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Cherifat Nola, senior political science major, took part in the diversity discussion sponsored by the Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning. The event was held Tuesday night in the Holmes Student Center as part of a week-long celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday on Monday.

Students talk MLK legacy

By Jack Manning | January 22, 2014

Students and community members reflected on a photo about the march from Selma to Montgomery during a discussion about Martin Luther King Jr. Tuesday in the Holmes Student Center.The discussion detailed King Jr.’s accomplishments throughout his lifetime....

American politics need religious objectivity

By Hayley Devitt | January 30, 2013

On Jan. 21, when President Barack Obama publicly swore in for his second term, he placed his left hand on two Bibles: one that President Abraham Lincoln used in his own inauguration and one that was owned by Martin Luther King Jr. While I admired his...

Occupy Wall Street will fail

By Joe Palmer | September 26, 2012

Occupy Wall Street is dead. Correction: Occupy Wall Street has never lived. For too long, America has been focused on this sad excuse of a protest. Occupy has accomplished nothing beyond ruining the beauty of a few park areas and laying waste to the strong...

NIU students participate in Breaking the Ice, a rally to protest violence, held across campus Wednesday afternoon. Students gathered to pray in Central Park, led by members of Alpha Phi Alpha.

Alpha Phi Alpha hosts anti-violence rally, march

By Hailey Kurth | April 4, 2012

Over 200 people gathered at the MLK Commons yesterday to “break the ice against violence” at an event hosted by Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. Alandis Phillips, senior sociology major and president of Alpha Phi Alpha, said to “break the ice” means...