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Student Recreation Center

The Student Recreation Center The Student Recreation Center
http://www.reccenter.siu.edu/index.htm
300 E. Grand
Carbondale

Hours:
Monday - Thursday: 5:30am - 11:30pm
Friday: 5:30am - 10:00pm
Saturday: 8:00am - 10:00pm
Sunday: 10:00am - 11:30pm

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Sports Lounge Part V: Duke vs. UNC

 Hear the history of the Duke vs. UNC rivalry.

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Sports Lounge: From Saturday sick indoors to Wednesday Sycamores

Join Luis and Jeff in the lounge, where they sound off on Saturday's blowout home loss and look forward to Indiana State Wednesday.

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Saluki Senior Night

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Vagina Monologues

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Vigil remembers students, warns of spring break travel

Marilynn Ross admits to still having tough nights. Nights when she and her husband look down the hall of their Carbondale home and realize their daughter is no longer with them. Full story

Republican Sen. Brady announces 2010 gubernatorial bid in Marion

Bill Brady hopes to bounce back from 2006 campaign

Bloomington Sen. Bill Brady visited Marion and three other Illinois cities Monday to formally start his second gubernatorial campaign nearly a year before voters head to the polls. Full story

Administrators say new stadium long overdue

When former SIU football player Mike Ebstein was recruited and accepted to the football team in 1969, he received a letter from then-head coach Dick Towers anticipating a new football stadium in the coming years.

Textbook tax credit could provide students with financial relief

Starting next year, many students may have the option of writing off their textbook expenses.

Saluki guard Freeman taking advantage of year off

A year ago at this time, Tony Freeman was wrapping up his junior year at the University of Iowa where he ranked third among Big Ten scoring leaders. Full story

'Concealed weapon': Chicago vs. rest of Illinois

What do you think of when you hear "concealed weapon"? Full story

Dear Hollywood: Shut up, Jennifer Aniston

The headline to this column says it all. Jennifer Aniston really needs to just shut her mouth.

Tennis women split, men winless

The SIU men’s and women’s tennis teams took to the road this weekend, and emerged victorious in one of its three matches. Full story

Saluki baseball opens Abe on Tuesday

SIU baseball has home opener today at 2 p.m. against Tennessee-Martin

The SIU baseball team will play Tennessee-Martin at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Abe Martin Field. Full story

Saluki guard Freeman taking advantage of year off

A year ago at this time, Tony Freeman was wrapping up his junior year at the University of Iowa where he ranked third among Big Ten scoring leaders. Full story

Tennis women split, men winless

The SIU men’s and women’s tennis teams took to the road this weekend, and emerged victorious in one of its three matches. Full story

Saluki baseball opens Abe on Tuesday

SIU baseball has home opener today at 2 p.m. against Tennessee-Martin

The SIU baseball team will play Tennessee-Martin at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Abe Martin Field. Full story

Jake's story

Don't end up like Jake. Full story

Depression in perspective

See the straits of 2009 versus that of 1929. Full story

Impatiently waiting

Photo column

For me, the build up to winter is always welcome. Watching the leaves change colors, squirrels scrambling to hide their surplus and eventually that first snow that usually turns the landscape into a winter wonderland. Being on break gives me the chance to enjoy all that winter in Chicago has to offer, but after three months of facing ear-numbing wind, scraping ice, shoveling snow, walking briskly to my car and suffering in arid classrooms, I’m at my wits’ end.

Baseball vs. Tenn.-Mart

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Saluki Way groundbreaking

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Baseball vs. UNI

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Newest plagiarism policy draft

Faculty dispute draws national attention

Less than a month after the Faculty Senate criticized Chancellor Sam Goldman’s handling of a faculty dispute, a national organization for professors’ rights could be on the verge of censuring the university for what it views as a lack of academic due process.   Full story

Where’s the money coming from?

