DeKALB –  NIU held its first Rebuilding Democracy Lecture Series of the semester over Zoom. The webinar lecture featured Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb), an NIU alum and Air Force veteran and Scot Schraufnagel, a political science professor who has written five books on various political topics. The Rebuilding Democracy Lecture Series Webinar was held at 5 p.m. Thursday, over Zoom. Bacon and Schraufnagel discussed an array of topics concerning the state of democracy in America, including conversations on congressional conflicts and bipartisanship. Robert Brinkmann, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences moderated the conversation. https://northernstar.info/118376/news/niu-hosts-rebuilding-democracy-lecture-series-on-thursday/