DeKALB – If you listen close while walking the corridors of DuSable Hall, you can hear the sound of higher education, and it sounds like a lecture.
Lectures have been used to educate since the time of Socrates and Plato, but modern students, like...
As a part of a lecture series hosted by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Catherine Raymond, a professor in art history and the director of the Center for Burma Studies at NIU, gave the lecture “Healing while Performing the Ritual to the Burmese...
In honor of Earth Day, author and psychologist Melanie Joy gave a free lecture Sunday night based on her award-winning book “Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism.” Joy focused on the concept of carnism, which she said...
Normally for Women’s History Month, or at least in the past couple of years, I would have compiled a mix CD featuring all female musicians to distribute to my friends and loved ones. However, I am unhappy to report that this year I somewhat slacked...
Grace Place is holding an interfaith lecture series in hope of opening the door for dialogue and understanding between different beliefs. Grace Place, 401 Normal Road, is a ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Episcopal Church...
Josh Navarro doesn't like memorizing facts for class."I don't think memorization is really that good," Navarro, junior business administration major, said. "It seems like as soon as the test is over, it's like you don't need it."Navarro said he takes...
Thomas Roberts, professor emeritus of educational psychology, will speak on the broad field of psychedelic drugs at a lecture hosted by Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP).The lecture is at 8 p.m. today in Room 405 of the Holmes Student Center and...
Even though strong winds blow away your good mood, it is not an excuse to blow off classes. Instead of skipping a lecture, you could find that tackling the weather head-on actually brings great rewards.On a rainy Tuesday, several students from my journalism...
I'm sure everyone can relate to having that one class that you just could never really grasp. No matter how much you study, it just never seems to make sense. You sit in class and no matter how hard you try to concentrate, you just feel like you can't...
Kathy Kelly, a Chicago-based peace activist, has sat next to a child whose body had been torn apart by a bomb. Kelly watched a woman tell a boy who lost two arms that she is his only surviving relative. She has stood next to families as they looked at...
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...
