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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

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

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’

August 16, 2018

Project proposed to have alumni volunteers as adjunct lecturers and mentors

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

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

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’

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

August 26, 2016

University officials discuss details of coming food pantry

By Tyler Crotzer, @TylerCrotzer_DE

April 8, 2016

After studying for hours for an upcoming mid-term, the last thing any student wants to see is an empty fridge. For all those going hungry, SIU interim Chancellor Brad Colwell and vice chancellor of student affairs, Lori Stet...