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October 30, 2015 Mark McGowan Arts, Communiversity, Digital Signage, Events, Faculty & Staff, Liberal Arts and Sciences, On Campus, Students, What's Going On

Avant-garde filmmaker Su Friedrich will visit NIU at 9 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, in the Cole Hall auditorium. Friedrich has made 23 films since 1978, in 16mm film and in digital video, both short-, medium- and feature-length, which range from experimental to

Hollywood screenwriter Mark Valadez to visit Reality Bytes

April 2, 2015 Thomas Parisi Arts, Communiversity, Events, Faculty & Staff, Latest News, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Students, Visual

The NIU Department of Communication is preparing to raise the curtain on its popular Reality Bytes Independent Student Film Festival in Cole Hall 100. Free and open to the public, the 14th annual festival will feature student-film screenings from 9 to 11

Why do we care who wins an Oscar?

February 11, 2015 Mark McGowan Arts, Latest News

With the Golden Globes, the Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Grammys already come and gone, the granddaddy of the red carpet season arrives Sunday, Feb. 22. Yes, Toto, it’s the Oscars. Millions of Americans who earn normal salaries and actually pay