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Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

Outstanding alum to present in Wirtz

By Northern Star Staff | April 16, 2014

Laura Anderko, winner of the 2014 Outstanding Alumnus Award from the College of Health and Human Sciences, will present Public Health Issues in a Changing Climate on April 25.Anderko will talk at 2 p.m. in Wirtz Hall, Room 103A.Anderko earned her master’s...

NFL vets visit for pro football clinic

By Northern Star Staff | April 16, 2014

Athletics will hold the second annual X’s and O’s with the Pros Men’s Football Clinic 5 to 9 p.m. Friday in the Jeffrey and Kimberly Yordon Center.Headlining the list of pros for the 2014 event is former Chicago Bears running back Garrett Wolfe;...

Alumni invited to Douglas goodbye

By Northern Star Staff | April 16, 2014

Alumni are invited to Douglas Hall’s closing ceremony on April 27. The hall will be demolished this summer.The ceremony includes a 4 p.m. reception in the Douglas Hall cafeteria, a 5 p.m. tour and a 5:30 to 7 p.m. dinner and farewell address.Scrapbooks...

Grad Sport Society hosts Rise and Run

By Northern Star Staff | April 16, 2014

The Grad Sport Society will present the fourth annual Rise and Run 5K Race.Rise and Run will be 8 a.m. May 4, with check-in at 7 a.m. in the West Lot. The race will begin at the West Lot of Huskie Stadium and will conclude at the 50-yard line of Huskie...

ITS: Change password amid Heartbleed concerns

By Ryan Nickel | April 16, 2014

Information Technology Services warned students via email to change their passwords in light of the Heartbleed bug, one of the Internet’s most damaging vulnerabilities.The bug allows outside parties to access website users’ personal information —...

Authors, playwrights to read monolouges

By Northern Star Staff | April 16, 2014

Eve Ensler’s “A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer” will be presented by the Women’s Rights Alliance.Participants will present monologues at 7:15 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the Carl Sandburg Auditorium of the Holmes Student Center.The...

Documentary to be shown to spread sexual assult awareness

By Allison Krecek | April 16, 2014

Students will learn about sexual assault and its consequences while snacking on something sweet at Thursday’s Divas and Desserts.Attendees may enjoy dessert and light refreshments during a screening of “Red Blooded Men,” which will be followed by...

The moon glows reddish-brown during a lunar eclipse on April 15, 2014. Students will get a free, hands-on experience to observe a supermoon lunar eclipse through a telescope Sunday in the NIU Observatory. 

Weather hampers eclipse viewing

By Rhea Riley | April 15, 2014

NIU’s observatory didn’t get the turnout it expected for its lunar eclipse showing due to snowy, cold weather Monday.A total lunar eclipse only happens twice a year when the moon passes into the shadow of the Earth and turns a reddish-brown color,...

A crowd gathers around a plaque memorializing student Steven R. Agee II, who was shot and killed November 2011 off-campus. Agee was honored during a Monday ceremony. Chaz Thrailkill, 21, accepted a 30-year murder plea agreement in Agee’s death on April 1.

Slain student Agee honored as mentor

By Betsy Mathew | April 15, 2014

The life of student Steven R. Agee II was commemorated by a plaque and conference room, named in his honor, in a dedication ceremony Monday.On Nov. 23, 2011, Agee, 22, was shot and killed at an off-campus party about a mile north of campus. On April 1,...

Students, faculty recognized at annual Student Choice Awards

By Shikha Duttyal | April 15, 2014

The Student Association honored outstanding students and faculty at the Student Choice Awards Monday.The awards, which take place annually, were organized to honor student and faculty contributions to NIU and the DeKalb community. About 100 people gathered...

Students qualify to present at showcase

By Northern Star Staff | April 15, 2014

Five students have qualified for the National Forensic Association National Tournament.Seniors Kyle Larson and Bernard Chestleigh, junior Ai Lambogo and sophomores Lauren Baker and Julia Boyle will perform at the NIU Forensic National Showcase.Students...

Police Reports: April 11 to April 13

By Northern Star Staff | April 14, 2014

Friday• At 3:14 a.m., Kevin Delgado, 20, of Chicago, and Jamal Perdomo Hernandez, 19, of Chicago, were arrested for illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor and obstructing identification reported to have occurred in Stevenson North.Saturday• At...

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