Illinois prepares for possible violence leading up to Inauguration, remains calm Saturday By Keaton Yates and George Wiebe January 16, 2021
‘I am a person’: SIU student carries flag to advocate for LGBTQ rights By Olivia Spiers March 21, 2017
![Thomas Birch, left, a junior who did not wish to disclose any additional information, marches in support of President Donald Trump alongside demonstrators Elena Cruz, a junior from Crystal Lake studying sociology, and Aster Arseneau, a sophomore from Carbondale, on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, in the Student Center during a protest of Trump's inauguration. "I came [to this protest] because I support the elected president and I want to show SIU that there are people here who support him as well," Birch said. (Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms)](https://dailyegyptian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/012017_Protest_01_WEB_MT-900x617.jpg)