Category: Opinion

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‘What makes a great screenplay adaptation of a book?’

  • February 25, 2016
The 88th Academy Awards will be handed out this weekend (Feb. 28). This year’s Best Picture nominees include an unusually high number of films adapted from books, (“The Big Short,”…

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A ‘win’ for feminism?

NIU’s Kristen Myers examines Playboy’s move to no nudity

  • February 9, 2016
Playboy magazine has announced that its March 2016 issue – on newsstands this week – and those that follow will no longer feature nude photos. Playboy Editor Cory Jones has…

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Could the 2008 financial crisis happen again?

  • January 21, 2016
The NIU Newsroom wondered if the events leading to the housing market bubble and subsequent market crash depicted in the Academy Award-nominated film “The Big Short,” could happen again. In…

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Where does Martin Luther King Jr. rank among great American orators?

  • January 15, 2016
As our nation reflects on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., the NIU Newsroom thought it would be appropriate to talk with some of our campus experts in public…

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Is this a new golden age of television?

  • January 14, 2016
The recent Golden Globe Awards ceremony got us thinking about how television programming has evolved over the last decade. In the accompanying Speak Your Mind video we ask: “Are we in…

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What will be the big stories of 2016?

  • January 12, 2016
After all of the media reflection on 2015, the NIU Newsroom decided to turn its attention to the future. In the accompanying Speak Your Mind video, we ask three NIU…

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Why the geosciences must become more diverse

NIU professor involved in NSF-funded project that aims to spur change

  • December 15, 2015
By Nicole LaDue, NIU Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences The outlook for geoscience jobs is promising, with the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics projecting above-average job growth of…

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Viral accountability

NIU expert: Video, the Internet causing ‘sea change’ in U.S. law enforcement

  • December 11, 2015
Northern Illinois University sociologist Kirk Miller sums up the crisis facing American law enforcement today in just two words: viral accountability. “What I describe as viral accountability in law enforcement…

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Sleepless in Shoppingland

Who – besides retailers – is ready for some Black Friday?

  • November 23, 2015
As the majority of the retail industry jockeys to see which will open the earliest Friday, or which will open Thanksgiving Day itself, one company is making headlines for its…

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