Stone Center saga shows price tag and fallout over SIU president home
The piece recounts the planned presidential home at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, its rising cost near 900000, board conflict, and the ensuing controversy around funding and purpose. It notes Morris's tenure, the Stone donation, and the center’s evolution into public office space used for campus events.
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Gelman
Carbondale
Robert MacVicar
SIU Board of Trustees
Old Baptist Foundation
Robert Harper
SIUC
Morris
Delyte Morris
Harper
SIU
John Rendleman
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Southern Illinois
Glenn Poshard
Southern
Illinois
Poshard
Dr. Morris
Chicago
W. Clement Stone
Stone
University
David Dirge
Dirge
Patti Dirge- Simon
U.S
Paul Simon
Dirge-Simon
Dirge Simon
Board of Trustees
Clyde L. Choate
Anna
SIU System
Lawrence Pettit
Stone Center
Alumni Association
Ted Sanders
Martha Porter
Porter
Smoke Free Perry County Faces Public Health Pressure
Health officials and Smoke-Free Perry County member critique council responsiveness to smoke free workplace advocacy. In Carbondale, 1700 sign petition and 35+ endorsing bodies push for local bans amid mixed council support and debate over business owner rights versus public health. The Energy and Environmental Advisory Commission sent the issue to council for discussion with survey results and Surgeon General findings.
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Carbondale
Jackson County
Angie Bailey
Coalition
Jackson County Health Department
Energy and Environmental Advisory Commission
U.S
Mary Pohlmann
Carbondale Coalition
Springfield
Pohlmann
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