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Saad Binsefran, left, a sophomore from Saudi Arabia studying civil engineering, watches as Mansor Sufran, team captain of SIUs Steel Bridge Team, explains a way for the team to reduce the build time of the bridge during a celebration Monday of the the regional wins of SIU’s Steel Bridge and Concrete Canoe teams in the courtyard of the Engineering Building. Both teams will move on to its respective national competitions. Sufran, a senior from Saudi Arabia studying civil engineering, said the team won the regional for the first time in 10 years. Sufran promised Sanjeev Kumar, the department of civil engineering chairman, that the team would win first place in the regional competition. I knew it was a big promise to make, Sufran said, but I really believed in the team we have, they’re great. — April 25, 2016, Carbondale, Ill.

SIU hosts Civil Engineering Conference for first time in nine years

By Jeremy Brown , Staff Writer
April 19, 2018
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, center, with Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, background left, at a rally in support of agricultural use for ethanol production as a stimulus to Midwestern states. (David Eulitt/Kansas City Star/TNS)

Trump said to pick Iowa Gov. Branstad as China ambassador

By Jennifer Jacobs | Bloomberg News
December 7, 2016
Then-Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks during a campaign rally in Las Vegas on October 12, 2016, and aims to keep her focus in the closing days of the race. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Sipa USA/TNS)

Column: It’s simple: Clinton lost because she ran a bad campaign

By Ray Long | Chicago Tribune
November 15, 2016
Rose Garcia-Corrigan and her daughters Aisha, left 4, and Tziphorah, 1, at their Kissimmee, Florida, home on Oct. 31, 2013. Rose, a Muslim, believes that she was the victim of a hate crime after another driver tried to run her off of the road while mocking her head scarf. (Jacob Langston/Orlando Sentinel/MCT)

FBI hate-crime report sees 67 percent surge in attacks on Muslims

By Hannah Allam | McClatchy Washington Bureau
November 14, 2016
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton shake hands on stage after the second debate between the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016 at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/TNS)

Presidential election holds significant consequences for women, SIU experts say

By Marnie Leonard
October 25, 2016
President-elect Donald Trump speaks to supporters aboard the USS Iowa battleship in Los Angeles on Sept. 15. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Trump once fired Illinois native on the ‘Apprentice’ for ‘locker room’ comment

By Ronnie Glassberg The Charlotte Observer
October 11, 2016
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