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The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

Red Riot rewards support

Red Riot rewards support

By Lark Lewis | February 9, 2014

Red Riot, NIU’s student-fan organization, is rewarding students for showing support for Huskie Athletics.Red Riot held an informational meeting 6 p.m. Thursday in Cole Hall, Room 100, to recruit members, inform students of the group’s plans and to...

What Not to Wear

What Not to Wear

By Gavin Weaver | February 6, 2014

Arial Grant, senior family and individual development major, acting as the “fashion police,” gives Jasmine Morris, senior rehab services major, a ticket for inappropriate interview attire at the What to Wear event Wednesday at New Hall. The event...

Students learn ‘What to Wear’

Students learn ‘What to Wear’

By Ryan Chodora | February 6, 2014

Students got a crash course presentation on dressing professionally outside of academia.Community advisers from New Residence Hall, Career Services, Goodwill, Empire Modelz and NIU Athletics hosted ‘What to Wear,’ a professional fashion presentation,...

Diversity initiatives lead to position

By Jack Manning | February 6, 2014

NIU President Doug Baker has started the search for a chief diversity officer, a position created to better accommodate NIU’s diverse student body and staff.Before making the decision to create the position, members of Baker’s administration looked...

CIO finalists to hold open forums

By Northern Star Staff | February 6, 2014

The NIU community is invited to meet finalists for the position of vice president of information technology and chief information officer at open forums beginning today.In addition to the general campus forums, each candidate will spend two days meeting...

Campaign for self love comes to NIU

By Northern Star Staff | February 6, 2014

NIU’s Asian American Center is teaming up with departments and student organizations to support Independent Awakening’s #ILoveMySelfie national campaign.Tables will be set up from noon to 2 p.m. Feb. 14 at DuSable Hall and the Holmes Student Center...

Speaker series to start this month

By Northern Star Staff | February 6, 2014

The Institute for the Study of the Environment, Sustainability and Energy invites students to its spring semester Brown Bag Lunch Speaker Series.The series will be held from noon to 1 p.m. this Friday, Feb. 28 and March 28 at Davis Hall, Room 116.Three...

Mario Sifuentez

Mario Sifuentez

By Kelsey Oppegard | February 5, 2014

Mario Sifuentez, University of California assistant history professor, spoke Tuesday night at the Latino Resource Center. His speech centered around immigration reform, South American politics and undocumented workers within the U.S. Sifuentez urged students...

Speaker: Work in history important

Speaker: Work in history important

By Jack Manning | February 5, 2014

Historian Mario Sifuentez urged students to see the importance in work as a historian at a Latino Resource Center presentation Tuesday night.Sifuentez, University of California assistant history professor, is writing a book about immigrant workers, documented...

Graduate helps language center

By Keisha Howerth | February 5, 2014

Alumnus Ralph Strozza is helping keep foreign language students on the cutting edge of technology.Strozza, CEO and founder of InterPro Translation Solutions, recently made a second donation of SDL Trados Studio licenses for the Foreign Language Learning...

Upcoming career fairs help students find jobs

By Kelley Byrne | February 5, 2014

Career Services’ upcoming fairs will help match students with internships and jobs.Career Services will host the Internship Fair on Feb. 18, Full-Time Job Fair on Feb. 19 and the Educators’ Job Fair on Feb. 24. Workshops — ABCs of Getting an Internship...

Holmes cafe mixes live music into coffee

By James Green | February 4, 2014

The Holmes Student Center’s College Grind will host live music Monday nights for free.For the first three Mondays of every month, the Leftridge Sextet, led by Kenneth Leftridge, senior jazz studies major, will play at 8 p.m. at the cafe.A different...

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