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Centralia Balloon Fest
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Salukis ramp up for fall season
The Dawgs move in:
SIU students return to campus for fall semester
Sophie Hagan (left) and Brianna Demick help Demick’s brother move into his dorm room Aug. 19, 2022 in Carbondale, Ill. Sophie Whitten | @sophiewhitten_ Sophie Whitten | @sophiewhitten_
Southern Illinois University began to buzz with life once again this weekend as new and returning students arrived on campus. While on Wednesday, Aug. 17, Carbondale was a quiet, calm town, interrupted only by the construction that persisted through the summer, by Saturday, Aug. 20, it was bustling with eager faces, ready for the fall semester to begin. On Thursday and Friday of last week, students, with the help of their families and friends, moved into their dorm rooms, lining the streets with cars waiting for their turn to unload bags of clothes, bed linens and Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. The air smelled distinctly of Clorox wipes and cardboard boxes as parents and students sat with piles of belongings while others wheeled bins of their possessions back and forth from their cars to their
rooms. However, move-in day saw a major difference this year compared to recent years: loosening COVID-19 restrictions. At the beginning of the month, SIU Chancellor Austin Lane wrote an email welcoming the students to campus, explaining the new COVID-19 guidelines. According to Lane’s email, masks are no longer required, but are still recommended, and testing is no longer required for most people on campus. These loosening restrictions have opened a much appreciated door of normalcy in university housing as students began returning to campus. For the past two years, students have had a limited number of guests they can bring with them while moving into their new rooms, but this year, SIU Senior Associate Director of Housing Operations Jim Hunsaker said, “That’s all removed.” Please see RETURN | 6
Two women carry rugs into the dorms Aug. 19, 2022 in Carbondale, Ill. Sophie Whitten | @sophiewhitten_
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