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Northern Today - March 25, 2008

Patrick DawsonUC Santa Barbara librarian
named dean of NIU Libraries

Patrick José Dawson of the University of California, Santa Barbara, has been selected to take the reins of Northern Illinois University Libraries.

Dawson, 54, will become dean of University Libraries on July 1, pending approval Thursday by the NIU Board of Trustees.

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Teens donate birthday money to NIUDeKalb teens celebrate birthdays with gift
to February 14 Student Scholarship Fund

When Jalene Thompson and Nick Bourdages of DeKalb held a party to mark their 13th birthdays, they went all out with a DJ, decorations and cake. The only things missing were presents.

Instead, the duo asked their friends to make donations to the NIU February 14 Student Scholarship Fund and collected $580 from the 35 friends who attended the party. They presented the gift to NIU President John Peters in his office Thursday, March 20.

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Poets Kevin Stein, Lucien Stryk and John BradleyNIU will host three acclaimed poets
for April 4 readings, book signings

Internationally acclaimed poet Lucien Stryk will return to his old stomping grounds for an afternoon of poetry readings and discussion that also will feature Illinois Poet Laureate Kevin Stein and NIU English Instructor John Bradley.

The English Graduate Student Association (EGSA) will host the event, titled “The Poet and His Craft.”

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Byron Hurt‘Hip-hop’ documentary maker
will visit NIU to screen film

Byron Hurt, a self-proclaimed hip-hop head, former star college quarterback, documentary filmmaker and gender violence prevention worker, will visit NIU to screen his film exploring gender roles in hip-hop and rap music.

Hurt’s documentary, “Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes,” will be shown at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 25, in the Carl Sandburg Auditorium of the Holmes Student Center.

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Dolores HuertaLatino rights icon Huerta to speak at NIU

Prominent Latino rights leader Dolores Huerta, who with Cesar Chavez co-founded the United Farm Workers union, will visit NIU next month to speak on the labor movement, civic engagement and the importance of the Latino vote in the upcoming election.

Huerta will deliver an address titled “The Need for Social Change: From the Fight in the Fields to the Halls of Congress.”

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