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SA uses Web to showcase Senate candidates

By KeAndre Worthy | September 22, 2013

Student Association Senate’s Tuesday and Wednesday elections have a new feature: Instantly accessible candidate profiles.The SA worked with EveryVote.org, a website founded by alumni Mitch Downey and Vincent Schramer, to provide a way for organizations...

Protesters march together to support Occupy DeKalb and
Wallstreet in MLK commons on Saturday afternoon.

Students, community members gather to Occupy NIU

By Linze Griebenow | November 6, 2011

About 30 students and community members gathered in the MLK Commons to assert their solidarity against big bank bailouts and participate in the Occupy movement Saturday.Occupy NIU was assembled a month ago by Mitch Downey, instructional technology graduate...

Medicinal applications of prohibited substances could be beneficial

By Mitch Downey | October 16, 2011

Some compelling studies have emerged over the past decade that have linked prohibited substances--including MDMA (Ecstasy), and psilocybin ("magic mushrooms")--with significant, and sometimes profound, medical applications.Unfortunately for researchers,...