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Evie Allen (center) poses for a photograph with her mother, Clarissa Allen (left), and her aunt, Anita Csaszar (right), Feb. 13, 2021, in Marion, Ill. The three women discussed how, no matter what hairstyle or texture someone has, it should be accepted and embraced because it is not for any one person to dictate what hairstyles are right or wrong. “Whatever I do to my hair, it’s me that I’ve got to please, even though we’ve spent so much time trying to please somebody else,” Clarissa Allen said.

Uncoiling the Black hair struggle

By Oreoluwa Ojewuyi, Staff Reporter
March 2, 2021
After a steady decline in monthly installs, TikTok in the U.S. began to see an uptick again in December.

The TikTok generation: not your cookie cutter political activists

By Oreoluwa Ojewuyi, Staff Reporter
February 18, 2021
Fake News: The infodemic

Fake News: The infodemic

By Oreoluwa Ojewuyi, Staff Reporter
October 19, 2020
Emerald Avril rallies the protesters on September 25, 2020, in Carbondale, ILL.

Opinion: ‘The Most Disrespected Person in America is the Black Woman’

By Oreoluwa Ojewuyi , Staff Reporter
October 2, 2020
Michael Thornton, a sophomore from Naperville studying digital media arts and animation, carries a Black Lives Matter flag in front of the student center Thursday, April 5, 2018, during a protest on the proposed police academy at the Southern Illinois University Carbondale campus. (Brian Munoz | @BrianMMunoz)

Black at SIU- students take to social media to share their stories

By Oreoluwa Ojewuyi, Staff Reporter
September 4, 2020
The sunset illuminates Pulliam Hall with warm light Sunday, Nov. 26, 2017, at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. (Brian Mu–noz | @BrianMMunoz)

SIU community discusses hate speech and social media

By Oreoluwa Ojewuyi, Staff Reporter
August 25, 2020
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Cyntoia Brown, convicted at 16, granted clemency after killing man who picked her up for sex

By Kallie Cox, Staff Reporter
January 7, 2019
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

By Isabel Miller, Staff Photographer
November 14, 2018
A banner stating dont cut Africana Studies sits outside the Student Center Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017. Students and alumni gathered outside the Student Center to protest the removal of the Africana Studies program from SIU. Athena Chrysanthou | @Chrysant1Athena)

Students launch social media campaign to raise awareness, support for Africana studies

By Kitt Fresa
November 30, 2017
Drivers wait in line for gasoline at the Costco in Altamonte Springs, Fla., ahead of the anticipated arrival of Hurricane Irma on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/TNS)

For some evacuees, the journey home hasn’t been easy

By Johnny Diaz | Sun Sentinel
September 14, 2017
Technology is making us less informed and less thoughtful

Technology is making us less informed and less thoughtful

By By Dwight DeWerth-Pallmeyer | The Philadelphia Inquirer
August 15, 2017
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Five things I wish I knew before my freshman year

By Branda Mitchell
August 11, 2017
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