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Take Back the Night

Take Back the Night

By Amy Langner | October 8, 2015

Students perform at African Student Alliance’s 1st Cultural Pageant

By Suresh Vakati | March 30, 2015

Students perform in a unity dance during the African Student Alliance's first Cultural Pageant on Saturday in the Altgeld Hall ballroom. Students performed during the African Student Alliance's first Cultural Pageant on Saturday in the Altgeld Hall ballroom. The pageant brought together contestants who represented nations and cultures from across Africa.

(Left to right) Sneha Redd, graduate computer science student; Akhil Munnetula, graduate industrial engineering student; Mansa Reddy, graduate computer science student; and Sripada Sai Subhash, graduate electrical engineering student, build a snowman during Sunday’s blizzard near West Ridge Apartments on Ridge Drive. The snowstorm was expected to drop more than a foot of snow on northern Illinois.

Feb. 1, 2015, blizzard

By Suresh Vakati | February 1, 2015

NIU's DeKalb campus was shrouded in snow during a Feb. 1, 2015, blizzard. This is the view from the 14th floor of the Holmes Student Center.

NIU pushes to enforce off-campus party rules

NIU pushes to enforce off-campus party rules

By Suresh Vakati | January 22, 2015

NIU’s Department of Student Involvement and Leadership Development is using random compliance checks to ensure student organizations are following regulations that limit the size of off-campus parties, alcohol consumption and the length of parties, among other things. The random compliance checks started this semester.

Legend N The Makin'

Legend N The Makin’

By Suresh Vakati | September 29, 2014

Eric McCall, also known as Legend N The Makin’, raps in his music video “I Never Changed.” McCall is a senior engeering and industrial management of technology major who released his album “Honor of Truth” on iTunes in May. McCall plans on releasing...

"Aladdin Jr."

“Aladdin Jr.”

By Suresh Vakati | September 28, 2014

Artists from the Children’s Community Theatre’s Penguin Project perform “Aladdin Jr.” Sept. 23 at a dress rehearsal at DeKalb High School, 501 W. Dresser Road. The Penguin Project gives people ages 10-22 with disabilites the chance to perform...