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Members of the Peace Coalition of Southern Illinois protest the U.S. involvement in the Russia and Ukraine conflict Feb. 5, 2022 in Carbondale, Ill.

Letter to the editor: Russo-Ukrainian crisis requires nuance

By Isaac Ludington, Political Science Student • February 10, 2022

While reading the February 9, 2022, print edition, I was interested to see coverage of a local demonstration by the Peace Coalition of Southern Illinois against U.S. involvement in the Russo-Ukrainian...

Foreword: The environment and racialized development

By Jason Flynn, Managing Editor • January 13, 2022

After nearly two years of societal upheaval due, in large part, to the COVID-19 pandemic, it can be easy to push anything not of the most immediate importance to the back of the mind.  When a school...

Environmental Racism Special Project

Latino Environmental Town Hall pushing for for cleaner communities

By Jamilah Lewis, Staff Reporter • January 12, 2022

On Monday evening, Jan. 10th, several Illinois Latin government officials and legislators hosted a Latin Environmental racism townhall to give an overview of initiatives and future to fight the environmental...

Cheryl Vincent clears off a picture of her and her son that was found in the aftermath of the Dec. 10 tornado Dec. 19, 2021 in Dawson Springs, Kentucky.

Small finds, small joys: Discovering remnants of possessions lost to the Kentucky tornado

By Sophie Whitten, Photo Editor • January 3, 2022

The walls and roof of a Kentucky storage unit had been torn off by the Dec. 10 tornado, stirring everyone’s possessions into a stew of mud, books, toys and furniture on the concrete slabs where the units...

William Vinson shovels debris from the road Dec. 18, 2021 in Mayfield, Kentucky.

Donations for tornado victims pile high in Mayfield, Kentucky

By Sophie Whitten, Photo Editor • December 27, 2021

Driving south on U.S. Highway 45 over the hill into Mayfield, Kentucky, the town appears to have collapsed in on itself into a pile of wood, bricks and metal scraps in the aftermath of the Dec. 10 tornado.  Downed...

Rocky Taylor, a tornado relief volunteer, eats a meal cooked by Pryorsburg Independent Bible Methodist Church and Fowlers K&N Root Beer Dec. 17, 2021 in Mayfield, Kentucky.

Tornado survivors share stories of the splintering storm and the aftermath

By Sophie Whitten, Photo Editor • December 22, 2021

In the cold and miserable rain, Mickey Fowler worked tirelessly out of his restaurant, which had been torn apart by tornado damage, to feed the volunteers coming to Mayfield’s aid. “I had a lot...

SIU freshman defender, Kylie McDermott, goes head to head with a Knight player during the Salukis game against Bellarmine University, where the Knights won 2-0 against the Salukis on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021 at Lew Hartzog Track and Field Complex at SIU.

Semester in Photos: Fall 2021

By Sophie Whitten, Photo Editor • December 2, 2021

Chris Bishop Chris Bishop is a senior at SIU and the multimedia editor of the Daily Egyptian. He is in the cinema department and is graduating in December 2021. He is originally from St. Louis...

SIU student, Jazmin Vazquez, stares at chancellor Lane as he exits Anthony Hall during the die-in protest held by SIU Student Safety Initiative on Dec. 1, 2021 at SIU.

SIU students protest gun violence 

By Janiyah Gaston, Staff Reporter • December 1, 2021

On December 1, 2021 Southern Illinois University Carbondale students and faculty marched from Faner to Anthony hall, where the chancellor and provost offices are located, to protest the ongoing gun violence...

A plane prepares to takeoff Sept. 3, 2021 at SIU Automotive Technology in Murphysboro, Ill.

Aviation History Month spotlight on SIU School of Aviation

By Carolyn Dickte and Jason Flynn • November 12, 2021

In December,1960, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIU), purchased a flight training and fueling company called Midwest Aero services, a moment generally considered the start of aviation at the...

A poster filled with photos of Jacob Jurinek during the vigil on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021 at Faner Plaza at SIU in Carbondale, Illinois. Jurinek, a junior at SIU, was one of the eight victims of the Astroworld festival tragedy on Nov. 5 in Houston.

“Larger-than-life” Jacob E. Jurinek: SIU campus mourns the loss of another student 

By Oreoluwa Ojewuyi, Editor in Chief • November 9, 2021

Following the Astroworld music festival that left eight dead and countless people injured, the SIU and Carbondale community gathered to honor the life of third year journalism student Jacob (Jake) E. Jurinek. The...

Forgotten Bodies: Missing White Woman Syndrome

By Oreoluwa Ojewuyi, Editor-in-Chief • November 6, 2021

Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito, 22, was reported missing on Sept. 11 by her family in Suffolk County, N.Y., after a cross country trip with her fiancé 23-year-old, Brian Laundrie. The couple embarked on...

At the Storm Lake Times, five of the 10-person staff are members of the Cullen family.

Editorial: Newspaper documentary shows highlights and pitfalls of small town journalism

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,...

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