By Annie Hammock, Managing Editor
• October 22, 2021
A small town is about as strong as its newspapers and its banks, according to the Pulitzer Prize winning editor of Storm Lake Times, Art Cullen. His family’s newspaper, and what it means to his town,...
By Nick Karpinski , Graduate Contributor
• September 13, 2021
Score: 8/10
While preparing to write my review on Kanye West’s 10th studio project, ‘Donda,’ and after proper due diligence — listening to it on my headphones, through a speaker and occasionally...
By Annie Hammock, Managing Editor
• September 13, 2021
Every time you pick up the Daily Egyptian, you are ultimately strengthening our democracy. The newspaper you hold in your hands is the work of journalists committed to bringing you the information you...
In 2020, I decided to give college “the old college try” a second time.
That fall, and following spring, I took all of my classes online, which, despite the global pandemic, felt pretty normal...
I have avoided and abhorred guns for the majority of my life but on the weekend of April 10th to 11th I stepped into the heart of American gun culture at the Wanenmacher's Gun Show in Tulsa Oklahoma, which is regarded as the largest gun show in the world.
By Luke DeCock, The News and Observer
• March 30, 2021
The justified and entirely avoidable uproar over the very different conditions for men’s and women’s basketball players in their respective tournament bubbles has raised new questions about gender-equity issues within the NCAA office and across college sports.
As the burden of COVID-19 cases in our region and in the U.S. declines, there is widespread optimism that the pandemic may be waning. There is good reason for optimism. And some reason for pessimism.
I donated blood for the first time last month. While preparing to stick a needle in, the nurse said to me, “You’re a really good candidate for donating blood.” I laughed a little to myself while putting my earbuds in, queueing up my playlist and squeezing the stress ball.
The killing was seven years ago on a Monday afternoon. On Aug. 9, 2014, Michael Brown Jr., an unarmed 18-year-old African American, was shot dead by former police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri.
Super Bowl LV will be played by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (11-5, 14-5 overall) against the defending super bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs (14-2, 16-2 overall) in Florida at Tampa Bay's own Raymond James Stadium. Though, there will be limited capacity of people in attendance, which could temper any true home field advantage.
By Jerry Kruse, , MD, MSPH, Dean and Provost, SIU School of Medicine & CEO, SIU Medicine
• January 22, 2021
Welcome back from the holiday break. I hope you had a safe time of rest and renewal. Unfortunately, the holiday break was not a time of safety in the United States as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to surge.
