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SIU Athletics swiftly rescinds proposed ‘activism’ ban after disclosure by student paper

The latest chapter of the three Southern Illinois University cheerleaders who knelt during the anthem last year to protest police brutality is a complicated one. First, only one returned to the team this year; one didn’t enroll at the university. Then SIU Athletics administrators attempted to add new language to their Code of Conduct to …

Giving a face to cheerleaders’ protest

Opinion By Brian Muñoz My heart still pounds when I think about taking that first photograph, scanning Saluki Stadium during the national anthem and looking for a football player that knelt during the anthem at the first home football game. I shifted my gaze and saw three kneeling cheerleaders. I took a deep breath and knew …

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