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Cinema, theater student remembered for love of dancing, passion for others

Cinema, theater student remembered for love of dancing, passion for others

By Kitt Fresa, Features Editor
May 1, 2018
'He cared a tremendous amount about people,' tenth anniversary of Rendleman's death

‘He cared a tremendous amount about people,’ tenth anniversary of Rendleman’s death

By Kitt Fresa, Features Editor
April 29, 2018
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American playwright August Wilson’s ‘Gem of the Ocean’ coming to Mcleod theater 

By Kitt Fresa, Features Editor
April 24, 2018
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Review: Big Lebowski, a must-see comedy on April 20

By Kitt Fresa, Features Editor
April 21, 2018
Pulliam Hall can be seen Jan. 30, 2017, on the university's Carbondale campus. (Jacob Wiegand | @jawiegandphoto)

Nurses at Student Health Center unionize in hopes for fair wages

By Kitt Fresa, Features Editor
April 19, 2018
SIU Chancellor Carlo Montemagno speaks to protestors Friday, April 6, 2018, during an occupation of the chancellor's office in Anthony Hall. The occupation followed a march through campus the previous day in protest of the proposed police academy at the Southern Illinois University Carbondale campus. (Brian Munoz | @BrianMMunoz)

Seventy five percent of faculty chose to extend or not advance Montemagno’s restructuring plan

By Kitt Fresa, Features Editor
April 11, 2018
Jai Parham, a freshman studying theater from Chicago, talks about the similarities and differences between the Howard University demonstrations at their demonstration at SIU Friday, April 6, 2018, during an occupation of SIU Chancellor Carlo Montemagno's office in Anthony Hall. The occupation followed a march through campus the previous day in protest of the proposed police academy at the Southern Illinois University Carbondale campus. (Brian Munoz | @BrianMMunoz)

Demonstrators occupy chancellor’s office for nearly 25 hours

By Kitt Fresa, Brian Munoz, and Farrah Blaydes
April 6, 2018
Joshua Gavel, a senior studying fashion design and merchandising from Champaign, puts together clothing for the senior design runway show Monday, April 2, 2018, in the fashion merchandising studio in Quigley Hall.

Fashion design students to showcase final works in runway fashion show

By Kitt Fresa, Features Editor
April 6, 2018
Tim Beaty with his son Jacob. (Provided photo by Jessica Beaty)

“He died helping others just as he had lived his whole life,” father and friends of Tim Beaty reflect on his life

By Kitt Fresa, Features Editor
April 5, 2018
Pulliam Hall can be seen Jan. 30, 2017, on the university's Carbondale campus. (Jacob Wiegand | @jawiegandphoto)

A showcase for students to enjoy each other’s art: The Little Muddy Film and Media Festival

By Kitt Fresa, Staff Writer
April 4, 2018
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SIU alumnus wins Global Music Award for remake of song, ‘Africa’

By Kitt Fresa, Features Editor
March 25, 2018
Students and faculty meet for a Graduate and Professional Student Council meeting Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2018, at the student center. (Cameron Hupp | @CHupp04)

GPSC discusses program change proposals

By Kitt Fresa, Features Editor
March 22, 2018
(Autumn Suyko | @AutumnSuyko_DE)

Native Trees and shrubs to be sold at SIU Arena

By Kitt Fresa, Features Editor
March 22, 2018
Chancellor Carlo Montemagno speaks at the University Museum reopening reception Thursday, March 8, 2018. (Reagan Gavin | @RGavin_DE)

‘Not everything happens inside the classroom,’ SIU celebrates University Museum reopening

By Kitt Fresa, Features Editor
March 8, 2018
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SIU Law student named in top 20 law students in the country

By Kitt Fresa, Staff Reporter
March 8, 2018
A heron trades from one water source to another Saturday, March 3, 2018, at the Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge near White Hill. (Cameron Hupp | @CHupp04)

Local wildlife refuge to hold Stewardship Saturdays, looks to preserve Cypress Creek

By Kitt Fresa, Features Editor
March 7, 2018
The entrance to the Church of the Good Shepherd is pictured on Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, in Carbondale. (Jorge Sida-Valdez | @JSidaValdez)

Carbondale church becomes the first in southern Illinois to use solar energy

By Kitt Fresa, Features Editor
March 2, 2018
Hudman Evans, a first year graduate student from Georgia, weighs a black carp Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, as part of his research of the invasive species. (Cameron Hupp | @CHupp04)

University zoology student studies largest known specimen of black carp

By Kitt Fresa, Features Editor
March 1, 2018
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SIU home to best online MBA program in Illinois

