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IN PICTURES: Senior Design Showcase displayed Friday

Attendees crowd Convo to explore projects
By Totus Tuus Keely
May 6, 2024
Attendees crowd the Convocation Center’s floor halfway through the senior design showcase. Over 15 high school and middle schools along with more than 283 students from schools visited the showcase Friday. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)
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Logan Wilson (from right), a junior mechatronic engineering student and incoming president of NIU Supermileage, talks with the senior mechanical engineering students Josian Saari and Jade Winkoski who worked on creating a drivetrain for the supermileage car. The senior design projects are often sponsored by companies working with NIU or the competition clubs in the engineering program. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)
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Totus Tuus Keely
Totus Tuus Keely, Assistant Photo Editor
Totus Tuus Keely is a junior mechatronics engineering major at NIU. He began as a photographer in the spring 2024 semester. Outside of his busy class schedule, he enjoys photographing sports and capturing the emotions of fans and players. He was able to travel and photograph the historic football win against No. 5 Notre Dame in 2024. Along with photography, he enjoys performing in the World Music Program and the NIU Pep Band, as well as constantly expanding his musical taste.
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Addison Kimbler (left), a first-year art and design major, and Julia Smith, a junior early childhood education major, ride the Ballistic Swing carnival ride on Thursday at the Campus Activities Board Block Party. Long lines formed for the Ballistic Swing, zipline and lemonade stands. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)
Gallery: Campus Activity Board hosts Block Party for incoming students
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A couple lovingly reads a book together in a library echoing Assistant Lifestyle Editor Rachael Swinson’s reflections on college love. (Getty Images)
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The Cars and Coffee event hosted by NIU Huskie Motorsports brings out families and people in the DeKalb area. Cars and Coffee was held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday in NIU Parking Lot C. (Sofia Howell | Northern Star)
Gallery: Huskie Motorsports hosts car meet up on NIU campus
Junior medical science lab major Denise Cortez (left) celebrates winning a round of Lotería as Senior biology major Makayla Kies (right) celebrates her win. The Latino Center offered numerous prizes for winning in Lotería such as food, clothing and NIU licensed merchandise. (Marco Alvarez | Northern Star)
Gallery: NIU Latino Center hosts Lotería game night for students
The tuggers of Alpha Sigma Phi prepare to pull on the second rope. Alpha Sigma Phi would win the third by advantage after 24 minutes and win the match. (Ethan Rodriguez | Northern Star)
Gallery: Alpha Sigma Phi snags comeback over Sigma Alpha Epsilon
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Nicholas Pohlman, a mechanical engineering professor, flips a hot dog on a grill during the CEET Cookout on Thursday at the East Lawn outside of the Engineering Building. The CEET Cookout ran from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)
Gallery: College of Engineering and Engineering Technology hosts cookout for new students
Carved ivory tusks from the 19th century (right) and a painting titled “Art Burmese Dictatorship” from 1966 are on display at the “Legacies on Display: The Forbidden and Venerated Arts of Burma” gallery in the west end of the first floor of Altgeld Hall. The exhibit is open 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesdays, noon to 6 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays and noon to 3 p.m. on Saturdays until May 9. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)
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Freshman forward Tobias Crear (7) dribbles the ball away from Western Illinois University senior defender Gabriel Velasco (18) from. He successfully defended his goal by dribbling the ball away. (Alexia Beck | Northern Star)
Gallery: Men's Soccer scores second win of season
Senior cornerback Donte Harrison (7) reaches his arms to the sky to celebrate an incomplete pass in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter on Saturday against the College of the Holy Cross. NIU led the rushing game with 178 yards compared to Holy Cross’s 62, but fell behind in passing with 109 yards to 155. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)
Gallery: Football secures first win against Holy Cross
DeKalb Farmer’s Market attendees browse through a variety of products such as honey, breads and donuts. The DeKalb Farmer’s Market was held at 210 E. Locust St. between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. (Ethan Rodriguez | Northern Star)
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An Adventure Staff employee prepares a kayak for students as other kayakers line up to leave the East Lagoon. Attendees had to line up for several minutes in order to get a turn in the kayaks. (Ethan Rodriguez | Northern Star)
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Color Run attendees launch packets of dyed corn starch into the air for an NIU promotional photo and video before the start of the event on Saturday. NIU gifted three sets of tickets to the Corn Fest carnival before the start of the Color Run to the attendees with birthdays closest to the stated dates. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)
Gallery: Colors explode on people during the Color Run
Marcos and Natalia Becerra, children of DeKalb residents Martha and Cosme, pretend to drive a John Deere combine harvester on North Third Street during Corn Fest on Sunday. The John Deere combine harvester, the “StalkMaster,” is one of many types of combine harvesters used to harvest corn. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)
Gallery: DeKalb hosts their annual Corn Fest for residents and students
The NIU Mariachi band performs on Saturday in Club 1895 for Welcome Holmes. NIU Mariachi moved from room to room during Welcome Holmes after each quick performance. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)
Gallery: CAB hosts annual Welcome Holmes party
Maha Almasri, senior biology major, attempts to kick a soccer ball to hit targets on Thursday at Jewel Osco, located at 1320 Sycamore Road, for Jewel Jamboree. The parking lot of Jewel Osco had games for students to play, a DJ and free groceries in addition to the groceries given indoors. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)
Gallery: Jewel Osco hosts annual Jewel Jamboree for students
Students group up and chat around the bonfire on Wednesday night during Campfire Connections. Campfire Connections had a single fire maintained by NIU Recreation Center staffers who stacked pallets on the fire to keep it burning. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)
Gallery: Students meet each other at Campfire Connections
First Place - An Eastern grey squirrel with a case of melanism clings to a tree in a forest. Melanism is a genetic case which works in the opposite way of Albinism by increasing the amount of melanin in an animal. (Courtesy of Dinesh Medidi)
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