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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

Ellington’s hosts ‘Farmer’s Market’ in Holmes Student Center today

By Rikki Cottrell | September 28, 2010

Ellington’s will host its first day of service today from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The menu theme is “Farmer’s Market.”The students in charge of Ellington’s have been working for five weeks to find recipes and perfect them, said Joan Quinn, Coordinator...

Pat Talley, speaker of the Student Association Senate, discusses the requirements at a mandatory meeting for incoming students Tuesday evening in the Holmes Student Center Heritage Room.

Student Association Senate elections today and Wednesday

By MaryJo Kratochvil and Jacqueline Evans | September 27, 2010

Students will elect new Student Association Senators today and Wednesday. Voting will be from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Campaigning for the election began last week and there are 68 students on the ballot. Each district can have up to eight senators elected. Districts...

Professors discuss state of Indonesia

By Taylor Thanos | September 27, 2010

Professor Ryaas Rasyid, a member of the Indonesian Presidential Advisory Council and former minister of Regional Autonomy, and Professor Bahtiar Effendy, of the Islamic State University in Jakarta, Indonesia presented Indonesia Update 2010: Political...

Campus blotter for 9/28/10

By Northern Star Staff | September 27, 2010

The following was taken from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. FRIDAY • At 11:48...

Campus blotter – 9/27

By Northern Star Staff | September 26, 2010

The following was taken from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. FRIDAY At 8:05 p.m.,...

Tim Griffin has been working as NIU's Ombudsman since 1991. The Office of the Ombudsman helps NIU students, faculty and staff with their problems.

Ombudsman provides advice to NIU students

By Jacqueline Evans | September 26, 2010

DeKALB | When problems arise, students may seek out unbiased advice on solutions to problems. The Office of the Ombudsman provides an environment where students and faculty alike can receive options and strategies for a solution. Located on the sixth...

Campus PD Interns, take a shot at the job.

By Jalen Cobb | September 26, 2010

DeKALB | Jason Ornelis was looking for a way to broaden his interest in the criminal justice field. The junior sociology major and criminology minor decided to apply at the University Police Department as an intern. “I learned about [the internship]...

Daysha Blackwell, ophomore psychology and sociology major and member of NIU Campus Crusade for Christ and Jesus is the Way Christian Center, speaks with Thomas Hodges about religious views Thursday afternoon near Neptune Central.

Sidewalk chalk creates issues with some students

By Taylor Thanos | September 23, 2010

Sidewalk chalk has become a growing popularity in advertising for clubs and events at NIU. One of the most talked about and controversial of these concrete arts is the message, "There are probably no gods," a phrase adopted by the NIU organization, Atheists,...

Oh the places you’ll go: Study Abroad office holds annual fair

By Ryan Griesmeyer | September 23, 2010

Representatives from a number of study abroad programs welcomed students to the annual fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday in the Duke Ellington Ballroom. Outreach Programming Coordinator Victoria Toussaint was a graduate assistant when she was first...

Colin Sullivan, junior physical education major, balances a chair on his chin in the Campus Life Building Thursday evening. Sullivan recently won a nationwide talent show on "Live with Regis and Kelly" using his talent for balancing items on his chin.

NIU student Colin Sullivan wins $20K in contest

By Ryan Griesmeyer | September 23, 2010

After winning a nationwide talent show on "Live with Regis and Kelly," Colin Sullivan, junior physical education major, said his success was all because of the support from others. Sullivan recently spoke with the Northern Star to discuss recently winning...

Friday With SA President Erik Calmeyer

Friday With SA President Erik Calmeyer

By Ryan Chambers | September 23, 2010
Members of Zeta Phi Beta participate in the organization's annual AIDS Walk-a-thon in this Sept. 25, 2005 file photo.

13th annual AIDS walk pushes for awareness

By David Matz | September 23, 2010

Awareness is the collective theme for Zeta Phi Beta National Sorority's 13th annual AIDS walk. "Awareness is number one," according to Mary Hodges, peer outreach coordinator for the Open Door Clinic from Aurora. "The main goal of the AIDS walk is to spread...

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