By Kitt Fresa, Features Editor
March 1, 2018
People walk past tapped trees Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, during the annual Maple Syrup Festival and Pancake Breakfast at Touch of Nature. Each year staff at Touch tap trees and collect sap to boil into maple syrup. (Branda MItchell | @branda_mitchell)

Maple Syrup Festival kicks off this weekend

By Kitt Fresa
February 21, 2018
The sunset illuminates Pulliam Hall with warm light Sunday, Nov. 26, 2017, at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. (Brian Mu–noz | @BrianMMunoz)

Big Muddy Film Festival celebrates 40th anniversary

By Kitt Fresa, Staff Writer
February 15, 2018
From left: Michael Justin Miller, 26, of Louisville, Kentucky,and Allysha Kochrnour, 25, of Millersburg Pennsylvania, review surveys Friday, Feb. 2, 2018, at DxR Development Group Inc. in the SIU Research Park. Both Miller and Kochenour are graduate students in Applied Psychology involved in the Applied Research Consultants firm at SIU. (Mary Newman | @MaryNewmanDE)

One of two student run consulting firms in the country is at SIU, offers unique experience for students

By Kitt Fresa, Staff Writer
February 7, 2018
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Student to showcase movie ‘I, too, Dream American’

By Kitt Fresa, Staff reporter
February 7, 2018
Natasha Zaretsky poses for a portrait with her book, "Radiation Nation," on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018, in her Faner office. (Anna Spoerre | @annaspoerre) The book, focused on the 1979 nuclear accident at Three Mile Island, was published this year.

SIU history professor publishes book on nuclear meltdown

By Kitt Fresa, Staff Writer
February 7, 2018
Partygoers attend a Polar Bear gathering Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, at 807 W. Main St. in Carbondale. The crowd dispersed after police responded to the scene around 3:30 p.m. (Branda Mitchell | @branda_mitchell)

How to survive Polar Bear

By Kitt Fresa, Staff reporter
January 27, 2018
Photojournalist Richard Sitler photographs demonstrators Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, during the Southern Illinois March to the Polls in Carbondale. (Dylan Nelson | @Dylan_Nelson99)

Photographer exhibits Peace Corps experiences at The Varsity

By Kitt Fresa, Staff Writer
January 24, 2018
Long time Saluki basketball and football fan Tilden Parks, of Marion, reacts in exasperation to a point lost to Missouri State on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, during the Salukis' 85-84 win against the Bears at SIU Arena. The game marked Parks' 533rd consecutive SIU men's home basketball game. (Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms)

Saluki superfan Tilden Parks to donate $1.3 million for student scholarships

By Kitt Fresa, Staff Writer
January 23, 2018
Alt.news 26:46 equipment manager Jeff Haney, a senior studying cinema and photography from Deerfield, films a skit Monday, Nov. 13, 2017, in Studio A of the Communications Building. (Brian Muñoz | @BrianMMunoz)

‘Whatever the students want it to be’: Alt News going strong in 19th season on air

By Kitt Fresa
November 30, 2017
A banner stating "don't cut Africana Studies" sits outside the Student Center Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017. Students and alumni gathered outside the Student Center to protest the removal of the Africana Studies program from SIU. Athena Chrysanthou | @Chrysant1Athena)

Students launch social media campaign to raise awareness, support for Africana studies

By Kitt Fresa
November 30, 2017
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SIU researcher receives grant to study extreme weather

By Kitt Fresa
November 15, 2017
Chancellor Carlo Montemagno speaks about his strawman plan for academic reorganization at the university Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017, at an open forum in the student center auditorium. (Dylan Nelson | @DylanNelson99)

Graduate students ‘concerned,’ ‘discouraged’ by Montemagno’s vision for SIU

By Kitt Fresa
November 15, 2017
Guitar festival to be held on campus Friday and Saturday

Guitar festival to be held on campus Friday and Saturday

By Kitt Fresa
November 10, 2017
Senior cinema major Michael Morones, of Cary, directs the camera crew Friday, Oct. 27, 2017 on the set of "Better" in Carbondale. (Dylan Nelson | @DylanNelson99)

Movie Camera Movement, a ‘playground’ for students to produce films

By Kitt Fresa
November 2, 2017
Professor of cinema and photography Walter Metz is pictured Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2017, in his office in the Communications Building. (Dylan Nelson | @DylanNelson99)

Film professor hopes to impart ‘intensely humanist’ aspects of movies on students

