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A photo shows Cruz Marquis sitting at a table talking about Young Americans for Liberty. Marquis leads the libertarian group on NIU’s campus. (Katie Follmer | Northern Star)

Young Americans for Liberty: A new political voice on NIU’s campus

By Austin Lamb, Assistant News Editor | January 29, 2025

DeKALB – For campuses like NIU, right leaning student groups can be hard to find. A new group on NIU’s campus hopes to change that. Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) is a libertarian group with the mission of “building the youth army for liberty”...

Young Americans for Liberty members (left to right) Evan Cinkovich, Reece Mendicino, Josh Harvey and Masood Ahmed stand in front of free speech ball outside Cole Hall, Friday.

Giant beach ball promotes free speech

By Northern Star Staff | February 7, 2020

Young Americans for Liberty members (left to right) Evan Cinkovich, Reece Mendicino, Josh Harvey and Masood Ahmed stand in front of free speech ball outside Cole Hall, Friday.

Brother Jed, Campus Minustry USA member, speaks to a group of students Sept. 14 in the Martin Luther King Jr. Commons. The commons is a designated free speech area, according to NIU policy.

Students petition free speech area policy

By Leah Nicolini | October 1, 2015

The NIU Young Americans for Liberty has started a petition against NIU’s free speech and solicitation area policy, claiming it to be unconstitutional.The policy states “Northern Illinois University policy prohibits solicitation or leafleting anywhere...