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August 2015
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What you missed at NIU June 29: NIU declines Save-a-Vet’s proposal to renovate Lincoln Hall and house disabled vets and retired service dogs. Read more at bit.ly/1Ld9Zch.
July 22: A civil lawsuit by Andrew Rifkin, a former NIU police officer accused of a sexual assault, is dismissed. Read more at bit.ly/1LKff8r.
July 6: Vernese Edghill-Walden is named NIU’s first chief diversity officer effective Aug. 1. Read more at bit.ly/1MoNNLK.
July 27: More than 600 NIU employees file a petition with the state labour board to become a certified union. Read more at bit.ly/1TIyWUl.
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Managing Editor Sabreena Saleem works at her desk in the Northern Star office in the Campus Life Building, Room 130. The Northern Star publishes online at NorthernStar.info every day and prints on Mondays and Thursdays.
It’s been 48 hours and my fingers still aren’t tired. That’s how long I’ve spent putting this issue together, and I have to say, I couldn’t have asked for a better readership. Okay, there was an eight-hour nap or two in the office and a few trips to Panda House, too, but a human has to live, right? I hope you all are settling into
your residence halls and that you remember never to say the word “dorm” in front of your CA’s (unless you want to have a laugh). It’s going to be an exciting year for you and the Northern Star. While you’re adjusting to this new and boundless world, we too are adjusting to a different way of doing things. We have shifted our daily print schedule to twice weekly, but our daily mindset has not left us; it just went online. So, if it gives you any comfort, we’re out of our element, as well. But let’s grow together. We seek to be as relevant to your world as ever by experimenting in new and exciting ways of delivering
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Location: Campus Life Building, Room 130 Phone: 815-753-0708 Email: editor@NorthernStar.info Website: NorthernStar.info Social Media Facebook: NIU Northern Star Twitter: @NIUNorthernStar news. I ask that you stay informed, keep an eye on us and don’t hesitate to call or drop in.