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Carbondale’s third annual SIU Homecoming Music Street Festival will shut down The Strip Friday, Oct. 16, creating a free street party for families, students and alumni. The event will feature artists from across the country, as well as vendors, food trucks, local businesses and interactive experiences. “It’s a lot of details (to plan), but all...
Daily Egyptian
The Park, a new local sports bar and lounge, opened its garage bays on Saturday, Oct. 10, in Carbondale, where the old sports bar Stix once stood. Squished between Jimmy John’s and Chango’s, The Park holds bench seating, pool tables, a small corner with a single-step stage for entertainment, turf-lined floors and a centrally located...
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Seventy-five years ago, SIU students prepared floats, decorated houses and gathered for a freshman bonfire before a homecoming parade that stretched 1½ miles. More than three decades later, Laura Soucy experienced those same traditions while attending SIU from 1983 to 1987. She remembers chalk messages promoting homecoming court candidates, a bonfire near Ba
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Ten passionate students who represent the 2026 Homecoming court are competing to be crowned Homecoming Royalty. Students can cast their votes through the voting link, which will be sent directly to their email. Voting starts Oct. 12 and ends Oct. 15. Two winners will be crowned during halftime of the SIU Football Game against Illinois...
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Wednesday Oct. 14 PK’s • Carbondale Trivia with Alee 8 p.m. – 11 p.m. Hangar 9 • Carbondale Jazz in the Park, Ramp Station Jazz Band 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Karaoke Night 8 p.m. Thursday Oct. 15 Advertisement The Kleinau Theater • Carbondale AI, Robot 7p.m. Little Nashville • Marion Equinox 6 p.m....
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Students, staff and faculty rallied in Faner Plaza to celebrate the start of SIU Homecoming with a pep rally on Monday, Oct. 12. The event began with remarks from host Matt Wilson, followed by Student Programming Council President Dylan Felty, Mayor Carolin Harvey and Chancellor Austin Lane. Felty introduced the Homecoming Court: Madyson Swope,...
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The SIU Undergraduate Student Government is debating whether to approve or deny a proposal that would change the names and look of SIU’s longtime mascots. Since a 2009 costume rework, SIU mascots Grey Dawg and Brown Dawg have kept a consistent appearance. USG President Greyson Applebee said that in April 2026, Steve Falat, former...
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A car burst into flames on Southern Illinois University campus in parking Lot 4 outside of McLeod Theater around 2 p.m. Monday. SIU Campus Police and Carbondale Fire Department responded to the incident. The orange Mazda SUV belonged to freshman Cale Royal. Royal said he was doing as good as he could be and...
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Performers strutted across the stage while cheers and bellows echoed through the Varsity Center on Saturday night as the “10s Across the Board” drag ball brought together a community of people with an appreciation for drag performances and ballroom culture in downtown Carbondale. The evening concluded with a presentation of the “Guts and Glory Award,”...
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The Salukis fell to 1-2 in Missouri Valley Conference play after a 31-10 loss to South Dakota in the Dakota Dome on Saturday. “Really a lot of credit to South Dakota…We just gotta grow as a team,” Head Coach Nick Hill said. This upcoming Homecoming weekend, the Salukis will host the Redbirds on...
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