After wondering how to go about writing a farewell column for my last issue as editor-in-chief at the Daily Egyptian, I realized there really are no words to express the feelings I’ve had this week as...

Editor, The effort by some SIU students which aims to prevent Gov. Rauner from being a keynote speaker brought to mind a relatively old (1991) quote from a well-known liberal attorney, author and professor...

Daily Egyptian Editor,A collegiate graduation ceremony symbolizes so many different things to so many different people. To me, it symbolizes achievement, perseverance, dedication, and a future. With such...

A new women’s hockey league was announced on March 26 and will place four teams in the northeast United States.The National Women’s Hockey League will consist of the Boston Pride, Buffalo Beauts, Connecticut...

In response to Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposed budget—which includes a nearly 32 percent cut to higher education—the university asked non-academic services to create a plan in preparation of these cuts....

Andrew Johnathan Ruiz was one of the few people who looked normal in a blue denim jacket, the kind a greaser from a 1950s movie about motorcycle gangs would have worn.He not only looked normal in this,...

“To protect and serve” is emblazoned across countless cop cars across America, but serving and protecting has not been the reasoning behind every ticket administered by the police. Sometimes officers...

SIUC students are united in calling for quality and affordable healthcare. In 2010, Congress passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), popularly known as “Obamacare.” This bill raised...

I am writing to inform you that I am very upset with Gov. Bruce Rauner's proposal to cut Illinois' Amtrak routes by 40 percent. More people including the millennial generation are using Amtrak. Since the...

I want to commend Johnathan Flowers on his opinion article in the Feb. 24 edition of the DE. He makes a distinction between the numbers game of diversity and the activity of diversity itself. It is one...

In a September 2014 article in the Daily Egyptian, Nathan Stephens, director of the Center for Inclusive Excellence, stated: “Diversity tends to be compositional, with numbers… Inclusivity speaks more...

I am deeply disappointed in a statement by Mayoral Candidate Mike Henry in the Feb. 16 Daily Egyptian. In a profile, Henry made wild and reckless allegations, unsupported by any facts, concerning my actions...