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Paul Simon Public Policy Institute to celebrate 20 years

By Diamond Jones
May 4, 2017
Colwell pushes mission statement, students deliver concerns of inclusivity

Colwell pushes mission statement, students deliver concerns of inclusivity

By Diamond Jones
April 25, 2017
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Springfest concert returns to SIU campus Saturday

By Diamond Jones
April 20, 2017
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Poets and authors share stories at Little Grassy Literary Festival

By Diamond Jones
April 12, 2017
Murphysboro resident Andrew Vaz, center; Dowell resident Niki McMurray, left; and Tiffany Yearian, of Du Quoin, eat lunch Monday, April 10, 2017, at the Longbranch Café & Bakery. The cafe is holding its 17th Annual For Kids’ Sake Art Auction through April 28. Much of the art displayed on the walls is part of the silent auction to benefit a number of youth humanitarian efforts. (William Cooley | @Wcooley1980)

Local art auction raises money for Bangladeshi orphans

By Diamond Jones
April 12, 2017
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DaVinci Days celebration returns to SIU

By Diamond Jones
April 3, 2017
Tyler Chapin, a freshman from Washington, D.C. studying aviation, and Jena Tressler, a senior from Chester studying physical therapist assistant, clear debris Saturday, April 1, 2017, at Touch of Nature Environmental Center in Makanda. Chapin and Tressler volunteered at Touch as part of The Big Event — a day of service in which hundreds of SIU students participated. (Jacob Wiegand | @jawiegandphoto)

The Big Event is a big success at SIU

By Diamond Jones
April 1, 2017
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University hosts its first ‘Big Event’ after two years of planning

By Diamond Jones
March 28, 2017
A shadow is cast on a projection screen during a scene of “Greyscale: Performing Across Difference” on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, during rehearsal in Marion Kleinau Theatre. The show will be held in Kleinau at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $7 or $5 with a student ID. (Branda Mitchell | @branda_mitchell)

Theater students use photography and performance to highlight society’s diversity

By Diamond Jones
March 24, 2017
Jailel Barr, a junior from Ullin studying journalism, speaks about physical disabilities during a tour of the “Tunnel of Oppression” on Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, in Grinnell Hall. The annual event highlights and educates visitors about various issues faced by minorities. (Branda Mitchell | @branda_mitchell)

Tunnel of Oppression returns for 10th year at SIU

By Diamond Jones
February 28, 2017
Isaac Taylor, a senior from Joliet studying recreation, explains the water evaporation process involved in making maple syrup Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017, at Touch of Nature Environmental Center in Carbondale. Staff at Touch tap trees, harvest sap and create maple syrup on site for the annual Maple Syrup Festival. (Branda Mitchell | @branda_mitchell)

Touch of Nature holds sixth Maple Syrup Festival

By Diamond Jones
February 27, 2017
Greg Hummel and Alex Davenport, both doctoral students in communication studies from Ashland, Pennsylvania and Sterling, Virginia respectively, prepare their makeup before going onstage for a rehearsal of “In Service of Venus” on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, in the Marion Kleinau Theatre in the Communications Building. “[The production] deals with love, it deals with dating in the online world, it deals with working in the service industry and finding connections between those things,” said Anna Wilcoxen, who wrote, performed in and co-directed the production. She said the play is “more of a psychological show” as opposed to a linear narrative. The play can been viewed at 8 p.m. Feb. 23, 24 and 25 in the Marion Kleinau Theatre. (Jacob Wiegand | @jawiegandphoto)

Student-led production examines social norms of society’s workforce

By Diamond Jones
February 24, 2017
Marchers walk in the International Parade of Flags on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, from Woody Hall to the Student Center. The parade was the kickoff event of International Festival 2017 at SIU. (Jacob Wiegand | @jawiegandphoto)

International Festival begins with Parade of Flags

By Diamond Jones
February 6, 2017
Jessica Leonard, a graduate student in history from Carbondale, walks through the Faner Breezeway on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, in Carbondale. A proposal by the Hispanic Student Council would allow a mural to be painted on the breezeway walls. (Branda Mitchell | @branda_mitchell)

