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Ally Awards to be given at ceremony
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in Hollywood on the final day. A prize of $300 is given to the Best Short Story Fiction and Best DocuNorthern Star staff mentary. A prize of $50 is given to DeKalb | The Gender and Sexu- the high school short film winner. ality Resource Center will hold a Go to realitybytes.niu.edu for ceremony honoring the recipients more information. of its Ally Award on Wednesday. The award is given to those who have “done something positive for or on behalf of the LGBT community,” according to the resource center’s website. The ceremony is part of LG- Northern Star staff BTQ Awareness Month. Go to bit. DeKalb | The Campus Activily/1GX35ai for a schedule of the ties Board and the Huskies Den month’s events. will hold a March Madness Viewing Party 7:30 p.m. today in the Holmes Student Center. The match will pit the Wisconsin Badgers against the four-time Northern Star staff national championship-winning DeKalb | NIU will hold its 14th Duke Blue Devils. Reality Bytes Film Festival 9-11 The event will feature dollar p.m. April 14-15 and 7-8:15 p.m. bowling, and refreshments will be April 16 in Cole Hall, Room 100. available throughout the match, This event will feature alumnus according to a CAB Facebook post. and screenwriter Mark Valadez. This event is free. The first two days feature showFor more information, conings of independent films. Valadez tact Matthew Holmes at matt will speak about his experiences wholmes20@gmail.com.
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Campus Crime The following was taken directly from the NIU Police Department. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. The NIU Police Department provides police reports online at niu.edu/publicsafety/. March 29 1. At 1:25 a.m., illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor was reported to have occurred at the Recreation Center. This case was closed by exception.
Tuesday 2. At noon March 29, harassment by telephone was reported to have occurred at Stevenson South. At 10:35 p.m. Tuesday, Marcus Matlock, 20, of Rockford, was
charged. 3. At noon March 20, theft $500 and under was reported to have occurred at New Residence Hall Community Center. This case was suspended Tuesday.
year’s competition will take place Thursday to Sunday on a .9-mile closed course in downtown Detroit, according to Shell.
competition that will run April 20-25 on the east side of Huskie Stadium. The championship match is April 25. Greek organizations have participated in Tugs since the 60s when it was held at the East Lagoon. The tournament was moved to Huskie Stadium from the Sigma Phi Epsilon house in 2008 after the fraternity lost its charter, according to an April 10 Northern Star article. Phi Sigma Kappa has won the last three Tugs championship matches.
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Supermileage Team aims for 1.8K MPG Northern Star staff
DeKalb | The Supermileage Team will aim to reach 1,800 miles per gallon at the upcoming Shell Ecomarathon Americas in Detroit. The Shell Eco-marathon is an annual competition in which high school and college teams are challenged to design, build and drive the most energy-efficient vehicle, according to Shell’s website. This
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Fraternities set to square off in Tugs Northern Star staff
DeKalb | The annual Tugs tournament begins April 20 after four months of preparation from various fraternities. Tugs is a week-long tug of war
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