Daniel Bethers

The entire nation celebrated First Generation Day on Nov. 8, honoring students who pursue a college degree despite having fewer resources to draw on compared to students with the benefit of their parent’s experience with the education system and guidance in life. The holiday was first created by the Council for Opportunity in Education in...

Editor’s Note: This article has been revised to better reflect the event that occurred outside Faner Hall on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022 and the reactions from students who were there.  On Monday evening, a woman’s shout could be heard clearly all the way on the east side of Faner Hall, drawing onlookers from all over...

Hundreds of leagues away from civilization, the ocean’s most adapted predator stalks through rolling mountains of water and howling tropical storms, unfazed by any distance, natural defense or habitat. Its sophisticated senses burn through murky waters and catch prey out, its legion appetites drive…

When you hear the word “concussion,” it’s easy to picture six-foot-tall juggernauts blasting across stadium fields, sending their opposition rag-dolling to the cheers of thousands of spectators. Previous coverage can have the effect of inuring audiences to the morbid realities of brain injuries in professional football, rendering news about the health of a select few...

An old man gazes into the camera, the skin of his face pressed so tightly against his skull that when he opens his mouth to groan his cheeks seem to disappear completely. His is the kind of desperate emaciation reserved for somber humanitarian footage of food-poor African villages, or grisly photos of government-engineered famines in...

Hundreds of thousands of SIU dollars earmarked for everything from scholarships to equipment to student travel is suddenly at the center of a mystery, with department directors and faculty wondering where it is or whether it even exists. The money is from Distance Education (DE) funds promised to SIU’s departments in exchange for the work...

The year is 1968, and you’re a female student at SIU. You must attempt to wrestle success and financial independence from a male-dominated academic environment only just beginning to give women and people of color the first inches of equal ground. You are also treated differently in school policy itself, which condescends to tell female...

The concept of loneliness in modern times is often felt close to home, even in times of instantaneous connection. It’s a knot in your chest when you step into a silent room with no posters to look up to and not a pigment of paint to color the walls. It’s a lack of personal effects,...

Some people are worried about the safety of their bank accounts after the recent failures of some financial institutions in the Silicon Valley. But economists generally agree there is no need for widespread panic. “The U.S. banking system — as we know it today — has been following the same basic set of rules for...

(Editor’s note: In the print version of the Daily Egyptian, the quote by Professor Bill Freivogel was mistakenly attributed to Chancellor Austin Lane in a pull quote. The Daily Egyptian apologizes for the error.)  SIU’s distance education funds, monies raised by individual schools and departments by putting their programs online, are once again at the...