Category: Opinion

The Eiffel Tower

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Lessons for America? Why Muslim-European youth are recruited into radical Islamism

  • November 23, 2015
by Kikue Hamayotsu The Paris attacks of Nov. 13 came as a shock to French citizens as well as many of us around the world. The terrorist attacks by European…

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Talking turkey about early American Thanksgivings

  • November 19, 2015
Ah, Thanksgiving. It’s a celebration that always brings to mind family gatherings, friendly games of touch football and roasted turkey with all the fixings. There’s also that fuzzy history involving…

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Youth movement

NIU experts: With retirement wave looming, Illinois towns
should consider offering perks to lure young, skilled workers

  • November 4, 2015
Free land to skilled workers willing to relocate. Subsidized mortgage rates for newly minted college grads who forgo big-city life and return to their hometowns. Paid moving costs and tax…

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What are among the most pressing environmental issues of our times?

  • October 30, 2015
Air pollution. Threatened wild life. Climate change. With so many environmental issues in the news each day, the NIU Newsroom asked university faculty members with expertise on the environment for…

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The “Official” Response

Can the wrong official sponsors hurt a sports team’s brand?

  • October 22, 2015
In a park named after chewing gum, a crowd after seven innings rises to sing an ode to peanuts and brand-name Cracker Jacks. The official lawn care is by Scott’s,…

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A financial four-bagger?

Turns out, the Cubs post-season run likely produces both economic winners, losers

  • October 15, 2015
Jam-packed restaurants and saloons on game nights. Vendors hawking their wares outside Wrigley Field. Out-of-town visitors crowding Chicago hotels. With the Chicago Cubs making an extended post-season playoff run, you’d…

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Photo of a man playing an electric guitar

Dig It to the End

Will rock ’n’ roll ‘go down in history’ like classical music?

  • October 8, 2015
Danny Rapp issued a famous and urgent proclamation nearly 60 years ago with The Juniors snapping their fingers at his side “Rock and roll is here to stay. It will…

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Question for the ages

Are the 2015 Chicago Cubs actually better than the famous 1908 champions?

  • October 8, 2015
With the Chicago Cubs headed to the National League Division Series, the NIU Newsroom posed a question for the ages to Artemus Ward: Are the 2015 Chicago Cubs better than…

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Tatoo you…and you, and you, and you…

Employers are less likely to be turned off by tattoos, but some stigma persists

  • October 1, 2015
In 1980, when Lee Sido taught at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, he had one tattoo, a simple wedding band around his left ring finger. Then a student walked…

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Hands using a cell phone to take a picture

Skin in the Game

Are more women really going topless online and in public?

  • September 30, 2015
Leaving Disney and Hannah Montana far behind her, singer and actress Miley Cyrus now seems bent on appearing topless as often, and as in many places, as possible. Pop star…

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