A video surfacing last month of fraternity members allegedly using hate speech and now more recent racist videos have led interim Chancellor Brad Colwell to decry any message that "promotes division,...

The biggest question I saw Monday on social media and on campus tied to the idea of what was the purpose of the May 2 protests were. With all the different ideas being thrown at you — racism, sexism...

While those at the top of SIU seem to be very comfortable, too many students at this university find themselves in frightening and confusing circumstances, for one reason or another. This uneasiness is...

As much as I'd like to, I cannot tell students to come to class Monday and not to worry about recent violent threats. Thanks to an anonymous coward, SIU's recent rocky race-relations have taken a turn...

I applaud interim Chancellor Bradley Colwell and other leaders on campus who worked to get the vile video "SIUC White is Right" removed from YouTube and who immediately denounced it as the very opposite...

More than half of the state’s $4.1 billion budget for universities is spent on retirement costs, according to a study by the Illinois Policy Institute. A large share of these benefits are going to those...

No, last week's heralded bipartisan agreement in Springfield to provide emergency funding to higher education was not a breakthrough.It was not a hard-won compromise that signaled the beginning of the...

Campus community, As student government representatives, we are being asked now what we are doing to combat this climate of racism and intolerance. The answer is, quite honestly, not enough: We at GPSC...

SIU students,Many of you are aware of a highly disturbing video that promotes division, racism and violence on our campus. I assure you that the university is taking this video very seriously and is working...