Faculty, staff, students propose campus mural on Faner Hall

By Diamond Jones
February 1, 2017
Marisa Winegar, of Carbondale, poses for a photo Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, at Republican U.S. Representative Mike Bost’s office in Carbondale. Winegar said she read in The Washington Post that repealing the Affordable Care Act would kill more than 43,000 people each year. “That’s like a 9/11 every month,” she said. “I think if we’re going to make America great, we have to invest in America’s people.” (Branda Mitchell | @branda_mitchell)

Southern Illinois group delivers Affordable Care Act support letters to congressman

By Diamond Jones
January 24, 2017
Neviah Lynon, 7, of Carbondale, cracks a smile after walking through the food line at the 35th annual King Breakfast on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, at the Student Center. Lynon’s mother, Nelia Johnson, said they try to attend the event every year. The breakfast, which honored the life and legacy of the late civil rights advocate Martin Luther King Jr., was sponsored by the Carbondale branch of the NAACP. (Jacob Wiegand | @jawiegandphoto)

Carbondale NAACP honors Martin Luther King Jr. with 35th annual commemorative breakfast

By Diamond Jones
January 16, 2017
Lauren Wilson, a sophomore from Chicago studying psychology, left, Patrice Phillips, a senior from Fort Wayne, Ind., studying psychology, and Diamond Flournoy, a junior from Bolingbrook studying social work, take a selfie at the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs induction reception Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016, in the Student Center. Phillips, the registered student organization's founding president, said many historically African-American colleges have chapters, and this is the first RSO of its kind at SIU. (Branda Mitchell | @branda_mitchell)

Historic black women’s organization establishes SIU chapter

By Diamond Jones
December 11, 2016
Football fans fill the stands during the Salukis' 50-17 win over the Murray State Racers on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016, at Saluki Stadium.

SIU Board of Trustees to consider campus alcohol proposal

By Diamond Jones
December 6, 2016
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‘Be the Match’ campaign recruits on campus Tuesday

By Diamond Jones
November 29, 2016
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SIU’s financial aid office to host informative loan seminar

By Diamond Jones
November 16, 2016
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Why the Hispanic Student Council doesn’t back the Latino Cultural Association’s request for a USG seat

By Diamond Jones
October 28, 2016
Alicia Hammond, a junior from Kankakee studying healthcare management, swings beside her son, Ryan Simington Jr., 4, on Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, at Lenus Turley Park in Carbondale. Hammond, a single mother and a full-time SIU student, recently started her own clothing line called "Secrets." "I keep it on the cheaper side," she said of her products, which she sells for less than $20. "I don't want to break anyone's pockets more than the school does." At night, after her son goes to bed, Hammond also works at NeuroRestorative in Carbondale. "I had a child in high school," Hammond said. "A lot of people probably doubted me and thought I wasn't going to do anything, but I never let that get in the way." (Anna Spoerre | @annaspoerre)

SIU student entrepreneur, mom, builds brand with style (PHOTOS)

By Diamond Jones
October 19, 2016
Elizabeth Andrews, a senior from Chicago studying Marketing, poses for a portrait Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, in Carbondale. As the daughter of a breast cancer survivor, Andrews was awarded a 2016 Saluki Strength Breast Cancer Scholarship. (Autumn Suyko | @AutumnSuyko_DE)

How SIU is helping students affected by breast cancer

By Diamond Jones
October 13, 2016
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SIU to host leadership conference next week

By Diamond Jones
September 19, 2016
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On campus, privilege comes in many forms, SIU students say

By Diamond Jones
September 15, 2016
City workers block off Lewis Lane on Friday morning. (Jacob Gaertner | @JGaertnerDE)

Main break leaves some Carbondale schools, apartments without water

By Diamond Jones
September 2, 2016
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SIU community answers call for blood

By Diamond Jones
August 31, 2016
Gov. Bruce Rauner plays a round of pingpong Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, during his visit to Carbondale High School's Rebound program. (Ryan Michalesko | @photosbylesko)

