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Budget cuts result in reduced library hours and bus routes

Budget cuts result in reduced library hours and bus routes

By Olivia Spiers
August 10, 2017
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Archaeological center would hit ‘rock bottom’ after cuts, director says

By Olivia Spiers
April 27, 2017
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USG discusses student trustee election, umbrella organization guidelines, funding policy at Tuesday meeting

By Olivia Spiers
April 26, 2017
Michael Halpin, a senior from Dorchester studying equine science, and Sheila Puckett, an agricultural research technician, attempt to get a newborn foal to feed for the first time Tuesday, April 11, 2017, at the University Farms' Equine Center. The foal was born to Honey, a mare owned by the university. The foal was named Marvel in reference to Marvel Comics, which was the theme for foal names they picked for the year. (Bill Lukitsch | @lukitsbill)

‘The farms are our classrooms’: budget impasse threatens University Farms

By Olivia Spiers
April 20, 2017
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USG presidential election voting opens Tuesday

By Olivia Spiers
April 19, 2017
University Sexual Assault Awareness Month events begin April 12

University Sexual Assault Awareness Month events begin April 12

By Olivia Spiers
April 5, 2017
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USG discusses solutions to budget cuts, anti-transgender messages, attendance policy

By Olivia Spiers
April 4, 2017
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University students and high school faculty collect backpacks for low-income children

By Olivia Spiers
April 4, 2017
Campus Lake as seen from its north side on Sept. 1, 2016, near Thompson Point. (Athena Chrysanthou | @Chrysant1Athena)

Campus Lake may soon open again for recreation

By Olivia Spiers
March 28, 2017
Carbondale City Hall (Jacob Wiegand | @jawiegandphoto)

City council discusses report outlining understaffed police department

By Olivia Spiers
March 21, 2017
Michael Thornton, a freshman from Naperville studying digital media arts and animation, carries an LGBTQ flag while crossing the pedestrian bridge Monday, March 20, 2017, en route to an astronomy class in Carbondale. Since President Donald Trump's inauguration, Thornton described receiving both positive and negative responses. "I was in the library one day and this complete stranger came up to me and he's like, 'Hey I've seen you around with the pride flag. I really love what you're doing and it's really made a difference for me,' and he gave me a cookie. Moments like that happen often enough for me to feel like I'm making a difference for other people." (Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms)

‘I am a person’: SIU student carries flag to advocate for LGBTQ rights

By Olivia Spiers
March 21, 2017
Alison Erazmus, the university's curator of exhibits, places a hat inside a display case Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, in the University Museum. (Bill Lukitsch | @lukitsbill)

Grants could drop for the unaccredited University Museum

By Olivia Spiers
March 9, 2017
Deborah Bouton, dressed as Lady Liberty, attends the “A Day Without a Woman” rally Wednesday, March 8, 2017, in the Carbondale Town Square Pavilion. She said holding the globe upside down is metaphor for the country. “The globe is 80 percent water,” she said. “And when a diver is in distress, the boat will fly the flag upside down.” (Branda Mitchell | @branda_mitchell)

‘We will not go back to the 1950s’: Local protestors defend women’s rights at rally

By Olivia Spiers
March 8, 2017
Carbondale City Hall (Jacob Wiegand | @jawiegandphoto)

Residents call for sanctuary city status in city council meeting

By Olivia Spiers
March 8, 2017
A scroll adorned with handwritten notes hangs Monday, March 6, 2017, in the Morris Library rotunda. The “Dreaming Diversity and Art Display” is a three-week interactive installation. (Branda Mitchell | @branda_mitchell)

New art installation meant to inspire dreams of diversity

By Olivia Spiers
March 7, 2017
Peyton Kross, of Little Rock, Arkansas, points to the crowd while in the character of Lady Boi on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017, during the Golden Gays Drag show in the Student Center. "Honestly drag has really helped me figure out who I am as a person," Kross said. "With any gay kid growing up, you struggle with being too feminine or too this or too that. Drag has really put into perspective that yes, I have feminine qualities, but that doesn't make me wrong or sinful. So drag has really just given me this incredible creative outlet. It's performance, it's music, it's fashion, it's hairstyling - all these things that I love so much and I found a way to bring them together." (Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms)

Student Center ballrooms fill for kings and queens of drag

By Olivia Spiers
February 26, 2017
The Saluki Express bus makes a stop Feb. 2, 2016, at Evergreen Terrace. (Daily Egyptian file photo)

Saluki Express could reduce service, cut routes

By Olivia Spiers
February 16, 2017
Carbondale City Hall (Jacob Wiegand | @jawiegandphoto)

City council makes way for Uber and Lyft to open in Carbondale

By Olivia Spiers
February 15, 2017
Pravin Varughese's older sister Priya, his mother Lovely, and his father Mathew kneel during a memorial ceremony on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2017, in the woods bordering Illinois Route 13, where police say he died of hypothermia about three years ago. (Luke Nozicka | @lukenozicka)

Mother of SIU student found dead 3 years ago: ‘I feel like I’m walking forward, not back’

By Olivia Spiers
February 11, 2017
Pulliam Hall. Daily Egyptian file photo.