A look into how SIU will make the $21.5 million mark in donations for Saluki Way

A list containing the names of 337 people could be the key to raising enough money through private donations for Saluki Way. Full story

Rainbow’s End changes hands and plans

    After nearly a quarter century under the same director, Rainbow’s End is looking to the future. Dean of Students Peter Gitau announced last week that Darlene Waier would replace Eva Murray, who retired as the daycare’s director in December after 24 years in the position. Full story

Men’s tennis remain dominant at home despite injuries

No matter which Carbondale court it plays or which player is not completely healthy, the men’s tennis team still continues its home dominance. The Salukis (9-4) wrapped up their six-game home stand this weekend, defeating Northern Illinois 5-2 on Saturday and Illinois-Chicago 5-2 on Sunday. Full story

Track and Field sweep past five-team field at home invitational

Not even Mother Nature could stop the track and field team from winning on their home track. The Salukis’ track and field team cruised past the five-team field at the Saluki Invitational Friday and Saturday, despite the showery and windy conditions on Lew Hartzog Track at McAndrew Stadium. Full story

Con of a con of a con of a con

Tony Gilroy is a filmmaker in love with writing. Full story

Men’s tennis remain dominant at home despite injuries

No matter which Carbondale court it plays or which player is not completely healthy, the men’s tennis team still continues its home dominance. The Salukis (9-4) wrapped up their six-game home stand this weekend, defeating Northern Illinois 5-2 on Saturday and Illinois-Chicago 5-2 on Sunday. Full story

Track and Field sweep past five-team field at home invitational

Not even Mother Nature could stop the track and field team from winning on their home track. The Salukis’ track and field team cruised past the five-team field at the Saluki Invitational Friday and Saturday, despite the showery and windy conditions on Lew Hartzog Track at McAndrew Stadium. Full story

Students flock to RA positions for benefits

Applications for the position jump 53 percent

As the economy continues to slump, applications for resident assistantships have spiked. Full story

Late journalist honored in Washington

The name of Ryan Rendleman was placed Monday on a wall honoring journalists who died while gathering news. Full story

Fritzler wants budgets balanced, housing improved

Three-year City Council incumbent Joel Fritzler said the city should work on infilling its neighborhoods, not annexing its outskirts and learning frugality. Full story

Even without Cloud, Saluki football expects stronger 'D'

For the last two seasons, James Cloud drove past offensive linemen and plowed quarterbacks into the ground. Full story

Laegeler leads women to fourth place at Saluki Invitational

Salukis finish fourth overall

The SIU women’s golf team may not have cracked the top three in its only home tournament of the season, but one Saluki still walked away a champion. Full story

SIU baseball to host Murray State

A case of mild amnesia could be helpful for the SIU baseball team after being swept by Creighton over the weekend. Full story

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Earth Day celebrated for the first time in Student Center

The social hub of campus got its first taste Wednesday of a day many shrug off but one activist said truly speaks to its student’s values. Full story

National agency to state schools: Make college more affordable

Linda Clemons wants the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education to know they can’t have their cake and eat it too. The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education issued a challenge in March to the state universities to make college more affordable. Full story

Third graders learn green living

Nine-year-old Bradley Batson said the best part of his Wednesday was the garbage. Full story

Students soak up the sun

As students across campus scramble toward a final push for final grades, many got a welcomed taste of Vitamin D. Many students gathered to soak up the sun’s rays as Wednesday’s temperatures stayed consistently in the 70s throughout the day. Full story

Saluki softball bounces back with sweep of Billikens

SIU finishes six-game road trip at .500

The SIU softball team’s bats boomed in St. Louis in the team’s doubleheader sweep of Saint Louis Wednesday. Full story

Saluki men and women's tennis get ready for MVC championship

A preview of the men and women's MVC tournament. The men are a number 2 seed and the women are a number 3. Full story

Kleinau mixes media and scene locations in ‘Ruin’

Patrick Santoro wants to share his pain, but also the beauty within it. Santoro, an SIUC doctoral student from Coral Springs, Fla., in speech communication, has traveled the world during the past 10 years to find a personal connection to sites of tragedy. Full story

Cartoon: Obama ends terror war

What else should Obama rename? Full story