Rachel Cormier

DeKALB – Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the United States, according to the CDC, but the real mastermind behind these cardiovascular diseases is blood clots. Jifu Tan, an assistant professor for the Department of Mechanical Engineering, is working on a five year project to change this issue....

DeKALB – More than a year ago since Illinois became the first state to abolish monetary bail, an upcoming summit will cover the six month period after its implementation and challenge the myths and facts since the law was approved. The Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice is holding its upcoming media summit on the Pretrial...

DeKALB – NIU’s American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 963 chapter saw no movement at the last negotiations for higher wages as unrest extends the negotiations for a bargaining agreement that expired in June 2023. The AFSCME Local 963 is the union that represents NIU’s building and food service workers, which...

DeKALB – New conceptual drawings of NIU’s Greek Life Center were shown to the City Council to back a hopeful consideration to purchase the land where the eventual construction of the center will take place. The last update for the center happened at the Oct. 23 City Council meeting where the NIU Foundation had until...

DeKALB – The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge recognized 137 students for its third annual Student Voting Honor Roll, honoring students who advanced student voter registration on their campuses. The honor roll recognizes students who excelled in increasing voter turnout and education at their universities. The ALL IN challenge is part of a national awards...

What did your senior year look like before the pandemic? “One of my assistant band directors, he used to go to the YMCA which is where I would go to the gym like every evening. And so I’d see him there occasionally and he was like, ‘hey, do you know that they’re planning on shutting...

What did your senior year look like before the pandemic? “When you’re an athlete, you’re seeing your soccer season and your senior night and, like, people celebrating you and stuff, and there was just really none of that, it was just, I never really felt done with high school.” Do you remember the day that...

What did your senior year look like before the pandemic? “I feel like I made the most of my college experience as much as I could. I did like a lot of sports, I did band, I did the pit orchestra for the musical — I was in a lot of clubs.” Do you remember...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a larger series, “Looking back at the Class of 2020” that asks 3 senior graduates about their experience graduating during COVID-19 and how they feel graduating now. DeKALB – Four years after a global pandemic that took away loved ones and dreams, three seniors share their stories of what...

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