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Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

Top 5: Majors we most often misunderstand

Top 5: Majors we most often misunderstand

By Holly New | October 15, 2013

No. 5: ArtArt majors are constantly being told there’s no money in their field.They are to live only as “starving artists,” forced to sacrifice a financially stable life in pursuit of their art. If that’s the case, why do students continually...

Siew Lian Lim, sculpture graduate student and Buddhist nun,
stands in front of her shadow puppets, which she fashioned from
refuse material such as aluminum cans, food wrappers and
Styrofoam.

Buddhist nun advocates peace through sculpture

By Chelsey Boutan | November 2, 2011

Sculpture graduate student Siew Lian Lim isn't your typical Buddhist nun. Wearing her traditional gray Sangha robe, Lim scours campus parking lots and dumpsters looking for aluminum cans, food wrappers, Styrofoam and other items that she will later use...

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