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The Southern Illinoisan publishes letters to Voice of the Reader with a 250 word limit. It provides contact emails for publisher and editor, news tips lines, subscriber services, and ad placement contacts. Postal addresses and phone options cover Carbondale and Williamson County areas with deadlines and restrictions on content and poetry or mass submissions.
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Meta Minton
Minton
Thesouthern
Carbondale
Murphysboro
de Soto
Williamson County
Jackson County
Graduation Week Ends With 3600 SIUC Degrees
The Southern Illinois University Carbondale graduation weekend celebrated 3,600 graduates across Friday and Saturday. Parents, family members, and friends joined the event, highlighting the university’s strong regional economic and social impact as new alumni begin their careers.
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Southern Illinois University Carbondale
SIUC
Southern Illinois
SIUC Economic Engine Drives Southern Illinois Growth
Voice of the Southern notes graduation weekend boosts hotels from Effingham to Vienna, doubles dining and retail amid SIUC events, and affirms the university as the region’s largest employer. It injects tens of millions annually and fuels outreach benefiting communities statewide.
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Illinois
Carbondale
Jackson County
Effingham
Vienna
Southern Illinois
SIUC
University
Ill Illinois law on mental retardation tests death penalty
The piece questions how IQ thresholds affect executions, recounts Randall Jarrett spared after scoring 75, and cites judges and experts on variances in scores. It examines legislative safeguards, Supreme Court history, and public opinion shaping Illinois policy while noting advocacy for mentally retarded defendants.
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Illinois
Cook County
Randall Jarrett
Jarrett
Kenneth Wadas
U.S. Supreme Court
A surprising running mate for Kerry
Speculation swirls around John Kerry may pick Colin Powell as his running mate. The piece notes John McCain’s shifting stance, Powell’s high regard across parties, and the potential political gains of a Powell choice while easing Bush era tensions.
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John Kerry
Colin Powell
Powell
John McCain
R-Ariz
Kerry
McCain
Bush
NBC
Meet the Press
GOP
Vue
McCaint
CBS
Hanoi
John
Hanoi Hilton
National Guard
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
America
Colin
Cheney
Donald) Rumsfeld
Bob Woodward
Iraq
Vietnam
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