Governor tells Carbondale education program to ‘hang in there’ (PHOTOS)

By Diamond Jones
August 26, 2016
Lt. Ryan House, left, and Officer Molly Pyatt of the SIU Police Department converse as they depart from Shryock Auditorium following a zero-person turnout for the department's rescheduled Pokémon with the Police event Monday, Aug. 22, 2016, in Carbondale. "We were afraid this might happen," House said. "We had a lot of hits on social media for the last one, but hardly any for this [event]." (Ryan Michalesko | @photosbylesko)

Pokémon a no-GO for SIU police event

By Diamond Jones
August 22, 2016

SIU clinic, students join health awareness month

By Diamond Jones, Daily Egyptian
May 9, 2016
SIU students come together for May 2 peaceful protest

SIU students come together for May 2 peaceful protest

By Diamond Jones, Daily Egyptian
May 2, 2016
Fraternity raises money for twins with muscular dystrophy

Fraternity raises money for twins with muscular dystrophy

By Diamond Jones, Daily Egyptian
April 28, 2016
Saad Binsefran, left, a sophomore from Saudi Arabia studying civil engineering, watches as Mansor Sufran, team captain of SIU's Steel Bridge Team, explains a way for the team to reduce the build time of the bridge during a celebration Monday of the the regional wins of SIU’s Steel Bridge and Concrete Canoe teams in the courtyard of the Engineering Building. Both teams will move on to its respective national competitions. Sufran, a senior from Saudi Arabia studying civil engineering, said the team won the regional for the first time in 10 years. Sufran promised Sanjeev Kumar, the department of civil engineering chairman, that the team would win first place in the regional competition. "I knew it was a big promise to make," Sufran said, "but I really believed in the team we have, they’re great." — April 25, 2016, Carbondale, Ill.

SIU student engineers win first place at regional competition

By Diamond Jones, Daily Egyptian
April 25, 2016

Fraternities, sororities campaign for discrimination awareness

By Diamond Jones, Daily Egyptian
April 22, 2016

Here are 10 upcoming events SIU students may want to attend

By Diamond Jones, Daily Egyptian
April 19, 2016
Devin Hunter, a senior from St. Louis studying linguistics, gets his head shaved by Ashley Comerford, an employee at the Sport Clips in Marion, on April 18 during a fundraising event for St. Baldrick's Foundation in the pavilion behind the Student Services Building. Participants in the fundraiser donated money toward childhood cancer research and then shaved their heads. Comerford said this is the first time she has participated in this event and hopes she can again in the future. "The world isn't such a nice place anymore," Comerford said. "It's great to see people out here in their free time doing something good for other families." — April 18, 2016, Carbondale, Ill. (Aidan Osborne | Daily Egyptian)

Students shave heads for cancer charity event

By Diamond Jones, Daily Egyptian
April 18, 2016

Center holds first student listening session in years

By Diamond Jones, Daily Egyptian
April 13, 2016
Local organization, sorority host concert for student scholarship

Local organization, sorority host concert for student scholarship

By Diamond Jones, Daily Egyptian
April 6, 2016

SIU’s upcoming events

By Diamond Jones, Daily Egyptian
April 5, 2016
Community radio station holds fundraiser for Tim Beaty's funeral

Community radio station holds fundraiser for Tim Beaty’s funeral

By Diamond Jones, Daily Egyptian
April 1, 2016

SIU’s upcoming events

By Diamond Jones, Daily Egyptian
March 29, 2016
Anti-abortion group offers alternative to Planned Parenthood

Anti-abortion group offers alternative to Planned Parenthood

By Diamond Jones, Daily Egyptian
March 23, 2016
Anti-Planned Parenthood tour coming to campus Wednesday

Anti-Planned Parenthood tour coming to campus Wednesday

By Diamond Jones, Daily Egyptian
March 21, 2016

Author enhances knowledge on post-traumatic slave syndrome

By Diamond Jones, Daily Egyptian
March 8, 2016
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