Susan Winters said she isn’t sure if she wants to call the university’s incoming nursing students “Cawgs” or “Dougars.” They are hybrids, after all. Starting this fall semester, 40 additional students will be admitted into SIU-Edwardsville’s nursing program — on the Carbondale campus. Because of this, students will become a mix of the schools’ mascots, Cougars and Dawgs, [...] Read More
Through a wealth of legal knowledge, a few jokes and one banjo, Shelia Simon conveyed the history and importance of domestic violence laws as part of Women’s History Month. Simon, a law professor at SIUC, worked as a prosecution attorney before she came to the university and quickly took an interest in domestic violence. Simon said she [...] Read More
The pitching was there but the bats went cold and the SIU softball team could not overcome Iowa State, falling 2-1. The loss was the third this season when the Salukis (16-10) have held the opposition to two runs or less; it was their fourth one-run loss. Head coach Kerri Blaylock said it is frustrating to lose [...] Read More
The north and south will meet on the baseball diamond Friday for a weekend series, proving polar opposites do in fact attract. With the first pitch scheduled for 3 p.m. today at Abe Martin Field, the SIU baseball team (5-11) plays host to the Huskies of Northern Illinois University (3-12) in the first of a three-game [...] Read More
19 March 2010
Automotive technology professor Dr. David Gilbert compared research methods on sudden acceleration in Toyota vehicles with Exponent, Inc. representatives at the research firm’s California facilities this week, university spokesman Rod Sievers said Friday. In a March 8 webcast, representatives from Toyota Motor Corp. and Exponent criticized Gilbert’s findings on sudden unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles, claiming [...]
19 March 2010
Automotive technology professor Dr. David Gilbert compared research methods on sudden acceleration in Toyota vehicles with Exponent, Inc. representatives at the research firm’s California facilities this week, university spokesman Rod Sievers said Friday. In a March 8 webcast, representatives from Toyota Motor Corp. and Exponent criticized Gilbert’s findings on sudden unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles, claiming [...]
19 March 2010
The SIU baseball team (6-11) opened up a three-game series with Northern Illinois Friday at Abe Martin Field and walked away with a 19-4 victory. Southern had six different players account for two or more of the team’s 22 hits, while eight Salukis drove in at least one run on the day. Both of the teams’ run [...]
18 March 2010
C. Sebastian Loh turns on his 72-inch liquid plasma, high-definition rear projector TV in order to operate his Alienware 5500 desktop computer to play video games in 3D. Loh is not playing these games himself; he is studying the way people play the games. He received a $70,000 grant from the US Army to study how [...]
16 March 2010
At 800 Decatur St., across from Jackson Square, fried dough is served in threes with coffee. Powdered sugar is piled onto what a southern Illinoisan might identify as a funnel cake. Visitors of Café Du Monde know them as beignets. The traditional French dessert — pronounced “ben-yay” — comes to mind for locals and tourists alike, who [...]
