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Friday Partly cloudy High: 34º Low: 25º
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St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 900 Normal Road, will hold a Lenten retreat, Seeing the Holy Spirit Anew: Praying through Color, Poetry and Beads 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. Contact Susan King at parishoffice@stpaulsdekalb. org or 847-703-1793 or go to stpaulsdekalb.org for more information. The Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., will host a concert by pop rock band Parachute 7-10 p.m. Contact Brandon Pugh at 815-758-1215 or intern@
egyptiantheatre.org for more information. Go to bit.ly/20by7GX for more information or to purchase tickets.
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Amanda Lecher (left), director of talent acquisition and leader development at Diversatek Inc., speaks to Norman Dubert, computer science graduate student, at the Full-Time Job Fair Wednesday in the Convocation Center. The next fair will be the Retail Leadership Expo in March, with an exact day to be determined. For more information, go to niu.edu/CareerServices.
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The Office of Student Academic Success will hold Destination Graduation: Student Loans 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the Holmes Student Center, Illinois Room. Students will learn ways to tackle student loans and to avoid them. This event is part of a series called Destination Graduation. This event is free and open to the public. Contact the Office of Student Academic
The Office of Student Academic Success will hold Edible Education: Managing Anxiety 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the Campus Life Building, Room 100. Students will learn tips to help manage anxiety. This event is part of a series called Edible Education. This event is free, and food will be provided. Contact Nick Kostalek at nkostalek1@ niu.edu or 815-753-2902 for more information.
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Faculty Senate President Greg Long begins the Faculty Senate meeting Wednesday in the Holmes Student Center, Sky Room. Faculty Senate discussed NIU’s downgraded credit rating, administration salary restructuring and nominations for the 2016-17 academic year Faculty Senate president.
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Alpha fraternity will hold “Masters of the Mix: Faceoff Edition” at 8 p.m. March 3 in the Holmes Student Center, Carl Sandburg Auditorium. DJ Pharris from Power 92 is lined up to be master of ceremonies for the event. The battle will showcase DJ Hoop Dreams and MikeP against DJ Chris and DJ Big Mike. Tickets for the showcase are free and are available at niutickets.com. Those that cannot make the event but wish to listen to it can tune into Power 92 at 92.3 FM.
DeKalb | The Department of History will host Kate Brown, University of Maryland history professor, Wednesday. Brown will give a lecture, “Plutopia: Nuclear Families in Atomic Cities and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, in Swen Parson Hall, Room 188. Brown will also give a graduate seminar, “Dispatches from Dystopia: Histories of Places Not Yet Forgotten” at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Watson Hall, Room 110. Northern Star staff Go to bit.ly/1Ov9dWt for a full DeKalb | The DeKalb Public Lilist of upcoming lectures. brary will host a Dominican festival for the annual Big Read kickoff from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the library, 309 Oak St. The Big Read event begins with Northern Star staff a Dominican Festival in honor of DeKalb | The Black Student the Dominican Republic’s indepenUnion will hold a Flint water drop- dence from Haiti on Feb. 27, 1844. off for victims of the water crisis in This year’s The Big Read is “In the Flint, Mich. Time of the Butterflies “ by Julia AlDrop-off locations will include varez. The book takes place in the noon to 3 p.m. Friday at Neptune Dominican Republic. Central, noon to 3 p.m. today and To kick off the event, speaker Dr. Monday in the Holmes Student Giselle Castillo, from the DominiCenter, Diversions Lounge and can Republic, will make opening noon to 9 p.m. every day at the Cen- remarks. There will be a Dominican ter for Black Studies. food demonstration at noon; UNIThe truck will leave for Flint on DOM, a Dominican ballet folkloric March 1, according to a Black Stu- dance group, at 1 p.m. and an infordent Union Tweet. mal merengue dance lesson beginClick on the Twitter hashtag ning at 2 p.m. #BSUforFLT for more information. Additionally, crafts and activities for all ages will be available throughout the library. There is no registration required. Go to bit.ly/1se8Acb for more inNorthern Star staff formation on The Big Read events DeKalb | Campus Activi- for the month. Go to dkpl.org for ties Board, LMO and Alpha Phi more information on the library.
Library hosts festival for Big Read month
BSU to hold water drop-off for Flint
DJs to battle in mix master competition