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Lisa Brooten giving a speech on the effects of social media on Myanmar, Thursday, Nov. 8 inside the University Museum. (Isabel Miller | @IsabelMillerDE)

SIU associate professor speaks about the role of Facebook on the conflict in Myanmar

November 14, 2018

First undergraduate behavior analysis major begins at SIU

By Jessica Brown, @BrownJessicaJ

April 21, 2015

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...

Tearing down gender constructs

By Jessica Brown, @BrownJessicaJ

April 15, 2015

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 ...

Proposed budget may cut two Amtrak trains

April 13, 2015

LGBTQ coordinator vacancy to be filled

April 8, 2015

Groups look to combat harms of hypermasculinity

April 6, 2015

Homelessness: The invisible issue

March 31, 2015

Debate team wins third national title in a row

By Jessica Brown, @BrownJessicaJ

March 23, 2015

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...

Blood drive continues to ban sexually active gay men

By Jessica Brown, @BrownJessicaJ

March 18, 2015

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...

Inmate literacy lessens reincarceration, group says

By Jessica Brown, @BrownJessicaJ

March 16, 2015

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 ...

Catholic church works toward LGBTQ integration

By Jessica Brown, @BrownJessicaJ

March 5, 2015

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...

Students ask for course diversity

By Jessica Brown, @BrownJessicaJ

February 25, 2015

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...