The center of the Study of Women, Gender & Sexuality will host their Safe/Unsafe Collaborative Documentary Project from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. on Sept. 7 in Reavis Hall 103.There will be workshops and educational presentations to instruct students how...
The Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality will host a screening of the award-winning documentary “Thin” by Lauren Greenfield at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Reavis Hall, Room 103. The documentary follows the lives of four women recovering from Anorexia Nervosa.
Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies will hold a series of events throughout March for Women’s History Month.The emphasis for this year will be on incarceration issues.• 3-5 p.m. March 17 in the Holmes Student Center, Glass Gallery: The Vagina Seminars•...
I am writing to express my disappointment and disgust over the name of a drink recipe the Northern Star chose to publish in its recent Homecoming issue.Publishing the “Horny Girl Scout” drink recipe was both in poor taste and antithetical to NIU’s...
What would education be without the arts? Nothing.Visual and performing arts have the power to enhance student success and can unite a community like no other force, and NIU needs more leaders like graduate student Danielle Dobies — who leads Fertile...
Students took a stand Wednesday night against violence and sexual assault.Organizations came together to host Take Back the Night at NIU during Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Take Back the Night is an event where people come together and march to...
Take Back the Night is back at NIU and everyone is invited.Take Back the Night is an internationally known demonstration aimed at raising awareness for and standing against crimes of sexual and domestic violence that happen all the time.In writing this,...
“Huskies unite, take back the night!” a crowd shouted Tuesday night as part of a violence awareness march. Victims of domestic and sexual abuse found support with Take Back the Night, a rally sponsored by the Women’s Studies Program and Women’s...
Students and faculty need look no further for a gift for their mom this coming Mother’s Day, May 13. The Women’s Studies Program is currently accepting donations for the Mothers Memorial Scholarship Fund. Once someone contributes any amount of money...
Several events, from presentations to educational panels to self-defense workshops, will coincide with Women’s History Month this year. Rebekah Kohli, program coordinator for the Women’s Studies Program, said Women’s History Month is something people...
Today, feminists walk the sidewalks of NIU - and they’re not afraid who knows it. To kick-off Women’s History Month, the Women’s Studies Program is sponsoring its seventh annual sticker day. Everyone on campus is welcome to stop by their office...
DeKalb community members, students and faculty gathered Tuesday night at the MLK Commons to march against sexual and nighttime violence. "We're waking everybody up to let them know there are times that we are going to be out at night, and it's nobody's...
