Stephen Samuels, graduate adult and higher education student, speaks during a Tuesday rally in the Martin Luther King Jr. Commons. Samuels encouraged students to be safe in light of the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore.
Stephen Samuels, graduate adult and higher education student, speaks during a Tuesday rally in the Martin Luther King Jr. Commons. Samuels encouraged students to be safe in light of the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore.
Kendra Fleshman, of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority, writes during Monday’s “Dear White People” film showing in the Holmes Student Center. Sigma Gamma Rho, which held the event, is one of the student organizations supported by the Center for Black Studies. Go to bit.ly/1y6U4cy for a list of student groups involved with the center.
Correction: This cutline said Kendra Fleshman is a member of the Sigma Gamma Rho sorority, but Fleshman is not a member of the sorority.
Graduate student Curtis Miller (left) speaks with Gary Jenson, assistant adjutant of the American Legion Department of Illinois, during the Bridges to Employment event Wednesday in Altgeld Hall. Student veterans had the opportunity to listen to a veteran...
Littlejohn, Tilton and Mary Morgan elementary school children cheered on the Huskies during their field trip visit for Wednesday's game against the Toledo Rockets at the Convocation Center. Kids held up handcrafted signs and posters, participated in on-court games and competitions and got a chance to meet and high five Victor E. Huskie.
The Northern Star received second place for general excellence among daily college newspapers for the third year in a row at an Illinois College Press Association conference over the weekend.The Daily Illini of U of I took first place in the general excellence...
Student Association Senator David White (center) speaks during Sunday’s SA Senate meeting in the Holmes Student Center. White had concerns about how student input will be used in program prioritization, though NIU officials announced they will add two...
Kristen Myers (left) and graduate teaching assistant Rhiannon Catherwood from the Women’s Studies program discuss program prioritization. “The process should involve a collaborative effort between departments,” said Myers, director of Women’s Studies. “Programs like ours help to recruit and retain a greater diversity of students on campus.”
(Left to right): Sophomore acting major Logan Nelson, sophomore acting major Luke Stevens, freshman acting major Mehmet Aksoy and John Reichenbach, junior theatre studies major, rehearse for Storytellers Theatre — Improv Dec. 3 at the Holmes Student...
Pre-medicine student Jessica Cox (left) and other Research Rookies are recognized during the Research Rookies Reception Monday in Altgeld Hall auditorium. Cox works with biological sciences professor Karen Samonds researching bat fossils from Madagascar that are between 5 and 10 million years old.
