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Gallery: CAB hosts event to beat midterm stress for students

By Ethan Rodriguez, Photo Editor
March 6, 2025
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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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Students meet up with friends after midterms to destress together. The NIU Campus Activity Board had different crafts for students to put together such as motivational jars. (Ethan Rodriguez | 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)
Ramadan: How and why it’s observed
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)
Gallery: NIU Wind Ensemble honored lives lost with performance
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
Davis Hall and the observatory brace through the snow fall on Wednesday. Davis Hall is home to the Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, the Department of Geography. (Ethan Rodriguez | Northern Star)
Gallery: NIU’s sudden snow day
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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)
Gallery: The Star over Winter Break
Cast members pose on stage after each member was introduced in a large dance performance. The elf began the Holiday Dreams Cirque by walking through the crowd and interacting with audience members before entering the stage and inviting his friends to join him. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)
Gallery: Holiday Dreams Cirque lights up Convocation Center
Rodrigo Villanueva, Professor of Jazz Studies, leans lower as the NIU Jazz Ensemble’s volume decreases during Wednesday’s performance. More jazz can be found at The Jazz Combofest at Fatty’s at 8 p.m Monday. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)
Gallery: NIU Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Orchestra Concert
Silas Ashby, Trent Starzynski and Ethan Cowburn wave cards in front of a camera for the computer to generate sounds based on what it sees during “Project Sector 6” by Silas Ashby. The sounds were created using a microphone and a camera that took what it saw and processed it. (Sam Dion | Northern Star)
IN PICTURES: Electronic Computer Music class perform sound production
Dancers Anna Lindstrom (left) and Millicent Collins kick their legs up in unison during “The Continuum of Change (2024).” The Dance Concert consists of 16 dancers total, along with help from numerous production staff from the School of Theatre and Dance. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)
IN PICTURES: Spring Dress Rehearsal takes center stage
Instructor of Trombone Timothy Riordan conducts the NIU Trombone Choir’s second piece, “Tenebrae Factae Sunt,” composed by Marc’ Antonio Ingegneri, who lived from 1535 to 1592. “Tenebrae Factae Sunt” translates to “darkness has been made” and is about the gospels of the crucifixion. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)
IN PICTURES: School of Music hosts 'Brass Chamber Concert'
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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)
Gallery: The Mysterious Dream Suite at the NIU Art Museum
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)
Gallery: 2025 NFL Draft aspirants show off at Pro Day
NIU junior guard Alecia Doyle (22) claps and freshman guard Lexi Carlsen (20) screams after Bowling Green called a timeout during the fourth quarter. Doyle and Carlsen both led the Huskies with 43 minutes played. (Tim Dodge | Northern Star)
Gallery: Huskies win thriller over Bowling Green in double overtime
The Orion constellation brightly illuminates the night sky above DeKalb. The Orion constellation is considered one of the brightest constellations due to the constellation being partly made with the 7th and 10th brightest stars and was named after the Greek mythological hunter known for his skills. (Ethan Rodriguez | Northern Star)
Gallery: The stars over DeKalb
Normal West Jazz Orchestra, directed by Ryan Budzinski, stands at the conclusion of their final song during the NIU Jazz Day on Thursday. The Jazz Day featured a performance by the NIU Jazz Orchestra in the Concert Hall at 12:20 p.m. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)
Gallery: NIU hosts annual Jazz Day for high school talent