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Charles Ruffner opens Saluki Service Day by discussing safety precautions with the student volunteers on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022 at Touch of Nature in Makanda, Ill.

Touch of Nature and Green Earth celebrate MLK through volunteer work

By Janiyah Gaston, Assistant to Editor
January 26, 2022
Ebun Daley, a senior from Chicago, works on her senior fashion line Twisted Swim as part of the fashion design and merchandising program at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Ill. April 1, 2021. “I think I’ve learned a lot in such a small amount of time, since I didn’t enter the program until my sophomore year and I didn’t even know how to sew,” Daley said. “Now that I’m able to do all of this, from not even being able to sew, I think is pretty good.” Daley hopes to mass produce her own swimwear line after graduation.

Outstanding salukis, SIU and its unique majors

By Nicolas Galindo, Managing Editor
April 23, 2021
Lucaia Romaero, an undergraduate student in the Electrical Engineering Department from Spain, loses her balance and falls off the rope at the April Pools Day event on Thursday, April 1, 2021, at the SIU Recreation Center in Carbondale, Ill. “It feels great to be here and make new friends. This is my first experience on the rope,” Romaero said.

Gallery: SIU students try to avoid making a “pool” out of themselves

By Monica Sharma, Staff Photographer
April 1, 2021
The Way Down Wanderers include Austin Thompson, Collin Krause, John Williams, John Merikoski and Travis Kowalsky. Photo courtesy of The Way Down Wanderers.

Way Down Wanderers to host music festival at Touch of Nature

By Elizabeth Biernacki, Staff Reporter
October 15, 2019
Jack Gebert, 24, of Crystal Lake, gazes up at the light spilling through a shaft inside the famous 55-foot-wide riverside cave on March 17 at Cave-In-Rock State Park by the Ohio River. Gebert traveled to the cave with his 20-year-old brother, Daniel, while the two were on a three-day camping trip in the Shawnee National Forest. It was the brothers’ first time at the state park. “This place is really impressive,” Gebert said. “Obviously, there are pictures on the internet of the cave, but actually being in it is just so awesome.”

Hundreds slated to meet in Shawnee National Forest to address climate crisis and protecting public land

By Amelia Blakely, Staff Reporter
October 10, 2019
Ray Liss, of Marion, is pushed onto the water on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019, on Little Grassy Lake at SIU’s Touch of Nature for the Team River Runner Southern Illinois Kickoff. Greg Nejmanowski, with SIU Veteran Adventures, says, “Research has shown, and I’ve seen it with my own eyes, that [these events] help veterans with their life at home.”

Southern Illinois chapter of Team River Runner starts with a big splash

By Jacob Lorenz, Staff Reporter
September 4, 2019
Jacqueline Morales, in truck, a junior studying animation, is assisted by Saluki Startup volunteers as she moves into her dorm on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016, outside Kellogg Hall. This is Jacqueline’s third year living in the residence halls. She said she likes the dorms because it is easier to commute to class.

Saluki Startup kicks off fall semester with weekend of events

By Brandi Courtois, News Editor
August 15, 2019
Zoey Koester, a senior from Chatham studying interior design; Kiah Kirkwood, a senior from Belleville studying chemistry; and Morgan Meinhart, a senior from Newton studying interior design, react to finding a golf ball while planting a Cypress tree Saturday, April 1, 2017, along the edge of Campus Lake. Bruce DeRuntz, director of the SIU Leadership Development Program, said 80 volunteers planted 40 trees while they volunteered during The Big Event on Saturday. Hundreds of SIU students took part in the day of service at various locations in Carbondale and the surrounding area. (Jacob Wiegand | @jawiegandphoto)

The Big Event volunteers, students make big differences in the community

By Elizabeth Biernacki, Staff Reporter
April 4, 2019
Dennis Burks of Carbondale prepares to go on the zipline, Wednesday, July 4, 2018, during the Veterans Adeventures at Touch of Nature Environmental Center (Nick Knappenburger)

Independence Day celebration created for vets, current service members

By Brandi Courtois, Staff writer
July 5, 2018
Daily Egyptian file photo

Touch of Nature to begin second year of community trail-building event

By Isabelle Rogers
September 13, 2017
Fashion Design and Merchandising senior Kyndell Cole demonstrates the Jack & Jill Buck saw with forestry senior Luke Dvorak as forestry graduate student Ashley Bergman coaches on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, outside SIU Arena. (Anna Spoerre | @annaspoerre)

SIU Forestry Club puts timber sports on display during campus eclipse festivities

By Denton 'Gio' Giovenco, Sports Editor
August 22, 2017
Daily Egyptian file photo.

Rec Center to reduce fall hours, add workout studios

By Cory Ray
July 24, 2017
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