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Gretchen Ivers, a second year master's student studying education for students with visual impairments and orientation and mobility, rides a unicycle at the Cortland Parade. Circus Club, now an approved club through SGA, meets from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesdays in Gabel Hall 140.(Courtesy of Nam Pham)

Spotlight: Circus Club

By Emily Beebe, News Editor | November 30, 2024

DeKALB – NIU’s Circus Club began as an unofficial club in the spring 2023 semester. Within a year, the club went from being unofficial to being approved through the Student Government Association in the spring 2024 semester. Circus Club focuses...

Nam Pham, freshman illustration major, showing Circus Club members a performance act. (Northern Star | Caleb Johnson)

Clown around with NIU’s unofficial circus club

By Caleb Johnson, Lifestyle Writer | April 25, 2023

DeKALB – People pranced and bean bag balls littered the floor as a small crowd gathered on Thursday in studio room A at the Campus Recreation building for the unofficial Circus Club meeting. The club meetings themselves have no formal structure since...