Elizabeth Shulz, 4, of Belvidere plays at the sand table Feb. 27 at NIU Campus Child Care. The center provides services for student-parents, but Illinois childcare providers could close due to a budget shortfall. Student parents won’t have afforadable options for childcare if nearby centers have to close down, writes Perspectiver writer Angelina McNeela.
Forensics President Julia Boyle speaks to the Student Association Senate about Forensics going to the National Forensics Association National Championship and its need for supplemental funding during Sunday's SA Senate meeting in the Holmes Student Center. The supplemental funding will pay for travel, hotel stay, meals, entrance fee, and coaching fee.
By Photo courtesy NIU Media Relations
| March 22, 2015
Softball pitcher Keegan Hayes delivers the ball to home plate in Thursday’s game against the North Dakota State Bison at Mary M. Bell Field. Hayes suffered the loss, but the freshman pitcher has filled a key role in the Huskies’ pitching staff and...
Sycamore State Theatre, 420 W. State St., will show "Insurgent," the second movie in the Divergent film series, at 8 p.m. Thursday.Attendees have a chance to win a movie poster at the showing."Insurgent" follows Tris as she and her partner, Four, battle...
DeKalb city workers lay down asphalt and repair potholes on Knolls Avenue on Feb. 27, 2014. Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposal to cut the Local Government Distributive Fund, which is used for public safety, roads and public works, would leave the city of...
Nancy Kasinski, handler with Oaken Acres of Sycamore, holds Hamlet, a barred owl Wednesday in Montgomery Hall's auditorium. Christy Gebritz, director of operations at Oaken Acres asserts, said if an injured animal is found in the wild to call a shelter immediately and keep the animal in a warm, dark, quiet space and not to feed it or give it water. Students can learn more about caring for wildlife with Oaken Acres by volunteering or interning with the organization.
Anthropology professor, Dr. Dan Gebo, discusses the place of Lucy (known scientifically as Australopithecus afarensis) in the history of human evolution. Participants travelled to Madison, Wisconsin to hear from Dr. Donald Johanson of Arizona State University...
Linda Fulton, a retired middle school teacher from DeKalb, participated in the CLA&S External Programming Travel with a Professor event as part of the university's Lifelong Learning Institute. "It's a great way to connect the community to the university,"...
Graduate anthropology student Steve Jankiewicz listens as anthropology professor Dan Gebo explains the history of the discovery of human origins in Africa. Participants traveled to Madison, Wisc., to hear from Donald Johanson of Arizona State University....
Graduate anthropology student Deanna Goldstein ponders the similarities between Lucy's skull and that of modern humans. Participants traveled to Madison, Wisc., to hear from Donald Johanson of Arizona State University. He discovered the most complete...
On the bus ride to the talk, professor Dan Gebo shows students and community members the similarities between Lucy's arm bone anatomy and that of modern humans. Participants traveled to Madison, Wisc., to hear from Donald Johanson of Arizona State University....
Professor Dan Gebo shows students and community members how scientists were able to determine that Lucy walked on two legs, earning her a place on the human lineage. Participants traveled to Madison, Wisc., to hear from Donald Johanson of Arizona State...
