The Alestle

Lightning explodes tree, sets off fire alarms in Cougar Village

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Lightning struck the SIUE campus Saturday during the large thunderstorm that passed through the area, hitting trees in Cougar Village and setting off a fire alarm.

According to SIUE police Lieutenant Kevin Schmoll, the lightning hit a tree and caused a power surge that went to one of the building's furnaces.

Temperatures peaking early this year says National Weather Service

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Temperatures reached 98 degrees last week and combined with high humidity, reaching 100 percent in Edwardsville, making the outdoors stifling.

Jon Carney of the National Weather Service said while the temperatures in the area experienced last week were high, they were not unusual for the season.

SIUE to evict failed developer

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees and University Park are seeking legal action to free up land designated to a hotel and conference center to be built by WLS properties in 2004.

A declaratory judgment action was filed in Madison County Monday, to remove construction equipment from the site of the proposed Spring Green Lodge and to free up the plot on Route 157 and University Park for future tenants.

Behind the bleach

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT

When students move into their residence halls and apartments on campus, they find their rooms clean and all their appliances in working order. What they don't see is all the work that went in to making sure their living space is in the best condition possible.

Fireworks go out with a bang

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT

On Independence Day, the average college student will be hanging out with their friends or family, setting off a few fireworks or just generally having a good time. Well, not if the Illinois legislature has anything to do with it. Illinois really seems to be an anti-fun state.

Death of a Salesman, Angel, Pop Icon and more

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The Kung-Fu Master, David Carradine.

The Ultimate Sidekick, Ed McMahon.

The Pin-up Girl, Farrah Fawcett.

The King of Pop, Michael Jackson.

The Bearded Pitchman, Billy Mays.

The deaths of all these people have shown the ebb and flow of the life of a celebrity.

Students prepare for Sculpture on Campus

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Junior art major Emily Dunlap of Waterloo is spending her third summer in a row working on a sculpture that will be displayed on the SIUE campus.

"I'm doing it for the competition, and also to build another large scale sculpture," Dunlap said.

Dunlap's sculpture won honorable mention at the Sculpture Walk last October.

Now Rating: Public Enemies

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The summer is often a time full of fireballs and franchises. Every now and then, Hollywood likes to throw their audience a curveball and toss up a mid-season prestige pic. While that sounds all nice and well, director Michael Mann wouldn't want that, so he decided to make a flick full of gun fights, gangsters and gorgeous looking French gals.

Recruits look to build hoops, tradition

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT

With a year of Division I play under their belts, the SIUE men's basketball team hopes to continue building towards future success with three new scholarship athletes.

LeShaun Murphy of Sachse, Texas, Anthony Mithcell of East St. Louis and Zeke Schneider of Metamora will be joining an SIUE team with holes to fill, after Brandon Dunson, Aaron Garriott and Barry Wellington transferred out of the program.

State champions Young, Hocum set to grapple for SIUE

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Head wrestling coach David Ray looks at next season as a building block for a young team, and for his new class of recruits, nothing goes without sacrifice.

The Cougars have seven state champions joining the squad, in a rather large recruiting class, which will continue to grow with 25 walk-ons scheduled to try out.