Black Art exhibit launches in Morris Library for Black History Month

By Olivia Spiers
February 1, 2017
Patrons view an installation during the Cross/Pollination exhibition Friday, Dec. 9, 2016, at Carbondale Community Arts. The exhibition is a project created by masters of fine art students from SIU's Art & Design and Media Art programs. Priscilla Pimentel, of Carbondale, said she came to the exhibition after reading about it online because she wanted to see work created by students. "I like the collaborative effort," she said. "There are some really complex ideas here." The show features various mediums including sculpture, photography, metalwork and performance art. Dimitar Velkov, a masters student in Mass Communication and Media Art who contributed to the show, said the purpose of creating the exhibition was to give students from different areas of study an opportunity to come together. (Branda Mitchell | @branda_mitchell)

SIU art school could face collapsing blows if budget tightens

By Olivia Spiers
January 26, 2017
(Photo of Mary Tyler Moore provided by Ben Merk, Wikimedia Commons.)

Retiring SIU professor remembers his time working with Mary Tyler Moore

By Olivia Spiers
January 26, 2017
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Diversity Council publishes survey to start campus-wide inclusivity plan

By Olivia Spiers
January 24, 2017
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Clothing donations are needed for the new program, Career Closet

By Olivia Spiers
January 23, 2017
Jud McCranie via Wikimedia

Eastern Illinois University could cut five academic majors, university official says

By Olivia Spiers
January 19, 2017
Alison Erazmus, the University Museum's curator of exhibits, examines the frame on a painting Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, in the museum. (Bill Lukitsch | @lukitsbill)

University Museum opens spring exhibits despite staffing and budget cuts

By Olivia Spiers
January 19, 2017
Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. (TNS)

With new bill, SIU could receive $93M from state

By Olivia Spiers
January 18, 2017
Carbondale City Hall (Jacob Wiegand | @jawiegandphoto)

School of Art and Design requests $50,000 from city for downtown art installations

By Olivia Spiers
January 17, 2017
Partygoers line the sidewalk as they wait to get into Stix Bar & Billiards during Unofficial Halloween early Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016, on the Strip in Carbondale. (Jacob Wiegand | @JacobWiegand_DE)

Carbondale officials, business owners hope security cameras increase revenue

By Olivia Spiers
December 15, 2016
Isaiah McCoy, 8, shows SIU police Cpl. Adam Cunico a toy sword he found during Operation Sergeant Santa, a fifth-annual fundraiser organized by SIU's chapter of Public Relations Student Society of America. Each child paired up with an SIU police officer and PRSSA member to spend the $100 they were given to buy gifts for their families. "I feel like I've been fortunate my whole life and I want to give back to the community and these children the best I can," SIU police Lt. Ryan House said. (Anna Spoerre | @annaspoerre)

Southern Illinois children celebrate Christmas by shopping with SIU police

By Olivia Spiers
December 8, 2016
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Potential federal regulations could strain SIU department budgets

By Olivia Spiers
December 6, 2016
Construction worker Tom Clark, of Carterville, reads notes Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, while remodeling the plumbing and lights in the new gender-neutral bathrooms in Trueblood Hall. (Morgan Timms | @morgan_timms)

Construction of ‘all-gender-inclusive’ bathrooms echo student requests

By Olivia Spiers
December 2, 2016
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Safety concerns discussed at SIU Diversity Council forum

By Olivia Spiers
December 2, 2016
President-elect Donald Trump pumps his fist, with running mate Mike Pence standing by, following a speech to his supporters after winning the election at the Election Night Party at the Hilton Midtown Hotel in New York City on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016. (J. Conrad Williams Jr./Newsday/TNS)

SIU suggests DACA students return to US before Trump takes office

By Olivia Spiers
November 29, 2016
Guillermo Reyes, a doctoral candidate in education from Nicaragua, browses for food Monday, Nov. 21, 2016, at the Saluki Food Pantry in the Student Center. “I have three children,” Reyes said. “So this is helpful as an international student.” Reyes said it’s hard to make ends meet with an assistantship position. “I have to think very wisely how to spend my money,” Reyes said. He said it’s important to have money saved for an emergency. “My son is 8 years old, and he had two MRIs, the first of which he didn’t have any medical insurance,” he said. “I am still paying the bills. It’s hard.” (Autumn Suyko | @AutumnSuyko_DE)

SIU food pantry usage three times higher than projected

By Olivia Spiers
November 29, 2016
University Museum director Dona Bachman discusses the restoration of Aaron Bohrod’s painting, “Dreams,” on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016, in the University Museum’s archives warehouse. (Andy Phillippe | @andyphillippede)

Retirement of Dona Bachman signals ‘end of an era’ for University Museum

By Olivia Spiers
November 18, 2016
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