Professor named SIU director amid past controversy
Mary Davidson, associate professor of social work at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, was named director of the School of Social Work effective last Monday. Senate inquiries last year questioned her Chicago Board of Education consulting. university review found no interference with campus duties and the MSW program hoped to start next fall.
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Nancy Weil
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
College of Human Resources
Mary Davidson
John Guyon
SIUC
MSW
Guyon
Council On Social Work Education
Division of Social and Community Services
School of Social Work
Davidson
Chicago Board of Education
SIU C wants 5.66 percent tuition hike for SIU C
SIU C seeks a 5.66 percent hike above the 5 percent IBHE recommendation to meet its budget. Board of trustees will hear the proposal in February, with increases impacting all students including law and medicine. Grad, undergrad full time would rise $54 yearly, part time $2.25 per hour, law $60 yearly, medicine $198 yearly.
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Southern Illinoisan Southern
Illinois University-Carbondale
Illinois Board of Higher Education
IBHE
SIU
Andy Leighton
Board of Trustees
SIUC
Law and Medicine
Leighton
John Baker
Law
School of Medicine
Inmates seek preliminary injunction in Marion prison case
Carbondale attorney Nancy Horgan represents several inmates urging the court to protect clients during the civil suit. Friederich argues there is no continuous pattern of abuse and no need for changes until government witnesses testify. Meyers pauses, planning to decide in early February when to resume testimony on abuse claims.
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Carbondale
Nancy Horgan
Friederich
Marion
Meyers
Marion prison lockdown sparks inmate guard tensions
In a state prison hearing, inmate warden Cannon blasted guard conduct as callous and dehumanizing amid overcrowding and lockdown at Marion. He contrasted Marion with Stateville, noting punitive routines and limited good time requirements fuel frustration and potential violence. Prosecutors challenged Cannon’s objectivity while defending safety concerns.
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U.S
Kenneth Meyers
Meyers
Stateville
State Prison
Marion
Friederich
Frederick Hess
Par- Hess
Hess
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