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Serving the Southern Illinois University community since 1916.

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Leah Sutton, Photo Editor

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Mel Foster places her pistol into her holster at the Women's Shooting Club at the Tombstone Gun Range on April, 11, 2021. Before joining the group, Foster had taken a couple of home defense classes. Foster has been taking classes for several years and is a concealed carry license holder.

[Video] ‘More American:’ Minority Communities and Gun Ownership

By Oreoluwa Ojewuyi, Staff Reporter
May 14, 2021
Sadhbh Mowlds, a second year MFA student from Ireland, works in the glass blowing hot shop at SIU in Carbondale, Ill. Feb. 12, 2021. “It was really last minute that I decided to get a master’s. I was just feeling like I was in a rut and North America has the best reputation for glass schools,” Mowlds said.

From Ireland to the United States: International student pursues glass blowing at SIU

By Leah Sutton, Photo Editor
March 6, 2021
Camille Davidson, the first Black female Dean at the SIU School of Law, poses for a portrait Feb. 22, 2021, at the SIU School of Law in Carbondale, Ill.

SIU’s first Black, female Dean of Law on why diversity matters

By Leah Sutton, Photo Editor
March 3, 2021
Dre James, owner of Victoria Candle Co. works on candle orders in his apartment Feb. 21, 2021, in Carbondale Ill. “Every month my customer basis is increasing so I’m obviously doing something right,” James said. He started his business in 2019 after having a dream about pouring candle wax. “I just joined the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce and the president ordered a candle, so I just got done making his,” James said.

Victoria Candle Co.: An entrepreneur’s dream of wax becomes a reality

By Leah Sutton, Photo Editor
February 26, 2021
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[Video] Daily Egyptian wins 18 awards in Illinois College Press Association annual competition

By Staff Report, News Desk
February 20, 2021
Valentine’s Day: bring back the whips?

Valentine’s Day: bring back the whips?

By Leah Sutton, Photo Editor
February 12, 2021
Co-owners, Erick Pierce, Latoya Collins, and Brian Sappington pose for a portrait on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021, at Gud Cooking in Carbondale, Ill.

Food for and from the soul, for any nationality

By Leah Sutton, Photo Editor
February 11, 2021
Stephen Robinson Jr., senior pastor at Zion Temple COGIC church, closes out the service with a time of worship Sunday, Feb. 8, 2021, in Murphysboro, Ill. "Lesser persons would have crumbled and collapsed and would have withered away, but we come from a people that said 'I won't go out like that, I'll go out on my own terms.' They had a song that said before I'll be a slave, I'll be buried in my grave and go home to where I'm going to be free," Pastor Robinson said.

[Video] Gallery: Zion Temple COGIC church celebrates Black History Month

By Photo Desk, Daily Egyptian
February 10, 2021
Protestors hold signs at the Southern Illinois Peace Coalition's Monthly Peace and Justice Vigil Saturday, Feb. 5, 2021, at the corner of W. Main St. and Illinois Ave. in Carbondale, Ill. Due to Biden's announcement to end the U.S. support of the Saudi war in Yemen on Feb. 4, the Peace Coalition decided to dedicate their vigil this month to supporting the end of the war in Yemen.

Southern Illinois Peace Coalition protests U.S. involvement in war on Yemen

By Leah Sutton, Photo Editor
February 6, 2021
Jesse Miller paints a wall at Eurma C. Hayes Center on Saturday, Jan 23, 2021, in Carbondale, Ill. Subash Kharel | @pics.leaks

Carbondale community participates in Martin Luther King Day of Service

By Leah Sutton, Photo Editor
January 23, 2021
Trump tower is located at 401 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. It is the second tallest building in the country standing at 98-stories. Overlooking the Chicago River, the skyscraper houses the Trump International Hotel, condominiums and a retail space.

New Chicago ordinance could remove Trump Tower sign due to impeachment

By Leah Sutton, Photo Editor
January 22, 2021
Trump hats sit in a bin at Doris Miller's Trump merchandise stand in Vienna, Ill. An avid Trump supporter, Miller sells Trump merchandise to raise profits for Trump. "We don’t even take our lunch money out of that, because we want every cent to go to Trump," Miller said Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020.

