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The Latino Resource Center hosted a Day of the Dead gathering and festivity Thursday. Marycarmen Ruiz (center), junior communicative disorders major, dressed as painter Frida Kahlo for the festivities.

Day of the Dead event celebrates life

By Jack Manning | November 3, 2013

The Latino Resource Center celebrated the lives of the deceased and attendees ate traditional Pan de Los Muertos — bread of the dead — at an event Thursday.Day of the Dead is a celebration that stems from Latino tradition. For the Day of the Dead...

Day of the Dead artwork pays tribute at NIU

By Chris Krapek | November 10, 2010

It is said the spirits of the dead return to loved ones who remember them on the Day of the Dead. To celebrate the Mexican holiday, the NIU Art Museum's "The Day of the Dead Artist Invitational" exhibit can currently be seen in Altgeld Hall. From Oct....