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Letter to the Editor: Removal of hotel Bibles not justified

By James Huguelet | December 7, 2015

As a second-generation NIU alumnus, I was disappointed to recently learn that NIU had acquiesced to a request by the Freedom from Religion Foundation to remove copies of the Bible from the rooms of the Holmes Student Center Hotel.Allowing a copy of the...

American politics need religious objectivity

By Hayley Devitt | January 30, 2013

On Jan. 21, when President Barack Obama publicly swore in for his second term, he placed his left hand on two Bibles: one that President Abraham Lincoln used in his own inauguration and one that was owned by Martin Luther King Jr. While I admired his...

Pastor answers questions about God, spirituality

By Brian Singer | October 2, 2012

Crowds of students have gathered around Cliffe Knechtle Monday and Tuesday at MLK Commons. Knechtle is a pastor from Grace Community Church in Connecticut. He travels to college campuses to answer questions about God and spirituality. “I consider myself...