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Open mic celebrates LGBT history month

By Shelby Devitt | October 7, 2012

In celebration of LGBT History Month, CAB Café and the LGBT Resource Center presented Express Yourself, an open mic event that encouraged students to share their poetry and songs Friday night in the Diversions Lounge. Rockford slam poet Amelia Garcia...

Junior nursing major Alyssa Kroeschen participates in the women's self defense seminar. The class taught women how to prevent dangerous situations and how to react if being attacked.

Helping Hands to host ‘Girls Fight Back’ self defense program

By Amy Kreeger | February 24, 2011

DeKALB | Helping Hands is holding a “Girls Fight Back” self-defense program next week. Latasha Bennett, president of Helping Hands and coordinator of the program, said it is usually only held in the Stevenson residence halls but is going to be held...

Student groups react to investigation reclassification

By David Matz and Matt Liparota | October 24, 2010

The news of Antinette "Toni" Keller's missing persons case being reclassified as a death investigation has hit the hearts and minds of NIU's student groups on campus. "There seems to be a really dark cloud hanging over DeKalb," said Latasha Bennett, the...

Not NIU’s fault there are very few student jobs

By Aaron Brooks | September 12, 2010

I love my job. The only downside is the paper pays me in nickels, but at least the federal government's work-study aid gives me some greenbacks. It is not like I could keep a regular job anyway. Not that I am lazy or have excessive flatulence, but I have...