By Aaron Graff, @Aarongraff_DE
March 29, 2015
Filed under Sports
With Gov. Bruce Rauner’s $387 million proposed budget cut to higher education—roughly $44 million affecting SIU's Carbondale campus—all departments on campus have to plan for cuts, including athletics.“If we end up doing bu...
By Austin Miller, @AMiller_DE
March 19, 2015
Filed under Campus, News
The SIU system will have its lowest funding since the 1980s if GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner’s Feb. 18 budget proposal passes.At Thursday’s Board of Trustees meeting in Carbondale, SIU President Randy Dunn reacted to the budget proposal...
By Matt Wells, @mattwells_DE
March 4, 2015
Filed under Basketball, Sports
The sting of the SIU men's basketball (11-20, 4-14) team's fourth 20-loss season in school history could heal if the Salukis win in St. Louis at the Missouri Valley Conference's Arch Madness tournament.The four-day stretch of games...
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By Brent Meske| @BrentmeskeDE, Daily Egyptian
February 7, 2015
Filed under Softball, Sports
Saluki softball kicked off the season with a 1-3 record in Charleston, S.C., at the Charleston Southern Tournament.Sophomore pitcher and infielder Shaye Harre paced the Salukis both pitching and hitting. She had 3 hits in 11 at...
By Brent Meske, @brentmeskeDE
February 4, 2015
Filed under Football, Sports
SIU’s 2015 football recruiting class was announced throughout Wednesday as National Signing Day for high school players took place around the country.The Salukis announced signed players as their individual national letters of ...
By Thomas Donley
@Tdonley, Daily Egyptian
January 17, 2015
Filed under Baseball, Sports
Carbondale baseball fans got a chance to interact with past and present Major League Baseball players Friday when the Cardinals Caravan came to SIU Arena.More than 200 fans packed the lobby of the arena to ask questions to cu...
By Tyler Davis, Daily Egyptian
January 22, 2014
Filed under Sports
There are high school athletes giving hours of the time to get the necessary grades and perform well enough to be granted a scholarship to play Division I athletics.Now after all the hard work is put in, it is realized the o...