By Kitt Fresa
November 1, 2017
Dr. Mont Allen demonstrates how Greeks would drink from the bowl revealing the eyes and nose painted on the outside, Friday, Oct. 19, 2017, inside his office in Faner Hall. (Mary Newman | @MaryNewmanDE)

For the love of death: art history professor brings passion for ancient funeral culture to SIU

By Kitt Fresa
October 26, 2017
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United Nations Day to be held Tuesday in the Student Center

By Kitt Fresa
October 24, 2017
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GPSC says Montemagno’s academic restructuring could negatively impact graduate students

By Kitt Fresa
October 18, 2017
Quatros pizza is pictured Wednesday, Oct. 2017, at Quatros pizza in Carbondale. (Auston Mahan | @MahanuAuston_DE)

Five Carbondale restaurants alumni love the most

By Kitt Fresa
October 13, 2017
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Alumnus writes politically charged book about fictional SIU professor

By Kitt Fresa
October 12, 2017
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Administration to make academic advising more “centralized” by spring semester

By Kitt Fresa
October 11, 2017
Senior aviation management major Rachel Piacentini, left, of Steger, and sophomore aviation flight major Olivia Vincent, of Rushville, pose inside a flight deck Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, at the SIU Aviation Technologies Hangar in Murphysboro. (Mary Newman | @MaryNewmanDE)

Women in SIU’s aviation programs fly toward industry equality

By Kitt Fresa
October 5, 2017
Logan Hosick, a junior from Cisne studying crop and soil science, throws barley seeds on a tractor Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017, at University Farms. (Athena Chrysanthou | @Chrysant1Athena)

Fermentation science program continues tapping into its potential

By Kitt Fresa
October 4, 2017
Stacy McDermott makes her case in the Paul Simon institute director search Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, in the Illinois room of the Student Center. “I want to share with others the power of positive inspiration,” McDermott said. (Auston Mahan | @MahanAuston_DE)

Historian Stacy McDermott makes case for Paul Simon Institute director

By Kitt Fresa
October 2, 2017
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Morris Library hosting Banned Books Week

By Kitt Fresa
September 25, 2017
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Alzheimer’s fundraising event to be held at Campus Lake on Saturday

By Kitt Fresa
September 22, 2017
(Paul Moseley/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)

Morris Library to host environmental film festival on Friday

By Kitt Fresa
September 21, 2017
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Shawnee Hills Wine Trail, the ‘face of tourism in southern Illinois’

By Kitt Fresa
September 14, 2017
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Historical studies doctoral program mounting ‘full-throated defense’ against potential closure

By Kitt Fresa
September 13, 2017
The water tower observation deck Sept. 1, 2017, at Giant City Park. (Dylan Nelson | @DylanNelson99)

Giant City Lodge, serving southern Illinois since the Great Depression

By Kitt Fresa
September 7, 2017
A Flashforge Creator Pro 3-D printer is pictured Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, in Morris Library. “There was a non-profit group that gave [the printers] to us, so we didn’t have to purchase them,” science librarian Jennifer Horton said. Horton will be teaching a workshop on the printing units, Wednesday. (Auston Mahan | @MahanAuston_DE)

Morris Library workshop series teaches students how to 3-D print

By Kitt Fresa
August 28, 2017
Universities Space Research Association software developed Scott Davis, of Mountain View, California, explains the components of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infared Astronomy (SOFIA) project to John Cremma, of Chicago Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, at the science astronomy and technology expo, at the SIU Arena. (Brian Muñoz | @BrianMMunoz)

Innovation on display at Science and Technology Expo

By Kitt Fresa
August 21, 2017
The "diamond ring effect" is pictured shortly after the Great American Eclipse's totality, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, at Saluki Stadium. Thousands of eclipse viewers fought cloud coverage to see the eclipse's totality. (Brian Muñoz | @BrianMMunoz)

Solar eclipse is totality wicked in So. Ill.

By Marnie Leonard, Gabby Pettyjohn, Kitt Fresa, Jacob Selsor, and Samantha Keebler
August 21, 2017
New library exhibit showcases campus history

New library exhibit showcases campus history

By Kitt Fresa
August 18, 2017
Idaho Falls braces for the world as eclipse-mania sweeps the small town. (Dreamstime/TNS)

Your guide to eclipse weekend’s events and entertainment

By Kitt Fresa
August 18, 2017
Cars drive past East Campus housing Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, in the 1000 block of South Wall Street in Carbondale. (Bill Lukitsch | @lukitsbill)

Schneider Hall to rent dorm rooms for eclipse weekend

By Kitt Fresa
June 6, 2017
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