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Asian American Association to host fashion show today

By Guadalupe Lopez | April 30, 2013

In celebration of Asian American Month the Asian American Association (AAA) will host its seventh Annual Fashion Show, Golden Globe, at 7 p.m. today at the Carl Sandburg Auditorium in the Holmes Student Center. AAA participants will model clothes from...

Celebrating Excellence Week recognizes outstanding students, staff

By Guadalupe Lopez | April 28, 2013

Those on campus who are showing exemplary performance throughout the year were recognized during Celebrating Excellence Week, which ended Sunday. Celebrating Excellence highlights the achievements of students, faculty, staff and alumni. The keynote speaker...

NIU offers resources during Money Smart Week

By Guadalupe Lopez | April 22, 2013

According to college-insight.org, the average college student attending a public university in Illinois in 2011 accumulated an average of $26,470 in debt. To help students, NIU’s Financial Literacy Collaborative and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago...

Website allows students to review their instructors

By Guadalupe Lopez | April 22, 2013

With new class schedules to be made, NIU students are using sites like Ratemyprofessors.com to find reviews of potential fall professors. History professor Stanley Arnold has a total of 123 ratings and rated 4.1 out of five in overall quality. Arnold...

Tom Stanton, Danny Did Foundation representative, and his grandmother throw rubber ducks into the Kishwaukee River on Sunday for the Alpha Phi Omega 12th Annual Duck Race which helped raise money for the Danny Did Foundation. The Danny Did Foundation is dedicated to help prevent deaths caused by seizures.

Service fraternity hosts annual duck race

By Guadalupe Lopez | April 14, 2013

Ducks of the plastic variety raced down the Kishwaukee River to help a student organization raise money. Alpha Phi Omega (APO) hosted its 12th Annual Duck Race on Sunday outside the WNIJ radio station building, 801 N. First Street. All proceeds from the...

Black Student Union holds elections debate

By Guadalupe Lopez | April 11, 2013

Members of the Black Student Union (BSU) gathered to hear from its executive board candidates on Wednesday at the Holmes Student Center, Room 405. NIU’s Black Student Union elections will be held on Wednesday and April 18. During the debate, current...

Guest trumpeter Sean Jones to join NIU’s Jazz Ensemble

By Guadalupe Lopez | April 10, 2013

The Jazz Ensemble will perform with guest trumpeter Sean Jones at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center. The concert will be free and open to the public. “We have a guest performer coming in who has done wonderful,...

Student Association holds job fair

By Guadalupe Lopez | March 31, 2013

Students who missed last month’s job fair had a chance to attend the Student Association’s (SA) on-campus job fair Friday. Employers from across the university participated in this event in search of potential student workers, including the SA, Campus...

NIU hosts Health and Wellness Fair

By Guadalupe Lopez | March 27, 2013

Students and the DeKalb area community gathered together to experience exotic yoga poses, fix their posture and meet counselors at the 15th annual Health & Wellness Fair. The fair was held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Holmes Student Center’s...