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Carmalita Cahill, the executive director at the Carbondale Warming Center, cleans the frequently-touched surfaces March 4, 2021, in Carbondale, Ill. She is passionate about taking care of others and doing the best she can to help others feel safe and understood. “One of the things that we’re rooted in is humanity, dignity, and empathy, and I think those are things that if you look around the country, around the world, that’s what everybody wants, and if we can show that to everybody in our society, how great would we be,” Cahill said. Sophie Whitten | @swhittenphotography

Samaritan Saturday: Carbondale Warming Center offers housing, food and clothing to homeless community  

By Elena Schauwecker, Staff Reporter
March 6, 2021
Ted Randich pets Karen on Saturday, March 23, 2019, for Wright Way Animal Rescue’s “Hike with a Homeless Dog” event at Giant City State Park.

Hike with a Homeless Dog event promotes exercise, dog adoption

By Emily Cooper, Staff Reporter
March 26, 2019
Saxon Metzger, deli and catering manager at the Town Square Market, 23, of Carbondale helps a customer at the front desk, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018. “It’s [the Town Square Market’s mission statement] to provide good, quality, healthy food and household supplies to our community as cheap as we can and to educate people about some of the topics we are trying to focus on,” Metzger said. They focus on teaching people about health, nutrition, the environment and labor practices. (Allie Tiller | @allietiller_de)

Community spotlight: Town Square Market

By Emily Cooper, Staff Reporter
September 26, 2018
Karen Schauwecker, the sustainability coordinator for the Sustainability office, gathers recyclable cardboard, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, during move-in day at Thompson Point. (Mary Barnhart | @MaryBarnhartDE)

West Campus move-in works like ‘a well-oiled machine’

By Tyler Malone and Jeremy Brown, Staff reporters
August 16, 2018
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Project proposed to have alumni volunteers as adjunct lecturers and mentors

By Staff Report
April 24, 2018
Shopping carts filled with personal belongings Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018, outside the Gaia House Interfaith Center in Carbondale. Gaia House is serving as an emergency warming station for the homeless this winter. (Mary Newman | @MaryNewmanDE)​

Gaia House provides overnight shelters to homeless during subzero temperatures

By Amelia Blakely, Campus Editor
January 18, 2018
Senior pitcher Savannah Dover winds up a ball Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, during the Saluki's home opener against Rend Lake College. The Saluki Softball team returns to SIU after winning the 2017 Missouri Valley Conference championship. (Brian Muñoz | @BrianMMunoz)

SIU softball opens fall season with doubleheader sweep

By Jacob Selsor
September 10, 2017
Amy Preston interacts with Izzy, a pit bull mix puppy, on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, at St. Francis CARE Animal Shelter in Murphysboro. Preston began working for the shelter as an event coordinator in January 2016. Izzy was adopted by a new family that day. (Bill Lukitsch | @lukitsbill)

At Murphysboro no-kill shelter, ‘They all come in with hard stories’

By Bill Lukitsch
March 31, 2017
David Lester drives a tractor through a flooded street in Breaux Bridge, La. (Molly Hennessy-Fiske/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Volunteers from Illinois boost Red Cross relief efforts in Louisiana

By Marion Renault | Chicago Tribune
August 26, 2016

University officials discuss details of coming food pantry

By Tyler Crotzer, @TylerCrotzer_DE
April 8, 2016
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