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bacrazy90
Northern Illinois University '13
Majoring in English
Member since 3/27/2010
B+
Just Short of Great
It's easy with the Rec Center to get into intercollegiate sports at NIU. Tickets for students to get into the bigger sports, (like football and basketball) are cheap and available to students, and everyone here roots for the team. However, we have a giant Convocation center that sits empty most nights because it's far off campus. Our basketball team suffers then, because that's where they play. If they boosted transporation to the Convo center, I think we'd have a much better basketball cheering section.
Mar 27, 2010
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D-
What Enforcement?
This grade goes to the campus police out there. NIU is a giant school, and drugs are not only easy to find, but easy to use in the face of police. We see in our paper day after day that "cannabis and paraphenlia" was found in the dorms, but that they were "given a verbal warning" and sent to Judicial affairs. Underage drinking is prevelent too, and just about anyone can get trashed over the weekend. NIU does nothing to discourage students what so ever, and until they actually reinforce punishments, the students at NIU are going to get high and wasted.
Mar 27, 2010
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It's the Midwest People!
Ah the Midwest. The only place where you boil at noon and freeze by 3. School is never cancelled here, never. Not even at -40 last year. It's not so bad to walk through ice and snow when you live a block away, but if you're a commuter like me, it's hell, especially when you get punished for not being able to make it to class. Other than that, the weather is pretty fine, except that the heating plant doesn't make wise choices when to turn on and off the heat. Solution? Have class outside.
Mar 27, 2010
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