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All content by Gavin Weaver
Couple sings Christmas songs at House Cafe

Couple sings Christmas songs at House Cafe

By Gavin Weaver
November 30, 2014
Men's Basketball

Men’s Basketball

By Gavin Weaver
November 25, 2014
Students collect cans for Hope Haven at Canapalooza

Students collect cans for Hope Haven at Canapalooza

By Gavin Weaver
November 23, 2014
Students, faculty honor fall of Berlin Wall

Students, faculty honor fall of Berlin Wall

By Gavin Weaver
November 16, 2014
Apple and pear crisp

Apple and pear crisp

By Gavin Weaver
November 4, 2014
NIU PLUS endorsed but Faculty Senate concerned

NIU PLUS endorsed but Faculty Senate concerned

By Gavin Weaver
October 29, 2014
Diane DeMers, resident of the Ellwood Historic Neighborhood, expresses her concerns over the implementation of a enterprise zone in DeKalb at a Monday City Council meeting in the DeKalb Municipal Building. DeMers brought photographs of a strip mall at the corner of Annie Glidden Highway and Hillcrest Drive to show attendees what an enterprise zone could create in the Ellwood Historic Neighborhood. An enterprise zone is an area within a community where companies receive incentives, including tax credits and exemptions.

Oct. 27 City Council meeting

By Gavin Weaver
October 27, 2014
Huskie Pups

Huskie Pups

By Gavin Weaver
October 20, 2014
Brian Posehn

Brian Posehn

By Gavin Weaver
October 19, 2014
Metra

Metra

By Gavin Weaver
October 15, 2014
Dan Kenney speaks to the DeKalb County Community Gardens club. The meeting was the first of the year. Meetings from now on are held the first Monday of every month.

DeKalb County Community Gardens

By Gavin Weaver
October 14, 2014
Freshman nursing major Amber Black (right) hands sophomore education major Carsie Barnes a free T-shirt Monday at the Homecoming Kick-Off Rally in the Martin Luther King Jr. Commons. The rally featured free T-shirts, hot dogs, burgers and ice cream made with liquid nitrogen. The rally also served as an opportunity for Homecoming Court candidates to introduce themselves to students.

Homecoming Kick-Off Rally

By Gavin Weaver
October 6, 2014
NIU vs. Kent State 2014

NIU vs. Kent State 2014

By Gavin Weaver
October 5, 2014
Alumna Elizabeth Justice collects rotten tomatoes to be used as compost Oct. 5 at the NIU Communiversity Gardens on the east side of Anderson Hall. 

NIU Communiversity Gardens

By Gavin Weaver
October 5, 2014
University Plaza renovation plan not winning over some residents

University Plaza renovation plan not winning over some residents

By Gavin Weaver
September 22, 2014
Outdoor Adventures: Devil's Lake State Park

Outdoor Adventures: Devil’s Lake State Park

By Gavin Weaver
September 21, 2014
Interim CFO Nancy Suttenfield speaks about NIU's budget proposal during a Board of Trustees Finance, Facilities and Operations Committee meeting on Sept. 1, 2014, in Altgeld Hall.

Board of Trustees to discuss future projects, consider budget approval

By Gavin Weaver
September 17, 2014
Technology update

Technology update

By Gavin Weaver
September 15, 2014
Letter shows NIU’s pension worries

Letter shows NIU’s pension worries

By Gavin Weaver
April 30, 2014
The Fratastic Four, which includes members from Theta Chi, Alpha Epsilon Pi, Delta Upsilon and Sigma Phi Epsilon, face off with Alpha Kappa Lambda during the first round of Tugs Monday on the east side of Huskie Stadium. Alpha Kappa Lambda, Phi Kappa Theta and Sigma Alpha Epsilon took home victories during the first day of the tournament.

Tugs day 1

By Gavin Weaver
April 21, 2014
Members of E.B.O.N.Y. Women perform at the first Instagrammys Award Show

Members of E.B.O.N.Y. Women perform at the first Instagrammys Award Show

By Gavin Weaver
April 13, 2014
April 2 University Council

April 2 University Council

By Gavin Weaver
April 3, 2014
Bill Nicklas speaks at SA Senate meeting

Bill Nicklas speaks at SA Senate meeting

By Gavin Weaver
March 30, 2014
Biology professor Virginia Naples speaks during the Faculty Senate meeting Wednesday. She said students should be educated about the negative effects of feeding geese. Naples’ comments were prompted by a discussion on the use of the Goosinator to get rid of geese on campus.

Faculty Senate meeting March 26

By Gavin Weaver
March 26, 2014
Student Association presidential candidates Randiss Hopkins (left) and Joe Frascello (right) answer questions during a debate Wednesday night in the Holmes Student Center. Hopkins said NIU should use alumni to recruit prospective students, and Frascello said NIU should make improvements to become a “fun campus.”

SA executive election debate

By Gavin Weaver
March 20, 2014
The Kenneth Leftridge play at the College Grind

The Kenneth Leftridge play at the College Grind

By Gavin Weaver
March 4, 2014
What Not to Wear

What Not to Wear

By Gavin Weaver
February 6, 2014
Student Association Awards

Student Association Awards

By Gavin Weaver
March 25, 2013
Senior sociology major, John Hohnstadt, U.S. Army veteran who served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, speaks at the "International, Human Rights & Moral Concerns over the use of drones" event on Monday night in Rm. 190 of Swen Parson Hall. Hohnstadt gave his perspective on the use of drones, and believes them to be a tool that saves soldiers' lives.

Drones

By Gavin Weaver
March 18, 2013
Seminar on International Relations

Seminar on International Relations

By Gavin Weaver
March 18, 2013
Archive

Archive

By Gavin Weaver
February 13, 2013
A collection of items placed at the temporary memorial for the victims of the February 2008 shooting; shown here are items placed in remembrance of Ryanne Mace. Items placed at both the temporary and permanent memorial are routinely collected by the Regional History Center and stored in the archives of Founders Memorial Library to preserve them.

Achive

By Gavin Weaver
February 13, 2013
Yen Ching Village

Yen Ching Village

By Gavin Weaver
October 28, 2012

State of the University 2012

By Gavin Weaver
October 11, 2012
(Students names from left to right on couch): Junior communications major Jordan Reed; Andy Vikre, junior political science major; and Delonte LeFlore, senior organizational and computer communications major, watch the first presidential debate from the New Orleans Room of Stevenson C Tower Wednesday night. The debate was between presidential candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama.

Students watch presidential debate

By Gavin Weaver
October 3, 2012
Astronaut Story Musgrave shares his life experience with those who came to see him speak at the Capitol Room in the Holmes Student Center Saturday evening. The former astronaut served in the Korean War as a mechanic and has flown on six space shuttle missions. One of the most important missions was STS-61, in which he repaired the Hubble Space Telescope.

Story Musgrave

By Gavin Weaver
April 1, 2012
The Fair of Nations: Check it out

The Fair of Nations: Check it out

By Gavin Weaver
November 7, 2011
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