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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

The crowd watches as the band The Hiccups perform at the end of the Rock Roulette showcase March 29, 2025 at Slabz Skatepark in Carbondale, Illinois.Deangelo Handley | @_deevisuals4

Column: Split-second decisions and life-long experiences, a Rock Roulette reflection

By Dominique Martinez-Powell, Student Managing Editor April 1, 2025

I always wondered how artists forgot the lyrics they wrote when performing. I mean, they wrote them. How could they forget?    Among all the commotion at the Rock Roulette showcase, performance...

A group of EF Tours students hike downhill to the La Fortuna Waterfall March 10, 2025 in La Fortuna, Costa Rica. Located inside the Arenal Volcano, the waterfall is a 200-foot cascade.

COLUMN – ‘The Earth Around You’: SIU’s coming-of-age adventure in Costa Rica

By Carly Gist, News Editor  March 25, 2025

I almost got stranded in Costa Rica.    After a week of sunshine and coffee and pure life – probably one of the best weeks of my life – my sister Sydney and I found ourselves tearing apart...

Illustration by Day Starr-Fleming

Column: Morel worshipers pray to the mushroom gods for upcoming season

By Enan Chediak, Photo Editor March 24, 2025

The bloodroots were up, and mayapples were already shrouding the forest floor with a swath of green. But I wasn’t after them.    I was maybe 11 or 12 years old, hiking the woods with my family...

SIU's Drew Steffe catches a pass against the Belmont Bruins on Feb. 15 in the Banterra Center in Carbondale, IL.

Column: SIU can win Arch Madness – here’s how

By Ryan Grieser, Sports Reporter March 6, 2025

After that headline, let me diffuse the tension a little bit.   It’s highly unlikely that the 2024-25 SIU men’s basketball team will win Arch Madness. I’m not wearing rose-colored glasses...

Carly Gist holds up her awards from the Illinois College Press Association March 2, 2025 at the Union Station in Chicago, Illinois.

Column: Daily Egyptian brings home 28 awards in windy city

By Lylee Gibbs, Editor-in-Chief March 4, 2025

As a train chugs along the track heading a little over five hours north from Carbondale to Chicago, eight of us staff members from the Daily Egyptian are excitedly waiting to reach the windy city for the...

Column: Hill's seat heating up after rough 2024 season

Column: Hill’s seat heating up after rough 2024 season

By Ryan Grieser, Sports Consultant December 3, 2024

Head Saluki football coach Nick Hill will never be a maligned face in southern Illinois.    Much like his former counterpart, Bryan Mullins, Hill is a product of SIU and will always be remembered...

Justyce Petty (left) and Carly Gist (right) hold a certificate for the Pat Brown
Undergraduate Award Oct. 4, 2024 at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois.
The award recognizes the best paper presented by an undergraduate at the
MPCA/ACA conference each year. Photo Provided.

COLUMN – Beyond the newsroom: The power of interdisciplinary research

By Carly Gist, News Editor October 22, 2024

EDITOR’S NOTE — This story includes content related to suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline is available by calling or texting 988 or visiting the...

Illustrated by Dena Rendlemen | drendlemen@dailyegyptian.com

COLUMN-Media literacy is fundamental, especially in 2024

By Mylee Walker, Staff Reporter October 22, 2024

When you read an article, what is the first question you ask yourself? Do you think of the potential bias? Do you fact check? In the age of artificial intelligence and fake news it is even more important...

Edie Balester, who plays Annabeth Chase, snatches a backpack from Sydney Ryan and Ameriah Lockett, playing Percy and Grover respectively, while running through a full dress rehearsal before opening night Oct. 8, 2024 at the McLeod Theater in Carbondale, Illinois. “I think all of us have seen our chemistry build over this entire process and even as we near the end I think we still find moments on stage to create more of a connection with each other, and I think our relationships off stage have helped build the connections between characters so much more. I think it’s very apparent when you watch it,” Balester said.

REVIEW: School of Theatre & Dance defies odds in an electrifying performance of ‘The Lightning Thief’

By Carly Gist, News Editor October 10, 2024

In Act One of “The Lightning Thief,” audiences learn that normal is a myth.    The message is delivered gently through song by Israeli Jones in the role of Sally Jackson. She’s singing...

From left to right: Design Chief Peyton Cook, News Editor Joei Younker, Student Managing Editor Brandyn Wilcoxen,
Sports Editor Jamilah Lewis, Photo Editor Lylee Gibbs, and Editor-in-Chief Cole Daily on Feb. 6, 2024 in Carbondale Illinois.

Letter from the Editor: To my college best friends

By Brandyn Wilcoxen, Managing Editor May 9, 2024

In the past couple of years, I’ve been in my head about what I call the “rock band documentary” phenomenon. Essentially, it seems cliche for a rock band documentary to begin with a group of folks...

Trent Brown sits on the side of the court waiting to substitute in as the Salukis face the University of Evansville Purple Aces Feb. 25, 2024 at Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana. Lylee Gibbs | @lyleegibbsphoto

Letter to the editor: Trent Brown bids farewell to Saluki Nation

By Trent Brown, Saluki Men’s Basketball April 17, 2024

The hardwood at Banterra is where some of you may have heard my name. Others may not know me at all. This note, however, is still to you because you go to school here, serve in the restaurants, greet patients...

Lance Jones (right) and Marcus Domask (left) during a Purdue-Illinois game Jan. 5, 2024 at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana. Photo credit to Purdue Athletics.

Column: It’s time to give Marcus and Lance their flowers

By Ryan Grieser, Sports Reporter March 28, 2024

The 2023-24 SIU men’s basketball season didn’t exactly go according to plan. Between confounding losses and a highly disappointing end to the season, culminating in the departure of former head...

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