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Speaker talks Beyonce’s influence

By Keith Hernandez | March 6, 2014

Students and faculty discussed Beyonce Knowles-Carter’s image as a self-proclaimed modern-day feminist Wednesday in the Student Holmes Center Sky Room.Carrie Williams, assistant director of the LGBT and Women’s Resource Center, coordinated and hosted...

Students snag free work clothes

By Brian Guttman | October 8, 2013

Students browsed tables of free secondhand clothing for new additions to their wardrobes Tuesday at the Women’s Resource Center’s fall clothing expo.The expo was started in 2011 to offer students more access to professional clothing; attendees are...

Women’s Resource Center hosts event on juggling responsibilities

By Sierra Lowe | November 27, 2012

Attendees discussed how they managed the pressure of juggling their obligations at an event Tuesday. Dealing with the Cards You Were Dealt was the latest event in the Hot Topic Tuesday series hosted by the Women’s Resource Center. The event, which was...

Sindu Kadavakolanu, graduate computer science major, sorts through prom dresses for Project Prom at the Womens Resource Center Wednesday afternoon. Project Prom offers free dresses to girls who want to attend prom but may not have the funds to purchase a dress. The WRC is open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Project Prom helps high school students find formal dresses

By Hailey Kurth | April 18, 2012

When thinking of things one might find in an attic, a hip prom dress wouldn’t top most people’s list — until they saw the attic of NIU’s Women’s Resource Center. Carrie Williams, assistant director of the women’s resource center, said the...

CourtWatch aims to help those pressing chargers against abusers

By Linze Griebenow | November 10, 2011

Most of us are raised to never hit anyone, especially a woman. Not everyone listens.For those who wish to press charges against abusers, CourtWatch, a victim advocate and volunteer group, is there to help.Domestic violence charges are increasing in DeKalb...

Deyonna Dunigan, S.I.S.T.E.R.S. Organization of NIU, recites
poetry to support awareness of domestic violence at Take Back the
Night on Tuesday night.

NIU ‘makes a statement’ against nighttime violence

By Hailey Kurth | October 5, 2011

DeKalb community members, students and faculty gathered Tuesday night at the MLK Commons to march against sexual and nighttime violence. "We're waking everybody up to let them know there are times that we are going to be out at night, and it's nobody's...