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St. Louis on the Air
5:24 pm
Tue June 18, 2013

SIUE Students Make Cuba Trip Part Of Their Education

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The SIUE group stands at the Centro de Estudios Hemisféricos y sobre Estados Unidos (CEHSEU) of the University of Havana.
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A group from SIUE visiting Cuba listens to a presentation about colonial Old Havana presented by tour guide Osmin Gonzales.
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Cuba is only 90 miles from the Florida coast but it sometimes feels as if it’s much farther away.  While travel restrictions between the United States and Cuba have eased in recent years, their relationship over the last five decades is far from close.

A small group of students from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville just returned from a 10 day visit to Cuba under an educational arrangement between SIUE and the University of Havana.  Harvard University is the only other institution to take advantage of such an opportunity under the initiative.

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11:19 am
Thu May 30, 2013

Ill. High Court Takes Pass In SIUE Student Threat Case

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An Illinois appeals court overturned the conviction of Olutoson Oduwole in March. The Illinois Supreme Court has now refused to intervene in the case.
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A man whose 2007 terroristic threat conviction was overturned may finally be able to put his legal troubles behind him after the Illinois Supreme Court refused to intervene.

The state's high court decided Wednesday not to hear an appeal by prosecutors who are trying to restore a Madison County jury verdict against St. Louis native Olutosin Oduwole.

Odwuwole's attorney, Jeff Urdangen, says that concludes the nearly six-year legal matter. The 27-year-old was released in March after an appeals court verdict.

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