Metcalf, a worker at Morris Library, volunteers to read local news Monday at the Southern Illinois Radio Information Service in Carbondale. SIRIS is a public broadcasting service, which provides...

Comfort before the catwalk

Comfort before the catwalk

By Jennifer Gonzalez April 13, 2014

Lauren Hentschel, 8, and her father, John Hentschel, of Carbondale, wait backstage Saturday during the Easter Parade Spring Fashion Show at University Mall. Hentschel said his daughter, who walked the...

Shulak wins USG presidency

By Luke Nozicka April 13, 2014

After winning 54 percent of the vote against opponent Chris Wheetley, a junior from Murphysboro studying political science and paralegal studies, Cameron Shulak will serve as president of the Undergraduate...

Three charged in Carbondale strip shooting

By Kayli Plotner April 13, 2014

Carbondale Police have confirmed three arrests were made in response to the shooting of SIU student Dexter Lee.Darrion Jake of Cape Girardeau, Mo., Ternell Alritton of Carbondale and Robert E. Glass of...

Students spring into fashion at University Mall

Students spring into fashion at University Mall

By brittany pettiford April 13, 2014

More than 150 white chairs surrounded a catwalk lined with flowers. Live piano music lured in curious spectators alongside anticipated guests, eager to see the latest fashion modeled by SIU students and...

Saluki bats struggle against ISU Sycamores

Saluki bats struggle against ISU Sycamores

By Tony McDaniel April 13, 2014

Despite four extra innings and a win Friday, SIU couldn't catch up to the pitching of the Sycamores and lost the final two games of the series.The Salukis (18-17) failed to get their bats going with runners...

Miller secures student trustee position

By Luke Nozicka April 13, 2014

After winning 60 percent of the vote against opponent Kane Hudson, a freshman from Peoria studying engineering, Adrian Miller will serve as SIUC’s student trustee on the SIU Board of Trustees beginning...

Circus brings entertainment, education and protestors

Circus brings entertainment, education and protestors

By Luke Nozicka April 13, 2014

As the circus traveled through Carbondale, it brought exotic animals, educational opportunities and activist protests alike.The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus stopped at the university from...

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