It will be lights out for SIUE Saturday as a planned power outage will temporary cut off electricity to all core campus buildings. Director of Facilities Management Bob Washburn said Ameren IP will cut off the electrical distribution system to replace a 40-year-old switch mechanism near the Early Childhood Center that controls power to every building on the core campus.… Post the First Comment

Senior special education major Ashley Guntel of Macon has spent the summer in the overflowing stacks of books as an employee of Textbooks Services. Throughout the summer Guntel has worked to log new books into the system, put new textbooks away and help students return and check out their textbooks.… Post the First Comment

Attracting students to voting booths might seem like a challenge, but giving them a purpose behind their vote can be even harder to inspire. Representatives from different departments on campus, as well as members of the area community met last Wednesday to strategize how to encourage SIUE's growing student body to vote in this year's presidential election.… 1 Comment

Theater and dance students flew 4,000 miles to study in a classroom much different than SIUE's. For four weeks, students had the opportunity to use London as their classroom. "The point of the trip was to study theater and dance in a different location and use it to kind of open up our eyes," senior dance major Katia Kamra said.… Post the First Comment

Summer camps might seem laid back, but last week's Summer Volleyball Team Camp was far from arts and crafts or a relaxing canoe ride across the lake. Instead, it gave more than 20 high school volleyball teams the chance to go net-to-net with opponents from different schools, divisions and states at a two-day tournament held Friday and Saturday in the SIUE Student Fitness Center.… Post the First Comment