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Looking back on the effects of 9/11 after bin Laden’s death

By Aaron Brooks | May 2, 2011

On September 11, 2001 I was in my high school welding class. Welding started at 7 a.m., and we were just getting ready to take off our leathers and go on a short break before resuming the second hour. Just before 8 a.m., Beau Caldwell, a classmate walked...

NIU is as safe as any other campus

By Alyssa Pracz | April 21, 2011

NIU has faced a lot of misfortunes over the past several years: the Feb. 14 shootings, the Antinette "Toni" Keller incident, a shooting outside of Stevenson last year, the football player who was recently shot. Despite all of this, I still believe that...

It’s sports fandom, not fandumb

By Kathryn Minnitit | April 11, 2011

The greatest season of the year has arrived: baseball season. The best thing to do on a day off is to go down to the city and enjoy a good ol' baseball game, which may or may not involve talking trash to the other team and their fans. I am a born and...

The Rally to Restore Sanity restored my faith in America

By Aaron Brooks | October 31, 2010

We came by car, train and plane. We came from across mountains, oceans and plains. We came together to proclaim: we are sane. Last weekend I traveled to Washington D.C. to take part in the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. This was my first trip to...

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Looking back on the effects of 9/11 after bin Laden’s death

NIU is as safe as any other campus

It’s sports fandom, not fandumb

The Rally to Restore Sanity restored my faith in America

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