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The Daily Egyptian
Serving the Southern Illinois University community since 1916.

The Daily Egyptian
Serving the Southern Illinois University community since 1916.

The Daily Egyptian
SIU professor, Alan Walters, stands in the pumpkin fields at the Horticulture Farm on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. Dr. Walters, who is a professor of Vegetable Science and Breeding in the Department of Plant, Soil and Agricultural Systems, is researching how to get pumpkins to grow bigger in hotter climates.

SIU Professor Alan Walters working to develop heat tolerant pumpkins 

By Joel Kottman, Staff Reporter
November 20, 2021
“The New and the Old in Afghanistan”

“The New and the Old in Afghanistan”

By Ryan Jurich, Staff Reporter
October 31, 2021
Members of the Illinois National Guard 2nd Battalion 130th Infantry Regiment sound off during the mobilization ceremony on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020 in the Banterra Center in Carbondale, IL.

Southern Illinois sends off its soldiers

By Jacob Lorenz, Staff Reporter
January 21, 2020
Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. (Chicago Tribune file photo)

JB Pritzker grants clemency to deported combat veteran Miguel Perez

By Kallie Cox, News Editor
September 4, 2019
A soldier with the Afghan army leaves the landing site as an Afghan Mi-17 takes off during training near Camp Shorab, in Helmand Province. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

The Marines returned to Helmand province. Is their mission a blueprint for Trump’s Afghanistan strategy?

By Shashank Bengali | Los Angeles Times
November 16, 2017
Hours before Tuesday's deadline, Congress and the White House had yet to begin serious negotiations over next year's budget, threatening a government shutdown that could delay Social Security payments, shutter national parks, museums and monuments and furlough hundreds of thousands of employees, Sept. 30, 2013. The Senate flatly rejected a House of Representatives proposal to keep the government funded through Dec. 15 but delay implementation of the contentious federal health care law. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)

U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood addresses tax reform, NAFTA status and the national opioid crisis

By Jared DuBach | Canton Daily Ledger
October 19, 2017
Donald Trump speaks on October 26, 2016, in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Trump, who once backed withdrawal from Afghanistan, tries to sell nation on deeper involvement

By Brian Bennett and Noah Bierman | Tribune Washington Bureau
August 22, 2017
President-elect Donald Trump speaks to supporters aboard the USS Iowa battleship in Los Angeles on Sept. 15. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Trump’s travel ban contains tool that could change how US conducts foreign policy

By Brian Bennett | Tribune Washington Bureau
March 7, 2017
In a living room filled with his artwork, Joshua-Kyle “JK” Brandon, a senior from Buffalo Grove studying psychology, finger paints Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, between classes in Carbondale. The Marine veteran sought out SIU's Counselling and Psychological Services after the deaths of his family members and a suicide attempt last year. “[My counselor] helped me ground myself and reminded me that, as a human being, I need to honor all my feelings,” Brandon said. “I was liberated, it really changed me.” (Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms)

Counseling center would have ‘no way to operate’ after proposed cuts, director says

By Marnie Leonard and Olivia Spiers
February 1, 2017
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. (TNS)

Opinion: Racism, bigotry charges take presidential race to new low

By Lewis Diuguid | The Kansas City Star
August 26, 2016

Afghanistan confirms death of Taliban leader

By Ali M. Latifi And Shashank Bengali, Los Angeles Times
May 22, 2016

Support group helps veterans get acclimated to campus

By Anna Spoerre, @annaspoerre
March 30, 2016
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