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Gallery: NIU CAUSE highlights local creators

By Grace Kilbreath, Photojournalist
March 27, 2025
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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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Sophomore business administration major Maya Arredondo (left) speaks with junior music major Alex Coronel about the Collegiate Association of Unreasonable Social Entrepreneurs. The Collegiate Association of Unreasonable Social Entrepreneurs or CAUSE is a student organization that is built upon the ideas of innovation, entrepreneurship, social impact, sustainability and community involvement. (Grace Kilbreath | Northern Star)
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