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Dress for success if you want it

Dress for success if you want it

By Kim Randall | February 17, 2013

You know that old cliché about how you should dress for success if you want to get a job? That very well may be more true than not. Dressing for success is essentially adjusting your physical appearance (as it relates to grooming or clothing) to make...

Huskies overcome adversity in games

By Matt Hopkinson | September 16, 2012

Say what you want about the defensive effort of NIU against Army, there is one factor that cannot be questioned from that game: effort. The Huskies were able to face adversity on several different levels in their contest with the Black Knights and overcome,...

Even if attendance isn't mandatory, it's still important

Even if attendance isn’t mandatory, it’s still important

By Phil Case | April 19, 2011

At some point during our time in college, I'm sure we have all noticed that attendance in large lecture halls tends to be rather sparse. Whether students are nursing themselves through another hangover, avoiding the walk through unbearable DeKalb weather...