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Allen May, general manager of the Northern TV Center and journalism major Jorge Rodas demonstrate a live news broadcast at the TV Center on April 18, 2012.

Northern Television Center manager retiring

By Rachel Scaman | December 7, 2015

Allen May is retiring after 15 and a half years as the general manager of broadcast news at the Northern Television Center, and he still remembers how the NTC first looked when he started in 2000.May remembers the building that had the “old 1960s prison...

Adventure club prepares for upcoming summer activities

By Rhea Riley | April 22, 2014

Outdoor Adventures is gearing up for its next summer trip to Alaska for a hike up the Harding Icefield Trail.A facility in the Recreation Center, Outdoor Adventures focuses on outdoor activities that include hiking, backpacking and rock climbing and are...

Northern Television Center hosts ‘Anchor Night’

By Lauren Dielman | April 18, 2012

Students got the chance to go behind the scenes of broadcast journalism during Anchor Night at the Northern Television Center (NTC) Monday. Allen May, general manager of broadcast news at NTC, and Jorge Rodas, junior journalism major, began the night...

In this Nov. 12 file photo, fans in the student section react
after Nebraska defeated Penn State 17-14 in an NCAA college
football game in State College, Pa. Penn State was playing for the
first time in decades without former head coach Joe Paterno, after
he was fired in the wake of a child sex abuse scandal involving a
former assistant coach. As Penn State leaves a harrowing week
behind and takes tentative steps toward a new normal, students and
alumni alike wonder what exactly that means.

NIU reacts to Penn State scandal

By Chelsey Boutan | November 21, 2011

When Jon Hohnstadt heard that Penn State students knocked over a news van while protesting the firing of football coach Joe Paterno, he said he understood how they felt. Hohnstadt said it's great to have free press, but when something negatively impacts...