A Trump supporter reflects on current events in the Capitol

By Leah Sutton, Photo Editor
January 19, 2021
Molly Gabel and her dog, Amaya, pose for a portrait in her at home studio Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, in Carbondale Ill. Gabel said that she loves working from home because she is able to make her own schedule.

Meet the artist behind Carbondale’s butterfly jewelry

By Leah Sutton, Photo Editor
December 20, 2020
Glen Faith, the owner of Mermet Springs, poses for a portrait in one of the air tank refill stations on-site Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. “My ideas, if I was going to open up a quarry, I really wanted it to be a scuba destination where dive centers could come, instructors could bring their students, there was professionalism, there was adequate equipment for rental, and air fills were efficient,” Faith said, “We fill probably 3-4 maybe 500 cylinders this past weekend. No one waited more than 10 minutes for an air fill.”

Gallery: ‘Dive in first class’ in southern Illinois

By Leah Sutton, Photo Editor
November 20, 2020
Matt Ahlfield and Isaac Gibson, co-owners of Backwoods Axe Throwing in Murphysboro, practice their axe throwing Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020.

Backwoods Axe Throwing to host Halloween activities

By Leah Sutton, Photo Editor
October 29, 2020
Grace Durocher, a biochemistry major, helps out fellow students paint pumpkins at the Moon Light on the Lake event Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020, near campus lake. "This was just a good way to get people out, because of Coronavirus, all these students have been stuck in their dorms with nothing to do. So we wanted to offer a safe setting for people to get out, below off some stress, meet some new friends, and just have a good night," Durocher said.

SIU Honors Assembly hosts Moon Light on the Lake

By Jared Treece and Leah Sutton
October 18, 2020
Keith Knight, cartoonist and co-creator of Hulu's series Woke, spoke with SIU students on racial issues, the creation of Woke, and some of his most famous cartoons on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. Knight also spoke about an image of the Oval Office in which his cartoons appeared at the hands of former president, Barack Obama.

Kyle R.L. Baker, Chief Strategy Officer at EcoBuds, watches as spectators get to try controlling SPOT at SIU’s Horticulture Research Center on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020.

Photo of the Day: SIU introduces “SPOT,” an agricultural robot dog

By Leah Sutton, Photo Editor
September 29, 2020
Patty Weyhrich works on the chalk drawing that she prepared to help spread awareness about animal testing Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Carbondale, Ill. Weyhrich has been involved with the club in previous years and met the student group when they were still Students for the Voiceless at a meeting on factory farms.

Former SIU student group becomes PETA-backed hub, protests animal testing

By Leah Sutton, Photo Editor
September 26, 2020
A police car follows the Breonna Taylor march down W. Main St. in Carbondale, Ill. "I'm here because of the injustice that has been going on in America for so many years and it's time to stop," Maleah Mays, a protester from Carbondale said.

Photo of the day: SIU students protest grand jury’s decision in Breonna Taylor case

By Leah Sutton, Photo Editor
September 24, 2020
Zylon, 8, picks out some fresh tomatoes at the Big Event hosted by the Carbondale Women for Change on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020. During this event, fresh garden vegetables from the Red Hen garden were given out to the community.

Carbondale Women for Change host annual Big Event

By Leah Sutton, Photo Editor
September 20, 2020
Although TreeHouse does have some permanent bobcat residents, their goal is to rescue, rehabilitate, and release Aug. 30, 2020, at the TreeHouse Wildlife Center, in Dow, Ill. This bobcat kitten is being raised to be released back into the wild. In order to do so, the clinic takes precautions and limits the amount of human interaction that it receives to ensure that it will have its best chance in the wild.

Animal rehabilitation in the midst of a pandemic

By Leah Sutton, Photo Editor
September 12, 2020
Amanda Schneid and Chaz Stortz of Burfordville, Mo. pose after traveling about an hour and a half to the Blessing of the Jeeps event in Alto Pass, Ill. “I think everyone needs blessed” Stortz said on Aug. 15, 2020

Gallery: First ever blessing of the jeeps takes place at Bald Knob Cross

By Leah Sutton, Photo Editor
August 16, 2020
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