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A Bright Room Called Day
The upcoming mainstage theatre production of the NIU School of Theatre and Dance explores how far politics can become intimately intertwined with individual values and personal judgment. Playwright Tony Kushner’s “A Bright Room Called Day,” based on Bertolt Brecht’s 1938 play, “The Private Life of the Master Race,” will run from Thursday, Jan. 31, through...
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Northern Illinois University’s Common Reading Experience, Orientation & First-Year Experience and the Student Association are collaborating to sponsor “This I Believe about POLITICS,” an event centered around expressing beliefs related to government, laws, rights, leadership and other issues connected to the upcoming election. The event will take place in the Sky Room of the Holmes...
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With Election Day less than a month away, television is filled with talking heads spreading the conventional wisdom of what a Republican or Democrat president might mean for the economy. But when it comes to the relationship between presidential politics and the behavior of the financial markets, a group of business researchers says that conventional...
Alan Abramowitz
Just a couple days after the second of three presidential debates, Emory University’s Alan Abramowitz will deliver a presentation titled “Predicting the 2012 Presidential Election” as part of NIU’s Election 2012 Presidential Speaker Series at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, in the Holmes Student Center Sky Room. Abramowitz is a popular expert on national politics, polling...
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Tonight’s first installment in the Department of Political Science’s Presidential Speaker Series will stream live. The series features national political experts who will offer unique insights on the presidential election. It begins at 7 p.m. with a presentation titled “The Impact of Citizens United: The Role of Money in the 2012 Elections.” Richard Hasen from...
Matt Streb
NIU’s Department of Political Science this fall is presenting a “Presidential Speaker Series” featuring national political experts, including former U.S. Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert, to provide students, faculty and community members with unique insights on the presidential election. “We have fascinating and well known speakers, and we’ll be talking about issues of...
Vincent Schramer and Mitch Downey
Mitch Downey and Vincent Schramer aren’t running for political office, but they want your vote nonetheless – and your help. The NIU students could be on the verge of something big as they prepare to launch new a “civic engagement social network,” known as EveryVote.org. The EveryVote network aims to connect the politically disconnected. It...
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Beginning Tuesday, March 27, individuals in DeKalb County with no party affiliation now have the opportunity to seek the required number of signatures to have their name appear on the General Election ballot in November. In most cases, the signature requirements are 5 percent of the number of votes cast in that race at the...
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The NIU Women’s Resource Center will present “Elect Her – Campus Women Win,” a collaboration between AAUW and Running Start that encourages and trains young women to run for student government on their campuses. Any students who attend the selected campuses can participate in the training. NIU’s training session will take place from 3 to...
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The NIU chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) is soliciting NIU students to participate in an online survey to understand NIU students’ perception about this year’s presidential election campaign with special attention to the current GOP race. The online survey aims to understand college students’ overall interest in the presidential election...
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As a public service in this presidential election year, the alumni board of NIU’s award-winning student newspaper, The Northern Star, will host an on-campus panel discussion featuring three prominent in-state media voices. Mark Brown of the Chicago Sun-Times, Bruce Dold of the Chicago Tribune and Bernie Schoenburg of the Springfield State Journal-Register will participate in the...
Congressman Joe Walsh
The NIU College Republicans invite students and the public to its November general meeting, scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, in the Stevenson North Fishbowl Room. Congressman Joe Walsh, a Republican from McHenry who represents the 8th District of Illinois, will speak at the event. Because of redistricting, Walsh faces a primary election run...
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