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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
THE student voice since 1960
Thursday, December 7, 2023 Vol. 77 No. 13
PROTESTS, DEMONSTRATIONS, NEGOTIATIONS: WRAPPING UP A TENSE YEAR
JANUARY
timeline by Michal Kate Castleman / reporter
FEBRUARY
MARCH
On Jan. 17, Facilities Management announced a boil order and water outage that impacted all of campus. Students were advised not to consume water and Dining Services had to make accommodations for students.
On Feb. 3, SIUE Marketing and Communications released a form for members of the SIUE community to vote on a new logo. The proposed new logos had different variations of Eddie the Cougar, along with the official removal of the lowercase “e.”
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
Clerical and building service workers, as well as other union members on campus, expressed their desire for pay raises. These unions began protesting on campus.
SIUE announced that the university had received more than 21,000 applications for the Fall 2023 semester — a record-breaking number. SIUE News reported processing 6,569 more applications than the previous year.
On June 25, the Faculty Union ratified its contract with SIUE. The union had been negotiating the contract for over a year, but were able to finally make an agreement with the university.
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
SIUE baseball players Brennan Orf and Avery Owusu-Asiedu were both drafted into the MLB. Orf was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays and Owusu-Asiedu by the Philadelphia Phillies. Jake Bockenstedt signed a free agent deal with the Chicago White Sox.
The mysterious 283 signs appeared around campus, prompting questions. Chancellor James T. Minor later announced his campaign to reach a 90 percent retention rate, which means SIUE must retain 283 more students from the freshman class.
The popular steak statue, “Seven Cows,” was removed from its spot on campus. An online petition to keep the statue was signed by 520 people.
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
There were protests against the Israel-Hamas War in front of the Morris University Center and on the Stratton Quad. Many of the student protestors were part of the Muslim Student Association. While protesting, students handed out pamphlets and had conversations with those who stopped by.
SIUE Men’s Soccer defeated the University of Incarnate Word at the Ohio Valley Conference Final. The Cougars were named OVC champions and received national recognition for their season.
The new FAFSA, originally set to release on Dec. 1, was pushed back to Dec. 31. The government admitted to errors on the new form.
Student Government’s election results were rejected, and another vote had to occur. Mackenzie Richards was voted in as president of Student Government after the second round of voting.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker visited SIUE to celebrate the beginning of construction for the new Health Science Building.
Demonstrators gathered around street preacher Chris Svochak. Svochak’s messages were viewed as harmful by many in the SIUE community and were demonstrated against by Christian groups on campus.
On March 27, the new SIUE logo was released. Students had mixed reactions to the new Eddie and the now-capital “E.”
The SIUE Men’s Soccer team won the Bronze Boot against the St. Louis University Billikens. This victory was the first in 40 years.