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Contaminated Wood Treatment site still hurting Carbondale community 100 years later

January 14, 2022

Latino Environmental Town Hall pushing for for cleaner communities

January 12, 2022
Zachary Gutenkauf and Jennifer Pierce start research as part of the SIU research team that helps to feed astronauts in Life Science III at SIU Nov. 8, 2021 in Carbondale, Illinois. “This is a multidisciplinary team requiring many specialties. Currently we are in phase one, which is the NASA proposal phase. We are waiting on the phase two ‘rules’ for proof of the concept, which are anticipated to be revealed tomorrow at 10am on NASA TV [Tuesday November 9, 2021]. Once we know the rules for phase two, then the game is afoot,” director of the coal and energy research and a professor in geology, Ken B. Anderson, said.

SIU research team helps on journey to deeper space exploration

November 19, 2021

Reviving the community with the Eurma Hayes Center

November 11, 2021

Helping people re-enter society: The Center of Empowerment and Justice

November 5, 2021

USG votes for the return of the pass or no pass option for fall 2021

November 3, 2021
Touch of Nature hosts Haunted Hollow

Touch of Nature hosts Haunted Hollow

October 31, 2021
Students look at their paintings at the Paint & Sip hosted by the Black Affairs Council in the Student Services Building Pavilion at SIU Oct. 20, 2021 in Carbondale, Ill.

Bring the Black student body together: Black Affairs Council

October 31, 2021
COVID vaccine booster shots coming to Carbondale

COVID vaccine booster shots coming to Carbondale

October 16, 2021
Tammy Duckworth, Illinois Senator, speaks to SIU students via Zoom Oct. 4, 2021. Living in Illinois made me the person I am today, Duckworth said.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth speaks with the Paul Simon Institute on today’s political issues

October 15, 2021
Road to Homecoming

Road to Homecoming

October 8, 2021
Activists listen to speakers at the March for Reproductive Rights while holding a sign that reads STOP THE BANS! Oct. 2, 2021 at the Carbondale Civic Center in Carbondale, Ill.

People of Carbondale march against the attack on reproductive rights

October 2, 2021
Abortion funds, providers prepared for threats and abortion restrictions long before Texas rule was upheld

Abortion funds, providers prepared for threats and abortion restrictions long before Texas rule was upheld

September 27, 2021

“Justice for J6”: Look Ahead America calls for justice for Capitol insurrectionists

September 21, 2021

Trump supporters prepare for “Justice for J6” rally

September 17, 2021
Tyne Haverkate completes her preflight on the Cessna 172R at the Southern Illinois Airport Set. 3, 2021 in Murphysboro, Ill.

 Flying Salukis among “top programs” partnered with Delta’s pilot career path

September 17, 2021
Newly installed basketball court at the Dentmon Center Aug. 23, 2021 in Carbondale, Ill.

Southern Illinois Unity Coalition eyes Dentmon Center for future youth programming

August 26, 2021
Father Joseph Brown joins virtually to speak at Keeshanna Jacksons memorial Aug. 25, 2021.

SIU holds memorial service for Keeshanna “Shanna” Jackson

August 25, 2021
Bringing life back to the campus: Plans from the newest member of USG

Bringing life back to the campus: Plans from the newest member of USG

August 19, 2021
(Pictured from Left to Right) Kylen Lunn, Sara Davis, Hannah Friedman, Ara J. Rice, Brock Mills, and Devin Welchman; the six staff members of Alt News 26:46 sitting in the Alt News editing space called The Loft located in the Communications building at Southern Illinois University of Carbondale.

Journalism RSO’s are putting student creativity into production

August 19, 2021
Tara Nelsen, leader of Southern Illinois Pagan Alliance (SIPA) makes preparations before starting a smudging ritual on Wednesday April 14, 2021, inside the Labyrinth near Gaia House Interfaith Center, in Carbondale Ill. “We have been doing this since 1998 and I will continue doing it,” Nelsen said.

