Pass:Attending the Career Leadership Expo will give students the chance to learn how to effectively market themselves.It is important for every student to know how to market themselves especially with today’s competitive job market. Students with any...
Pass:The issue of pay inequality between men and women has been a prevalent issue in the United States since the early 1900s. As more and more women entered the work place they began to see the discrimination they faced through the available jobs and...
Pass: The Department of English and First Year Composition will hold its Annual Showcase of Student Writing from 3-5:15 p.m. on April 7 in the Holmes Student Center, Duke Ellington BallroomAny chance students get to show off the hard work they’ve...
PassNIU Center of the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality will be hosting a “Feminist Politics/Queer Methods” seminar that will give students insight in to the struggles of a community they are most likely unfamiliar with. The goal of the seminar...
I am an employee of the Student Association. I work the desk on Wednesdays and Fridays. I have done so since January 2015. I have observed what goes on and got to know most of the people who have worked in the office. I was here when last year’s election...
Recent attacks in Brussels and Paris could make students feel apprehensive about studying abroad, but students shouldn’t be discouraged because there are resources provided by NIU to ensure safety.Students should know all of their options before travelling...
Students came out to “Pet Your Stress Away!” from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday in the Northeast/Southeast rooms in Neptune Central.The event featured therapy dogs, coloring, stress ball making and a service project to make dog toys to donate to local animal shelter...
The Student Association has failed to facilitate democracy.Article I Section 4 of the SA Constitution states that “each student shall have an equal right to participate” in a democratically elected student government. My issue is not with voter participation,...
Abigail ZaccariaColumnistI feel NIU handled the network outage well. The university let students know that they were working to fix the problem and kept them posted throughout the outage. A notification was sent out once the Wi-Fi came back on.Network...
Although the One NIU ticket is running unopposed in the Student Association executive elections — with the exception of opposing presidential candidate Alex Forgue — neither the ticket nor Forgue have communicated enough with students, which is unacceptable.SA...
Pass:The Lucinda Avenue repair cost has been lowered from $550,000 to $440,000, which is great news because the money being used could go towards more important repairs needed around campus.The misalignment costs will be paid for partly by a grant from...
Kara MercerColumnistPoint:Social media sometimes gets a bad reputation, but can be good for getting information on the main points of a political candidate’s campaign.Social media sites like Twitter, Facebook and Snapchat have become a popular way for...
