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Gallery: The Star over Winter Break

By Sarah Rose and Ryan Day
January 13, 2025
Ryan Day
Passengers board the festive themed Metra Train Number 500. Metra Number 500 is an EMD SD70MAC that was purchased in 2019 and debuted in 2022. (Ryan Day | Northern Star)
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The Civic Opera Building stands in front of the Chicago River. The Civic Opera Building was opened in 1922 as a result of Samuel Insull. (Ryan Day | Northern Star)
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Sarah Rose, Copy Editor
Sarah Rose is majoring in English and double minoring in political science and economics. Sarah enjoys thrifting, reading, and listening to music on vinyl.
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Ryan Day, Social Media Editor
Ryan Day is a senior communications-media major and marketing minor emphasizing in digital marketing. He joined the Northern Star in fall 2024 and hopes to pursue a career in social media management and content production post-graduation.
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A shelf displays an assortment of books. Copy Editor Rachael Swinson recommends six new books releasing this fall. (Brynn Krug | Northern Star)
Books to fall into as the leaves change
A TV displays “K-Pop Demon Hunters” on Netflix. Video Editor Jenny Javkhlantugs gave the movie a rating of 9 out of 10. (Edison Miller | Northern Star)
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Blue light protection glasses sit on top of a computer in the NIU Esports Arena located in Altgeld Hall 100. Blue light glasses can help reduce eye strain, a potential health issue for gamers. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)
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A TV displays “The Summer I Turned Pretty” on Amazon Prime. The books and movies for the series have a few key differences. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)
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Mila (left) and her father Mike Meegan, both Ottawa residents, solder a connection for a “blinkie” at the Build-a-Blinkie station on Saturday at STEM Fest inside of the Duke Ellington Ballroom in the Holmes Student Center. A “blinkie” is a small board cut into a design with flashing LEDs, supplied by the 501(c)3 organization Build-a-Blinkie. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)
Gallery: STEM Fest welcomes all ages with over 100 exhibits
AMC Market Square 10 sits located at 2160 Sycamore Road. The theater offers a discount to students who show their OneCards and matinee pricing every day before 4 p.m. (Edison Miller | Northern Star)
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The group of Lotería Game Night attendees focus on caller Elbia Menéndez as they were about to win on Wednesday at Lotería Game Night in the Peters Campus Life Building. Lotería Game Night was moved from the Holmes Student Center to the Peters Campus Life Building. (Sofia Howell | Northern Star)
Gallery: Latino Resource Center hosts Lotería Game Night in Peters Campus Life Building
A Lotería game sits spread out on a table. The Latino Resource Center will host a Lotería Game Night from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday. (Northern Star File Photo)
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Sophomore kinesiology major Jerome Thomas (left) and first-year pre-physical therapy major Zyler Bragg play a game of bean bag toss at Rec Fest on Friday. Rec Fest was held at the NIU Recreation Sports Complex Between 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. (Marco Alvarez | Northern Star)
Gallery: NIU Recreation Center hosts festival celebrating fitness at Rec fest
Several litho stones and pencils sit in a large glass display case at the “60 Years of NIU Printmaking” exhibit in Altgeld Hall. Litho stones were used between 1850 to 1920 for commercial printing and were replaced with zinc due to being much cheaper and lighter. (Ethan Rodriguez | Northern Star)
Gallery: NIU showcases 60 years of its printmaking program
Santiago Morales, a then-sophomore mechanical engineering major, bench presses 155 pounds in the free weights section on March 4, 2024, at the NIU Recreation Center. NIU Recreation will host RecFest from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday at the Outdoor Recreation Center. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)
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