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Thursday, April 23, 2015
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DeKalb | Campus Activities Board will hold 90s Tribute Show Part Two at midnight Thursday. The show will feature music, fashion, television, film, and more from the 90s in the Holmes Student Center, Carl Sandburg Auditorium. Randiss Hopkins, senior jazz performance and community leadership and civic engagement major, said he started this event because he wanted to bring back moments in time that students may never get back. “This was a way to unite students to be a part of something that wasn’t a competition, but something much bigger than themselves where they had to work together for months, establishing relationships and bonds with one another that transcends far beyond the show itself,” Hopkins said. Hopkins has coordinated many tribute shows at NIU during the past few years. The first tribute show was dedicated to the legacy of Michael Jackson in 2013, and he unveiled the first 90’s Tribute Show last year. “I enjoyed getting to know the student performers and watching them develop on an individual level and as a cohesive group,” Hopkins said. “I hope students leave the show feeling like they were able to relive some of their childhood moments.
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Shakira Barnes, junior family social science major, dances at last year’s ’90s “All That” Tribute Show April 25. Campus Activities Board will hold its 90s Tribute Show Part Two midnight Thursday at Holmes Student Center. The show will include 90s-styled rap, singing and dance performances.
“I also hope that our students see the 90’s era for more than just the music, but for everything that it represented as a culture from the language, the dance, the style, etc.” Matt Muse, Dekalb rapper and senior cooperate communications major, said the event’s unique midnight time slot will gain the attention of the campus. “Some of the best performers from the amazing artistic organization, Ex’Pression, will be performing at the show and I think it will be a great display of how truly talented the students on this campus are.” Muse said. Freshman biology major Takyrah
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If you go What: 90s Tribute Show Part Two When: Midnight Thursday Where: Holmes Student Center, Carl Sandburg Auditorium Cost: Free Silmon, said she’s looking forward to the event since she wasn’t able to attend last year’s tribute show. “We have some great performances lined up that I think everyone will enjoy.” Silmon said. Simon will sing covers of “Understanding” by R&B group Xscape and “I Wanna Be Down” by Brandy.
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education and percussion performance major, will perform alongside berimbau ensemble Projeto Arcomusical for an NIU Honors capstone recital. The recital, called “MeiaMeia,” will take place 6:30 p.m. Friday in the Music Building’s Recital Hall. The event will include pieces composed by Lamb and percussion professor Greg Beyer. The berimbau is an Afro-Brazilian bow-shaped instrument traditionally used in Brazil for a dancelike martial art called Capoeira, said Lamb, according to a Sept. 9, 2014 Northern Star article.
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DeKalb | Ellington’s, a studentrun restaurant in the Holmes Student Center will serve a threecourse blueberry themed meal. The Midwest Blues meal will be served 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. today and will include a beverage, appetizer, entree and dessert for $10. Items on the menu include braised pork belly with blueberry infused slaw, pan seared salmon topped with a blueberry aigredoux and a blueberry parfait with a ginger granola. Wine can also be purchased for $5 per glass. Go to bit.ly/1d2Y58A for more information.