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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
SIU President Randy Dunn talks during his State of the System address Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, at the Student Center in Carbondale.

SIU president prepares for millions of dollars in potential cuts

By Luke Nozicka
March 22, 2017
Caleb Fredrickson, 7, of Carbondale, looks at an eye of the world he tied onto a dreamcatcher with the assistance of Randy Osborn, the executive director of the Boys and Girls Club of Carbondale, Saturday, April 23, 2016, at Touch of Nature Environmental Center. The club, which partnered with Carbondale Community Arts, received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to implement community art projects, Osborn said. Since then, seven community art projects have been completed through the Here We Live: Arts Build Community series. One of the goals of the project was to beat the current world record holder for the largest dreamcatcher, which according to Guinness World Records has a diameter of 9 feet, 10 inches. The dreamcatcher constructed for Saturday has a diameter of 14 feet. We wanted people to think about the dreams they have, an aspiration, said Osborn, referring to why participants tied eyes of the world onto the dreamcatcher. (Aidan Osborne | Daily Egyptian)

Touch of Nature would ‘have to double’ revenue to match state funding loss

By Marnie Leonard and Luke Nozicka
March 9, 2017
Clinical psychology doctoral candidates discuss progress monitoring from their assigned reading in The Case Formulation Approach to Cognitive-Behavior Therapy by Jacqueline B. Persons on Monday, March 6, 2017, under the advisement of Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology Sarah Kertz in SIUs Clinical Center. The Clinical Center could be at risk of losing $365,577 if the university receives no state appropriations by June 30. (Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms)

Clinical Center director says loss of state funding ‘would be the end of us’

By Marnie Leonard
March 8, 2017
Anthony Porreca, a doctoral student in zoology from Homer Glen, holds a young pallid sturgeon Monday, Jan. 26, 2016, at the McLafferty Annex. The facility has enabled Porreca to research the habitat preferences and reproductive success of pallid sturgeons, an endangered species found in the Mississippi and Missouri rivers that is competing for resources with the overpopulated shovelnose sturgeon. Porreca said the research requires salt and fresh water capabilities and control of minute temperature variances, which were not possible in the previous building. (Morgan Timms | @morgan_timms)

SIU fisheries research center ‘at the breaking point,’ could still receive more budget cuts  

By Marnie Leonard and Olivia Spiers
February 8, 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 SIUs 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
WSIU Radio reporter Kevin Boucher, of Murphysboro, reads local and state news headlines Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, during the daily newscast for WSIU in the radio studio of the Communications Building. An SIU alumnus, Boucher has been around SIUs radio department since 1976. When a student graduates from SIU Carbondale with a bachelors in radio-television, they can put on their resume the real-world experience that they have worked with a nationally-recognized NPR station, Boucher said. Really these things you cannot learn by sitting in a classroom. (Morgan Timms | @morgan_timms)

Proposed cuts to WSIU broadcasting services would be ‘catastrophic,’ director says

By Luke Nozicka and Bill Lukitsch
January 25, 2017
Professor of philosophy Randall Auxier poses for a portrait Monday, Nov. 21, 2016, in his Murphysboro home prior to its opening ceremony as the American Institute for Philosophical and Cultural Thought. The institute, which houses an estimated 35,000 books and scholarly articles, was established as a research site for humanities students in response to the closure of SIUs Center for Dewey Studies. It didnt look anything like this when we moved in, Auxier said. Its taken a lot of work. (Ryan Michalesko | @photosbylesko)

SIU philosophy professor opens research library in his home

By Bill Lukitsch
November 23, 2016
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks at the Illinois State Fair on Aug. 17, 2016, in Springfield. (Anthony Souffle/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Voters divided on how to fix Illinois budget deficit, poll finds

By Kevin Hoffman | Reboot Illinois
October 14, 2016
Judge in Stanford sex trial to no longer hear criminal cases

Judge in Stanford sex trial to no longer hear criminal cases

By Tracey Kaplan | The Mercury News
August 26, 2016
Illinois higher education funding questions linger despite emergency bailout

Illinois higher education funding questions linger despite emergency bailout

By Matt Dietrich, Reboot Illinois
April 27, 2016
Concerned students, faculty members discuss effects of Illinois budget impasse

Concerned students, faculty members discuss effects of Illinois budget impasse

By Tierra Carpenter, @Tierramc_
March 26, 2016
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