Author Bryan Stevenson signs his book “Just Mercy” for freshman engineering major Claudia Cruz 6:30 p.m. Monday in the Carl Sandburg Auditorium. “I’ve been waiting for weeks for Bryan Stevenson to come to NIU,” Cruz said.

Lianne Abellar (left), freshman pre-elementary education major, and Minnika Hoggsterom (right), sophomore biological sciences major, talk about Promoting Leadership through Unconditional SisterHood, an organization for female empowerment. The organization was approved at the Student Association Senate meeting Sunday in the Holmes Student Center, Sky Room.