Cuba News

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's University Museum now houses the largest collection of artwork in the country by the late, internationally acclaimed artist, Emilio Sanchez, thanks to a recent acquisition facilitated by University Museum Director Eric Barnett.

A A delegation from Benedictine University visited a private home during a recent trip to the island nation of Cuba.

It was all sunshine, smiles and celebratory speeches as officials marked the arrival of an undersea fiber-optic cable they promised would end Cuba's Internet isolation and boost web capacity 3,000-fold. Even a retired Fidel Castro had hailed the dawn of a new cyber-age on the island.

A submitted Few Americans have ever set foot on the Caribbean island nation of Cuba, but this spring more than a dozen Benedictine University students toured the countryside and greeted its people - liberties that have remained off limits to American tourists since 1962.

Gony Herrera, owner of Cigar Oasis in River Forest, IL enjoys a cigar while hanging out in his shop.