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Get ready for a “spooktacular” special dinner! Neptune Dining Hall is featuring Fright Fest, a night of ghoulish tricks and treats. The event will be held from 4 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30. A special menu full of delicious Halloween- and autumn-themed delights will be offered along with a fantastic selection of bewitching desserts....
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Nearly 80 Thai scholars from near and far will convene at Barsema Alumni and Visitors Center this weekend for the 41st Council on Thai Studies (COTS) conference. The annual meeting will begin at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 18, with a talk by NIU alumnus Srisompob Jitpiromsri, director of the Center for Conflict Studies and Cultural...
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It is time again for all NIU employees to complete Ethics Training. Under the terms of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, all full-time and part-time, regular and temporary faculty, staff, graduate assistants, extra help and student employees must complete online ethics training. The training covers such topics as prohibitions against accepting gifts and...
Sarah Angelos
Northern Illinois senior Sarah Angelos has been named the Mid-American Conference West Division’s Offensive Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday. The honor is the third weekly award in Angelos’ career and the second for the Huskies in 2013. “We thank the MAC for recognizing Sarah’s performance during the past week,” said NIU head...
“In Motion”
The national statistics are frightening: 1 in 5 women are victims of completed or attempted sexual assault while in college. Ninety percent of women know the person who sexually assaulted or raped them. Ninety-five percent of college campus sexual assaults are unreported. At least 50 percent of sexual assaults on college campuses are alcohol-related. Eighty...
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NIU President Doug Baker and College of Law student Irakere Picon are among the speakers Wednesday, Oct. 16, during a panel discussion in support of common sense immigration reform. Hosted by the Illinois Business Immigration Coalition, NIU alum and Illinois State Rep. Joe Sosnowski and NIU, the forum is designed to foster a solutions-oriented conversation...
Amy Carr
After playing to a scoreless draw Friday, Oct. 11, against Bowling Green, the Huskie women’s soccer team fell Sunday to the Central Michigan Chippewas. Central Michigan jumped out to an early 3-0 lead, and NIU could not find a way to get on the scoreboard. With the loss, the Huskies are now 4-8-2 on the season...
Haley Dekkinga
Two members of the Northern Illinois women’s tennis team claimed flights Sunday at the the Second Chance Regional, held at the Boylan Tennis Center in Rockford. Haley Dekkinga (Allegan, Mich./Allegan) and Cristina Alvarez (Zaragoza, Spain/Cristorey and Sagrado Corazon De Jesus) finished in the top three of the flights. Dekkinga had a finals match against Ali...
Isaac Kannah
Anthony Grant scored in the 102nd minute in double overtime as the Northern Illinois University men’s soccer team fell at Bowling Green on Saturday night at Cochrane Field. “The guys played hard, I have no issue with the effort tonight,” said NIU head coach Eric Luzzi. “Bowling Green is a pretty good team, but they...
Lauren Zielinski
The Northern Illinois University volleyball team suffered their second defeat in as many night Saturday at Worthen Arena, as they fell to the Ball State Cardinals, 3-0. NIU (11-9, 3-3 MAC) was unable to get any traction on offense the entire night, as they were limited to a .137 hitting percentage over three sets. Conversely,...
Cupid
“We’re going back to the place where we fell in love with theatre,” said Ryan Massie, director of the first theater production of the NIU School of Theatre and Dance 2013-2014 Mainstage Series season. The season opening play is “Almost, Maine,” by Tony Award-nominated actor John Cariani. It opens Thursday, Oct. 17, and will be...
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Northern Illinois University President Doug Baker announced sweeping organizational changes designed to promote collaboration and integration within the academic and operational structures at the university. “Over the past three months, I’ve found that NIU has many, many excellent and hard-working faculty and staff,” Baker said. “Yet, the structure of the institution – as is the case...
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