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Rap Lyrics or Deranged Terrorist Threat? You Decide
An Illinois judge is left to fill in the blanks. a Not that rap lyrics are required to rhyme, but we here at Daily RFT are having the darndest time imagining the following sentence as musical verse: If this account doesn't reach $50,000 in the next 7 days then a murderous rampage similar to the VT shooting will occur at another highly populated ...
State's nonpayment to universities leaves SIU system $115 million in the hole
The state's troubles are leading to cutbacks at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
Calling Dr. Kiss: Pathologist by day, super Kiss fan by night
In her final year of a three-year residency at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Amanda Baldwin is concentrating on anatomic pathology.
Hearing Thursday will examine: Was ex-SIUE student just rapping about murder?
Bob Marley sang about shooting the sheriff. Johnny Cash sang about shooting a man in Reno, just to watch him die.
a Guys and Dolls Jr.a comes to Alton Middle School
Middle school students take on the intricate story of "Guys and Dolls" for their fall musical.
Just hearing about a large collection of vintage Edwardsville postcards, author Cheryl Eichar Jett knew what her next pictorial book was going to be before ever laying eyes on the cards themselves.
Those who lead the Community Christmas campaign have to thrive on the holiday spirit of helping other people.
Researchers to find better ways to manage chronic pain by treating neuroinflammation
Thanks to a two year, $974,024 NIH-funded ARRA grant, Saint Louis University and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville researchers are working to find better ways to manage chronic pain by treating neuroinflammation.
Researchers to use stimulus funds to look at chronic pain management
A two-year grant using federal stimulus money will help researchers at two St. Louis-area universities seek better ways to manage chronic pain by treating neuroinflammation.
Illinois Human Rights chief: Sexual harassment wrong even on college campuses
The message for colleges is the same it is for the workplace: sexual harassment is not OK.
Allie Gill and John Thyer Jr. were united in marriage at a 4 p.m. ceremony Aug. 8, 2009, at Benjamin Godfrey Memorial Chapel.
Federal building has a lot of hoopla
When government officials mark the 100th anniversary of the Melvin Price Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in East St.
Old house torn down on dental school campus
Like a hole in a nice smile, a two-story building came tumbling down Tuesday at the SIU dental school campus; but like a good dentist, the university has plans to fill the gap.
RADIO/PODCAST: Siue Chancellor Vandegraft Says Wsie Will Keep Jazz Format
SOURCE: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman In a story published today by the Belleville News-Democrat, Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville chancellor Vaughn Vandegrift is quoted as saying that radio station WSIE will retain its jazz format.
SIUE chancellor Vandegraft says WSIE will keep jazz format
The fate of the university owned station has been in question for months , as a committee appointed by Vandegraft studied station operations and debated whether to preserve WSIE's status as the only jazz radio station in the St.
October 20, 2009 - At the start of Tuesday evening's Illinois College Exposition, Collinsville High School Sophomore Jacob Strauss and Junior Ashley Barbeau chat with Eastern Illinois University Counselor Nick Sanders in the Morris University Center at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in Edwardsville, ill.
It's spooky and altogether kooky
A ghost in a tower -- and a few bats in the belfry -- will ignite the fiendish fun in "Spooks Alive," an early Halloween treat from the Open House Theatre in New Athens starting tonight.
Girls from both Alton Middle School and High School assembled Wednesday for a day of empowerment, encouraging them to strengthen their sense of identity to affect their actions positively.
Edwardsville to bring back Route 66 festival
After a one-year hiatus, the Route 66 Festival in Edwardsville, Ill., will return in 2010, reports the Edwardsville Intelligencer .
Stimulus opens the floodgates of research here
With the help of a recent $10 million research grant, Washington University scientists are expanding their genetic sequencing project to include 20 different types of cancers.
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