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  Updated: March 19, 2019 @ 3:48 pm
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Opinion | Voice of The Southern

The Southern's editorial board members are: Alee Quick, digital editor; Les Winkeler, sports editor; and Tom English, executive editor

Opinion | Voice of The Southern: SIU has shaped our region and our lives

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Opinion | Voice of The Southern: SIU has shaped our region and our lives

Mar 16, 2019

Opinion | Voice of The Southern: Thumbs up to Saluki Marcus Bartley, thumbs down to possible census undercount

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Opinion | Voice of The Southern: Thumbs up to Saluki Marcus Bartley, thumbs down to possible census undercount

Mar 15, 2019

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Voice of The Southern: A lot of what-ifs attached to state budget

Mar 10, 2019

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Voice of The Southern: Thumbs up to Saluki Success Program, thumbs down to weather

Mar 8, 2019

Voice of The Southern: SIUC gets much-needed boost with nursing announcement

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Voice of The Southern: SIUC gets much-needed boost with nursing announcement

Mar 3, 2019

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Voice of The Southern: Thumbs up to Pritzker's visit, thumbs down to stance on gun laws

Mar 1, 2019

Voice of The Southern: Fear not, Carbondale's Strip poised for a rebirth

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Voice of The Southern: Fear not, Carbondale's Strip poised for a rebirth

Feb 23, 2019

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Voice of The Southern: Thumbs up to tabling mileage tax proposal, thumbs down to Pritzker

Feb 22, 2019

Editorial | Gilbert best choice to chair SIU Board; we hope Pritzker keeps Ryan, Sambursky and Britton

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Editorial | Gilbert best choice to chair SIU Board; we hope Pritzker keeps Ryan, Sambursky and Britton

Feb 17, 2019

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Voice of The Southern: Thumbs up to Big Muddy Film Festival, thumbs down to Mother Nature

Feb 15, 2019

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Voice of The Southern: Thumbs up to Mary Nell Chew, Corene McDaniel

Feb 8, 2019

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Voice of The Southern: Got the flu? It's a good idea to stay at home.

Feb 3, 2019

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Voice of The Southern: Thumbs up to end of shutdown, thumbs down to Mother Nature

Feb 1, 2019

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Voice of The Southern: Hopefully, our leaders learn from shutdown

Jan 27, 2019

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Voice of The Southern: Thumbs up to Diane Hood, thumbs down to Washington dysfunction

Jan 25, 2019

Voice of The Southern: King's words still ring true today

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Voice of The Southern: King's words still ring true today

Jan 20, 2019

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Voice of The Southern: Thumbs up to Innocence Project, thumbs down to snow

Jan 18, 2019

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Voice of The Southern: Thumbs up to Henneberger, thumbs down to fatal wrecks

Jan 11, 2019

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Voice of The Southern: State leaders need to govern, not rule

Jan 6, 2019

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Voice of The Southern: Thumbs up to some Rauner accomplishments, thumbs down to his term

Jan 4, 2019

Voice of The Southern | 2018 brought a lot of bad news for SIU, here's to hoping 2019 brings a turnaround

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Voice of The Southern | 2018 brought a lot of bad news for SIU, here's to hoping 2019 brings a turnaround

Dec 30, 2018

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Voice of The Southern | Thumbs up to holiday tourneys, thumbs down to government shutdown

Dec 28, 2018

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Voice of The Southern: Thumbs up to Salukis, thumbs down to legislators

Dec 21, 2018

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Voice of The Southern: Say no to Pond Creek discharge request

Dec 16, 2018

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Voice of The Southern: Thumbs up to SIUC, thumbs down to I-57 wrecks

Dec 14, 2018

Voice of The Southern: No amount of fines enough for ACHA officials

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Voice of The Southern: No amount of fines enough for ACHA officials

Dec 10, 2018

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Voice of The Southern: Thumbs up to SIUC's Statesmanship Initiative, thumbs down to severe weather

Dec 7, 2018

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Voice of The Southern: Take time to celebrate our fine state

Dec 2, 2018

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Voice of The Southern: Thumbs up to developer's plans for Cairo, Newman Center's feast

Nov 30, 2018

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Voice of The Southern: Fixing state's woes far more important than party politics

Nov 25, 2018

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Voice of The Southern: Thumbs up to Erv Coppi, thumbs down to continued HUD issues

Nov 23, 2018

Voice of The Southern: Illinois election makes clear dark money has no place in politics

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Voice of The Southern: Illinois election makes clear dark money has no place in politics

Nov 18, 2018

Voice of The Southern: Thumbs down to apartment fire, thumbs up to honoring veterans

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Voice of The Southern: Thumbs down to apartment fire, thumbs up to honoring veterans

Nov 16, 2018

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Voice of The Southern: Thank you, veterans

Nov 11, 2018

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Voice of The Southern: Thumbs up to the election, thumbs down to prep football being done

Nov 9, 2018

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Voice of The Southern: Don't like what's going on? Don't agree? Get out and vote.

Nov 4, 2018