By Jessica Brown, @BrownJessicaJ
April 21, 2015
Filed under Campus, News
The College of Education and Human Services' new undergraduate major, behavioral analysis and therapy, will be the first of its kind offered as a bachelor’s program in the country.The program, administered by the Rehabilita...
By Jessica Brown, @BrownJessicaJ
April 15, 2015
Filed under Campus, City, News
Gender policing — the imposition of “normal” gender expressions on an individual who does not identify with the gender they were assigned at birth — has become an issue within the LGBTQ community as traditional gender ...
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By Jessica Brown, @BrownJessicaJ
March 23, 2015
Filed under Campus, News
The SIU debate team made history during the weekend in Liberty, Mo.The team of Joshua Rivera and Zach Schneider placed first at the National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence at William Jewell College, marking the third straight year th...
By Jessica Brown, @BrownJessicaJ
March 18, 2015
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The Student Center is hosting an American Red Cross blood drive later this week. However, men who have had sex with another man since 1977 will not be permitted to donate.Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer advocates say t...
By Jessica Brown, @BrownJessicaJ
March 16, 2015
Filed under City, News
Fifty-one percent of Illinois inmates have been previously incarcerated.Barbara Kessell, a founder of a volunteer organization known as 3R’s, or Reading Reduces Recidivism, said inmates reoffend because of the absence of literacy and ...
By Jessica Brown, @BrownJessicaJ
March 5, 2015
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The word “catholic” mean “universal,” said The Rev. Robert Flannery, priest at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Carbondale.The church is implementing this title translation toward increased inclusion of those in...
By Jessica Brown, @BrownJessicaJ
February 25, 2015
Filed under Campus, News
The university’s mission statement lists inclusive excellence as one of SIU’s priorities.However, Crystle LaCroix, a senior from North Brookfield, Mass., studying English, said a lack in diverse curriculum and staff contradict t...
By Jessica Brown, @BrownJessicaJ
February 25, 2015
Filed under City, News
The line between pain and pleasure is drawn by mutual consent. BDSM— or bondage, discipline, domination, submission, sadism and masochism—is becoming a widely discussed topic after the release of “Fifty Shades of Grey” o...
