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A 2L Huskie Line bus drives past a tree covered in frozen rain Wednesday near the Jack Arends Visual Arts Building on Gilbert Drive. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)

IN PICTURES: Winter rain storm leaves NIU coated in ice

By Sean Reed, Photo Editor | February 22, 2023

The daylight reflects off of the surface of a bright red clock in the Writing Center located in the Founders Memorial Library. (Cheyanne Quintanilla | Northern Star)

IN PICTURES: Reflections of campus

By Cheyanne Quintanilla, Photographer | February 16, 2023

Altgeld Hall standing before the clear sky on Friday. (Tim Dodge | Northern Star)

IN PICTURES: Campus through color filters

By Tim Dodge, Senior Photojournalist | February 15, 2023

Family members and friends of victims of the 2008 shooting, alongside NIU community members, stand together as a crowd during the 15-year memorial, held at 3:06 p.m. as the bells of the Holmes Student Center echoed through campus. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)

IN PICTURES: NIU looks forward, together 15 years after tragic shooting

By Sean Reed, Photo Editor | February 14, 2023

DeKALB – A vigil was held Tuesday in remembrance of the victims of the Feb. 14, 2008 shooting that took place within the walls of Cole Hall that chilling Valentine’s Day. 15 years later, the university holds its annual “Forward Together Forward”...

People and cars pass by in the rain on Normal Road Thursday. The exposure was taken from a window on the fourth floor of Founders Memorial Library. (Mingda Wu | Northern Star)

IN PICTURES: Long exposures of a rainy day

By Mingda Wu, Photographer | February 9, 2023

The statue in front of Davis Hall on a sunny Thursday in the Central Quad. (Mingda Wu | Northern Star)

IN PICTURES: The geometry of campus

By Mingda Wu, Photographer | February 7, 2023

A mini snowman waves its twig arm to passersby with its pet snow dog. (Nyla Owens | Northern Star)

IN PICTURES: Snow creatures pop up around campus

By Nyla Owens and Sean Reed | February 2, 2023

Junior Computer Science major Brandon Racer Forsuk (left) and Statistics major Jillian “HAZE” Thomason playing mid-way through the Overwatch match against Bowling Green State University Tuesday at the Esports Arena. (Mingda Wu | Northern Star)

IN PICTURES: Huskie Esports take down BGSU in Overwatch

By Mingda Wu, Photographer | February 1, 2023

Mission III, the newly announced live mascot for NIU, perched over his playpen awaiting a treat from his trainer Lisa Boland Friday at the Holmes Student Center Gallery Lounge. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)

IN PICTURES: Campus welcomes new live mascot

By Nyla Owens and Sean Reed | January 29, 2023

A close view of a completed panel of samples being tested in the COVID-19 wastewater screening lab at NIU. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)

IN PICTURES: Inside NIU’s COVID wastewater screening lab

By Sean Reed, Photo Editor | January 26, 2023

DeKALB – Northern Illinois University students and faculty have not been required to regularly screen for COVID-19 since the 2021-22 academic year, in favor of testing when symptomatic. In the absence of SHIELD testing, NIU has implemented a new way...

Duke Ellington Ballroom filled with tables with student organizations during the Spring 2023 NIU involvement fair on Wednesday at the Holmes Student Center. (Cheyanne Quintanilla | Northern Star)

IN PICTURES: Huskies gather for Spring involvement fair

By Cheyanne Quintanilla, Photographer | January 26, 2023

Below the dining hall, Neptune Central stays warm near the firepit, where students study at the surrounding couches and tables in the resident hall’s first floor. (Nyla Owens | Northern Star)

IN PICTURES: Secluded study spot gems

By Nyla Owens, Photojournalist | January 25, 2023

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