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POINT/COUNTERPOINT: SIU versus SIUE – which school is better?In this collaborative opinion project, The Alestle at SIUE ...
10/10/2025

POINT/COUNTERPOINT: SIU versus SIUE – which school is better?

In this collaborative opinion project, The Alestle at SIUE makes the claim that their university is bigger, safer and a better performer than SIU, making it the better of the two schools within the SIU system.

The Daily Egyptian denounces this claim, and says that our university is harder, better, faster and stronger than SIUE, making us the top Dawgs in southern Illinois.

To read the full point from The Alestle and the full counterpoint from the Daily Egyptian, visit https://dailyegyptian.com/122193/showcase/point-counterpoint-siu-versus-siue-which-school-is-better/

✍️ Jackson Brandhorst, Torre Journey
🖌️ Dena Rendleman

During the Red Scare in the 1950s, U.S. Sen. Joseph McCarthy claimed he had a list of employees working for the U.S Stat...
10/10/2025

During the Red Scare in the 1950s, U.S. Sen. Joseph McCarthy claimed he had a list of employees working for the U.S State Department who had loyalties to the Soviet Union. During the Cold War, as the anti-communist movement heightened, McCarthy capitalized on hearsay and utilized intimidation tactics to accuse government officials of communist ties.

In 2025 online exists a vast list of college professors all over the country who remain under Turning Point USA’s surveillance. Although the professor watchlist website claims the organization advances free speech, databases like these hinder professors’ free speech and may falsely characterize their language. First Amendment experts say lists like these feel similar to the Red Scare.

“It’s a mischaracterization by trying to accuse me of hate, by trying to accuse me of attempting to spread discord and deceit and a mischaracterization around how I am seeking opportunities to enhance learning spaces for all people by paying attention to those who have been most marginalized within these spaces,” said an Illinois professor on the watchlist.

Read the full story at https://dailyegyptian.com/122178/showcase/turning-point-usas-professor-watchlist-creates-chilling-environment/



✍ Kristin Borchers | [email protected]
🖌 Yasmin Martinez-Powell | [email protected]

SIU is celebrating LGBTQIA+ history month in October with the theme “History will Repeat. We Won’t Retreat.” The month k...
10/09/2025

SIU is celebrating LGBTQIA+ history month in October with the theme “History will Repeat. We Won’t Retreat.” The month kicked off with a pumpkin painting event at Becker Pavilion on Oct. 1.

National Geographic says the name LGBTQIA+ started as LGB in the ‘90s to describe the le***an, gay and bisexual community. Since then, the term has added more and more letters for an ever growing community. It added transgender, q***r, intersex, asexual and any other group included with the plus.

Read the full story at https://dailyegyptian.com/122174/showcase/siu-celebrates-21st-lgbtqia-history-month-by-bringing-the-community-together/



✍📸 Peyton Cook |

Boxes were piling up across campus last week, not with textbooks or dorm supplies, but with canned goods. The SIU Raymon...
10/08/2025

Boxes were piling up across campus last week, not with textbooks or dorm supplies, but with canned goods. The SIU Raymond D. Wiley chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America led a food drive aimed at filling shelves for students. Canned goods were collected around campus to donate to the Saluki Food Pantry, which helps SIU students with food insecurity.

PRSSA is an organization on campus for students who are planning to enter public relations careers. This program is directly affiliated with PRSSA, the national professional organization for PR professionals. Members said they want to focus on community-related services.

Read the full story at https://dailyegyptian.com/122162/showcase/salukis-supporting-salukis-prssas-food-drive/



✍ Mariah Fletcher | [email protected]
📸 Amilia Estrada | [email protected]

There are many ways to celebrate Halloween, but nothing can compare to the thrill of entering a haunted house. For only ...
10/08/2025

There are many ways to celebrate Halloween, but nothing can compare to the thrill of entering a haunted house. For only a few dollars, a person can enter an old abandoned building infested with zombies or serial killers for a few minutes of frights, or they could come to the Varsity Center and watch how these haunted houses make “The Fright Stuff.”

The Varsity Center is set to preview the documentary “The Fright Stuff” on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, right in time for the Halloween season. Admission to the show is free with doors and the Varsity Bar opening at 6 p.m. with the screening itself starting at 7 p.m.

Read the full story at https://dailyegyptian.com/122185/showcase/salukis-show-how-to-make-the-fright-stuff-at-varsity-center/



✍ Will Elliott |
🖌 Flyer provided by Mike Meyer

The all-female brass band Brass Queens brought high energy and genre-defying music to the Off the Rails concert series o...
10/07/2025

The all-female brass band Brass Queens brought high energy and genre-defying music to the Off the Rails concert series on Oct. 3, igniting the night with their New Orleans-inspired sound.

The Brass Queens were founded in 2019 by Ally Chapel and Alex Harris. Their goal was to show off the talent of female musicians in a field that was mostly dominated by males.

