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Brittany Carr, senior photo major, prepares film for development in the Jack Arends Art Building Monday evening.

Cost of art supplies burdens student wallets

By Olivia Willoughby | April 9, 2012

There’s no painting without pain. That is, pain to the wallet. Aside from tuition, art students at NIU have another financial aspect to worry about: art supplies. While some supplies may come cheap, such as paper and some drawing utensils, others, such...