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IN PICTURES: 2024 President’s Welcome Back Picnic

Students and staff enjoy activities, food and music
By Sam Dion, Photojournalist
August 26, 2024
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2024 President’s Picnic event goers eat watermelon in front of the watermelon and cookie tent. Other than food, the event included yard games, canoeing, kayaking and different sample tents for Bubbl’r and Celsius drinks. (Sam Dion | Northern Star)
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President’s Picnic visitors eat and talk at tables outside Lowden Hall. The 2024 President’s Picnic event took place from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. (Sam Dion | Northern Star)
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A sign of the “State of Being” art gallery is painted on the wall next to Danielle Koenig’s signature and the photo “Sunrise.” Koenig’s master thesis statement “State of Being” will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. (Jenny Javkhlantugs | Northern Star)
Gallery: “State of Mind” commemorates the passage of time
The Islamic Center of DeKalb sits at 801 Normal Road and serves the local Muslim community by providing a place of worship. From Feb. 28 to March 29 Muslims all over the world observe the holy month Ramadan. (Northern Star Media)
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Students put motivational messages in jars as they drink soda floats provided to them. The NIU Campus Activity Board held their Stay-A-Float event as a way to destress students after midterms. (Ethan Rodriguez | Northern Star)
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Director Andrew Glendening waves to the NIU Wind Ensemble as he enters stage for the start of their Thursday performance. The next School of Music performance in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall will be the NIU Choral Collage Concert on Sunday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)
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The NIU Wind Ensemble performes "O King from Sinfonia" by Luciano Berio on stage during thier concert. The NIU Wind Ensemble wowed the audience during their performance. (Kahlil Kambui | Northern Star)
NIU Wind Ensemble wows the crowd during performance
Director Linc Smelser bows at the end of the Arthur D. Montzka Memorial Concert as the audience roars with applause. The Arthur D. Montzka Memorial Concert was named after Arthur Dale Montzka, the first director of the Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra after his passing in 2002. (Ethan Rodriguez | Northern Star)
Gallery: Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra hosts its annual memorial concert
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The words “Campus Creators Market” are scrawled on the pavement in different colored chalk in front of the lower entrance to the Founder’s Memorial Library. The Campus Creators Market was held from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday and will return April 1 and 2. (Grace Kilbreath | Northern Star)
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“The Trend” logo sits in front of a purple background. Episode 32 discusses the sexual assault allegations made against "Impractical Jokers" star Joe Gatto. (Northern Star Graphic)
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An acrylic painting on canvas, “Magic Object #1,”by Douglas Binder displays a voodoo doll from the “Phantasmagraphica: The Early Psychedelic Work of Douglas Binder” exhibit. There were two versions of this piece, one being a drawing named “1st version,” and then the painting which had slight similarities and differences but resulting in the same theme. (Sofia Howell | Northern Star)
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Groups of students eat at Neptune Dining Hall for the 70s Dinner. Neptune Dining Hall hosted a 70s themed dinner on Thursday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. (Northern Star | Sofia Howell)
Gallery: Neptune Hall hosts 1970s themed dinner
Scouts for the Seattle Seahawks, Las Vegas Raiders, Minnesota Vikings and Cleveland Browns talk amongst each other after watching former linebacker Jaden Dolphin’s 4.78 second 40-yard dash. NFL scouts both ran the drills and watched during NIU’s Pro Day on Monday. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)
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"The Trend" logo sits in front of a purple background. Episode 31 of this pop-culture podcast focuses on the harmful aspects of child stars on social media. (Northern Star Graphic)
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An image shows a world map that visualizes the origin country of NIU’s international students. Of NIU’s 970 international students, 44% are from India. (Devin Oommen | Northern Star)
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A fall 1993 edition of the Northern Star pictures NIU Athletics Hall of Famer LeShon Johnson running up the field. Johnson was charged for violating the dog fighting prohibitions of the federal Animal Welfare Act after 190 dogs were seized from his Oklahoma property in October. (Northern Star Archives)
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A plaque indicates where the Northern Star's time capsule is located. Sealed in April 2000, the time capsule will be opened on April 16. (Ryan Day | Northern Star)
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A photo shows the faculty senate meeting on Wednesday. Mark Van Wienen presented what the changes in language for sabbaticals represent. (Joseph Ndu | Northern Star)
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Crowds gather at the 22nd Annual World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Monday, March 17, 2025, in Hot Springs, Ark. This St. Patricks day, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s office cited 65 people for not wearing a seatbelt while driving. (AP Photo/Katie Adkins)
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ward-winning journalist and bestselling author Naomi Klein is pictured. She will be the final guest speaker for NIU's Rebuilding Democracy Lecture Series on April 2. (Photo courtesy of Naomi Klein)
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