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Start Your Semester Strong at the Writing Center

By Mackenzi Butson | August 28, 2018

Image Courtesy Pexels

TRENDING

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The NIU football team runs onto the field before the Huskies’ matchup against the University of Maryland on Sept. 5 at SECU Stadium in College Park, Maryland. NIU fell to Mississippi State University 38-10 on Saturday. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)

Rapid Recap: NIU falls to Mississippi State 38-10

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An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) vehicle is parked outside the Cook County Courthouse. ICE has continued their enforcement in Chicago with agents throughout the city. (REUTERS/Octavio Jones)

ICE presence ramps up in Chicago, forces cancellation of Mexican Independence Day events

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A Northern Star collection of 1976 newspapers from April 16 to Aug. 12 is open to a headline reading “NIU Erotic Films Festival includes hard core shows.” The Northern Star digitization project, an effort to convert print issues from 1899 to 1997 to a digital format, has been delayed again. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)

New updates on Northern Star record digitization

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Attendees dance to the live house music hosted by Behind the Beats Pro from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday for DeKalb’s first House Music Fest in the Frank Van Buer Plaza. The fest featured food trucks, drinks from Fatty’s Pub & Grille and live DJs. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)

DeKalb welcomes its first ever House Music Festival

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The Holmes Student Center towers over MLK Commons. NIU union members bargained for higher wages on Thursday in the Lincoln Room of the Holmes Student Center. (Photo courtesy of Dinesh Medidi)

NIU union calls for $3,500 raise amid negotiations

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