Golf Courses
Hickory Ridge Golf Course
2727 W Glenn Rd
Carbondale, IL 62901
Phone: (618) 529-4386
Visit Hickory Ridge.com
The beautiful 18 hole championship public golf course will offer a challenge to golfers of all skill levels.
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Stone Creek
503 Stone Creek Drive,
Makanda, Illinois 62958
Phone: (618) 351-GOLF (351-4653)
Visit Stone Creek.com
Stone Creek Golf Club is conveniently located about 8 miles South of Carbondale, Illinois on US Route 51.
Hear the history of the Duke vs. UNC rivalry.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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What do you think of when you hear "concealed weapon"?
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Dear Hollywood: Shut up, Jennifer Aniston
The headline to this column says it all. Jennifer Aniston really needs to just shut her mouth.
The SIU men’s and women’s tennis teams took to the road this weekend, and emerged victorious in one of its three matches.
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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.
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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.
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The SIU men’s and women’s tennis teams took to the road this weekend, and emerged victorious in one of its three matches.
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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.
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See the straits of 2009 versus that of 1929.
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Impatiently waiting
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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.
Saluki Way groundbreaking
Newest plagiarism policy draft
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Tony Gilroy is a filmmaker in love with writing.
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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.
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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.
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Applications for the position jump 53 percent
As the economy continues to slump, applications for resident assistantships have spiked.
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The name of Ryan Rendleman was placed Monday on a wall honoring journalists who died while gathering news.
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Three-year City Council incumbent Joel Fritzler said the city should work on infilling its neighborhoods, not annexing its outskirts and learning frugality.
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For the last two seasons, James Cloud drove past offensive linemen and plowed quarterbacks into the ground.
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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.
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A case of mild amnesia could be helpful for the SIU baseball team after being swept by Creighton over the weekend.
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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.
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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.
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Nine-year-old Bradley Batson said the best part of his Wednesday was the garbage.
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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.
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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.
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A preview of the men and women's MVC tournament. The men are a number 2 seed and the women are a number 3.
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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.
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