AIDS Walk returns to Southern Illinois for 15th year
AIDS Walk chair Scott Ramsey notes growth in participation and funds while awareness rises and poverty remains. Keynote speaker Jack Mackenroth, HIV positive since 1990 and athlete, praises SIU for strong turnout and community care in supporting HIV education and positive living.
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State OKs MAP Grants to aid SIU students status
Chancellor Rita Cheng noted about 86 percent of SIU Carbondale students receive financial aid. In 2010, 4,323 Carbondale campus students used MAP grants totaling over $15 million, while 6,828 received the Pell Grant amounting to about $29 million. Officials said restoring MAP funding supports public higher education as an economic right amid funding debates.
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Water district pump shutdown not cyberattack in Illinois
An Illinois water district briefly blamed a cyberattack for a water pump shutdown but investigators found the incident stemmed from an American contractor logging in from Russia during vacation. Jim Mimlitz of suburban St. Louis questions why he wasn’t contacted and why access was assumed stolen.
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