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Quick: Stereotypes add to culture of fear

By Linze Griebenow | March 28, 2012

Racial stereotyping has reached a boiling point, and NIU is putting the issue on the front burner, said Austin Quick, Student Association Senate Speaker. “One of the things we’ve been reading a lot about and seeing in the news is this whole bullying...

International programs crosses cultural boundaries

By Linze Griebenow | March 5, 2012

Crossing cultural boundaries is coming to NIU in the form of a card game. NIU’s International Programs and Human Resources departments are aiming to work with students and faculty to facilitate deeper understanding and lessen the disconnect that can...

Author David Vann speaks Tuesday night at Barnes and Noble, 2439
Sycamore Road. Vann took questions about his book, Last Day on
Earth, which released in October.

The value of truth: Author shares struggles of writing book on NIU’s Feb. 14, 2008 shooter

By Kyla Gardner | November 9, 2011

David Vann, author of Last Day on Earth, a portrait of Feb. 14, 2008 gunman Steven Kazmierczak, believes in the value of truth. In the aftermath of the NIU shooting that left six dead and more than 20 injured, the media got the story wrong, Vann said....