Read the full story at https://dailyegyptian.com/122165/showcase/brass-queens-bring-high-energy-and-women-empowerment-to-carbondale/



✍📸 Emily Brinkman |

Saluki Football opened up conference play this weekend as the Indiana State Sycamores came to Carbondale looking to spoi...
10/05/2025

Saluki Football opened up conference play this weekend as the Indiana State Sycamores came to Carbondale looking to spoil SIU’s Family Weekend.

SIU hit the ground running from both sides of the ball from the first whistle.

A 60-yard rush by Shaun Lester Jr. from the first play from scrimmage set up a touchdown pass to Jay Jones on the Dawgs first possession. Chandler Chapman doubled the Saluki lead the next time the offense had the ball with a 39-yard scamper to the endzone. And a 62-yard rush from DJ Williams helped put the SIU up 21-0 in the first eight minutes of the game.

Read the full story at https://dailyegyptian.com/122154/showcase/salukis-saw-through-the-sycamores-win-55-27/



✍ Nick Pfannkuche | [email protected]
📸 Emily Brinkman |

There are many ways that Danny Trejo can be described: the tough guy, the hero or a general badass. But he is more than ...
10/04/2025

There are many ways that Danny Trejo can be described: the tough guy, the hero or a general badass. But he is more than just the roles he has played on the big screen. In addition to acting, Trejo regularly speaks about his life experiences, including a stint in prison and recovery from drug addiction.

To kick off 2025 Family Weekend, the SIU Student Programming Council invited Trejo to campus on Oct. 2, where he talked about his life story, experiences while acting and his lifelong progress of rehabilitated success during an event at Shryock Auditorium. Fifteen guests — each allowed to bring two friends — were given the chance to meet Trejo at the end of the panel and ask him questions directly.

Trejo started out as a lightweight boxing champ at California’s San Quentin State Prison after his incarceration in 1965. He went on to receive the welterweight championship at the same prison and became a well-known boxer.

Read the full story at https://dailyegyptian.com/122139/showcase/hollywood-legend-danny-trejo-kicks-off-siu-family-weekend-festivities/



✍ Carmen Tapley | [email protected]
📸 Amilia Estrada | [email protected]

After getting off to a hot start in conference play, SIU volleyball looked to kick off Family Weekend by continuing its ...
10/04/2025

After getting off to a hot start in conference play, SIU volleyball looked to kick off Family Weekend by continuing its four-game win streak with a match against the Indiana State Sycamores on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025.

The Salukis and the Sycamores played evenly to begin the first set, alternating kills to knot the set at 4-4. Indiana State’s offense clicked and jumped out to a commanding 7-point lead, leaving the Salukis with the tall order of coming back. SIU’s offense refused to quit as they started mashing the ball, bringing the set score within 1 point. However, the persistent attacking and well-rounded Sycamore defense was enough to take the set by a score of 25-22.

Read more at https://dailyegyptian.com/122144/showcase/siu-volleyball-cant-stop-the-sycamores-drops-match-3-1-against-indiana-state/



✍ Noah Petschke | [email protected]
📸 Claire Stroh |

When customers walk into Rahim’s Beauty Supply Store just off East Oak Street in Carbondale, they’re immediately met wit...
10/03/2025

When customers walk into Rahim’s Beauty Supply Store just off East Oak Street in Carbondale, they’re immediately met with the distinct scent of hair products and essential oils. The store offers a wide selection of wigs, clothing and accessories, making it a go-to destination for customers seeking both beauty and style.

Before opening his storefront in Carbondale in 2009, Abdul Rahim Khalil spent years traveling with a truck of beauty products, driving to different areas in Illinois and across the nation to build his business and raise money while pursuing studies at Southern Illinois University.

Read more at https://dailyegyptian.com/122051/showcase/rahims-beauty-supply-hits-30-year-milestone/



✍ Yahri Edmond | [email protected]
📸 Amilia Estrada | [email protected]

Carbondale will shut down the Strip on Oct. 24 for the Halloween Homecoming Music Street Festival, a celebration that br...
10/02/2025

Carbondale will shut down the Strip on Oct. 24 for the Halloween Homecoming Music Street Festival, a celebration that brings together two of the city’s biggest traditions: SIU Homecoming and Halloween. The free, family-friendly event runs from 3 to 10 p.m. and features live music on two stages, food trucks, vendors, carnival games and a community-wide costume contest.

Halloween celebrations in Carbondale have long been a defining part of the city’s identity, though they’ve also been controversial. From the late 1970s through the 1990s, thousands of people crowded Illinois Avenue each year for parties, parades and concerts, often overwhelming police and city officials. By the early 2000s, ordinances restricting alcohol sales on Halloween weekend slowed the tradition, but the memories of packed streets and festival-like atmosphere remained.

Read more about the Halloween Homecoming Music Street Festival at https://dailyegyptian.com/122087/showcase/recreating-the-atmosphere-halloween-festival-aims-to-bring-back-carbondale-spirit/



✍ Annalise Schmidt | [email protected]
📸 Enan Chediak |

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