Southern Illinois Pagan Alliance welcomes all

April 30, 2021
Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. (TNS)

The State of abortion in Illinois and road to repeal the Parental Notification Act

April 27, 2021
Chancellor addresses diversity, inclusion after Chauvin verdict

Chancellor addresses diversity, inclusion after Chauvin verdict

April 21, 2021
An overflow crowd of supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment wait to be allowed into the gallery of the House of Delegates Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020 in Richmond, Virginia.

Is it too late for the Equal Rights Amendment?

March 29, 2021
Samaritan Saturday Pulliam logo

Samaritan Saturday: The Women’s Center of Carbondale is a safe haven in southern Illinois

March 27, 2021
Pulliam Hall

The importance of sexual education in college

March 26, 2021
Carbondale community members stand up for the future of the Eurma C. Hayes Center

Carbondale community members stand up for the future of the Eurma C. Hayes Center

February 5, 2021
Democratic presidential candidates former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) speak after the Democratic Presidential Debate at Texas Southern Universitys Health and PE Center on Sept. 12, 2019 in Houston, Texas.

The sister that made the leap: Alpha Kappa Alpha celebrates Kamala Harris’s Vice Presidency

February 2, 2021
Portrait by Monica Escamilla

Meet Julia Rendleman, the Daily Egyptian’s interim adviser

January 28, 2021
Tony Cullison, a Belknap local, receives his ballot Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Belknap, Ill.

Carbondale community speaks on the issues driving them to the polls

November 5, 2020
Citizens of Carbondale march in support of social activism a day after the election Wednesday, November 4, 2020, in Carbondale, Ill. Several local activist groups attended, including For the People, a communist organization dedicated to helping those in need within local communities through various food and clothing drives.

Southern Illinois activist groups hold post-election protest

November 4, 2020
Ann DeHorn, 69, of Carbondale holds up an End Voter Suppression sign along side East Main St. in Carbondale for the voting rights vigil, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018 put on by the Peace Coalition of Southern Illinois. (Allie Tiller | @allietiller_de)

U.S. still seeing effects of voter suppression after over 100 years

November 2, 2020
Jonas Trimble, a SIU electrical engineering major, prepares to get blood drawn at a blood drive held by the American Red Cross at the Student Center Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020. “Well, donations with blood like this saved my father’s life, so it’s kind of duty bound to do it myself to help save some other boy’s father to stay alive,” Trimble said.

Blood drives continue during pandemic and may help COVID-19 patients

October 26, 2020
Dr. Meera Komarraju, SIUs interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs poses for a photo outside of her office on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020 in Anthony Hall at SIU.

Get to know your Provost -Meet Meera Komarraju

October 11, 2020
Hailie Sullivan, left, 8, Lauren Ecker, 13, Kaitlyn Sullivan, 10, pose for a photo with a Trump flag during the Trump Train event in Anna, Ill. on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020. We have a big reason why, Pritzker doesnt want most people to go Trick-O-Treating, he wants all the candy, Hailie said as to why she came out to the event.

Trump train travels through Anna, Ill., draws counter-protesters

October 10, 2020
Virginia Rinella buys watermelons from Richard Bochantin at the Humpday Farmers Market on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, in Carbondale, ILL. “This is my first experience [here] and I like it” Rinella said. Bochantin has been selling his products at the farmers market for about 4 years. Bochantin said that after COVID-19 started, the city shut down the farmers markets on city property, so they decided to move to a new location, the parking lot of Gold’s Gym in Carbondale, ILL. Bochantin said that since moving to the new location they have seen more people stop by.

Carbondale farmer’s market continues to thrive during the pandemic

October 10, 2020

‘All lives can’t matter until Black lives do:’ Racist incident at Vienna high school leads to protest

September 27, 2020
Jerry Brooks adds finishing touches on an arrangement before it is delivered to a local customer on Sept. 17, 2020, at Jerry’s Flowers in Carbondale, ILL.

Local flower shops struggle due to COVID-19

September 25, 2020
COVID-19 restrictions weigh heavily on fraternities and sororities

COVID-19 restrictions weigh heavily on fraternities and sororities

September 20, 2020
Faculty weigh in on the decision to return to campus amid the pandemic

Faculty weigh in on the decision to return to campus amid the pandemic

August 6, 2020
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