In order to meet quorum, which is the two-thirds majority needed for senators to approve funding, 15 out of 22 members need to attend....

One of the last details still to be determined in the Saluki Way project is also one of the biggest....

Administrators at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee are sad to see Rita Cheng go, but confident she will make an outstanding chancellor at SIUC....

The university spending freeze could also freeze tenure. The department of aviation and flight could suffer setbacks if the spending freeze lasts for an elongated period of time, said David NewMyer, chairman of the Department of Aviation and Flight. SIU ...

With Illinois’ declining revenues and growing bills, university funding is falling through the cracks and a simple solution can’t seem to be found.  SIU President Glenn Poshard sent a message out to faculty and staff Nov. 10 announcing a ...

Though an SIUC spokesman said the university’s spending freeze is flexible enough to allow some purchases, managers of Carbondale businesses who provide the university with various products say it will affect the city’s entire economy. SIU Pre...

Each academic college at the university is coping with the recent spending freeze in similar ways, but faculty and staff say they have mixed feelings about the future....

Mayor Brad Cole proposed the privatization and sale of Carbondale’s water treatment, water distribution and sewage services at the City Council meeting Tuesday as one of many suggestions to alleviate the city’s projected $5.8 million deficit f...

John Bul Dau survived through starvation, thirst, abuse and bombings to bring a message to the world: Never give up.  ...

The Carbondale campus is known as Southern Illinois University Carbondale or SIUC, but some alumni have contacted officials asking for a change back to SIU. Mike Ruiz, director of University Communications, said an alumni member contacted him about a mont...

The Student Health Center will hold an H1N1 vaccine clinic from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday at the Student Health Center Auditorium. Vaccinations are free for SIUC students with a student ID and a driver’s license. The clinic is only for students cons...

Rita Cheng is SIU President Glenn Poshard’s choice to be the next chancellor at SIUC....

Rita Cheng is SIU President Glenn Poshard's choice to be the next chancellor at SIUC....

Carbondale police are investigating a robbery that occurred at 1:36 a.m. Sunday at the 400 block of South Poplar Street, according to a police report released Monday. The male victim was walking in the area of West College Street and South Poplar Street w...

The number of on-campus burglaries in 2008 has declined from years past, according to an annual crime report submitted by the Department of Public Safety in October. Forty-three burglaries were reported in 2008, down from 64 in 2007, which dropped from 98...

Morris Library has struggled under the university’s financial crisis, and is making short-term and long-term adjustments....

Local students practice their freerunning and parcour on Campus....

Administrators are hoping the launch of a new Web site will help stop the trend of declining enrollment....

Though they do not speak the same language, international students from all around the globe came together Friday and Saturday and communicated with one common voice — sports....

The campus community worked to restore the natural aesthetics lost in the May 8 storm by planting almost 200 trees Friday....