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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

Weather Channel touches down with NIU professor

By JAMES TSCHIRHART | November 20, 2008

Students passing by the Founder's Memorial Library on Monday afternoon may have noticed a van with a familiar television logo on it, but not one they would expect. On the van was The Weather Channel logo, where reporter Jorma Duran and his cameraman,...

Campus Notes: Nov. 20, 2008

By NORTHERN STAR STAFF | November 20, 2008

WOMEN'S STUDIES PROGRAM is hosting their fourth annual "Crafty Women" holiday gift sale from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 103, Reavis Hall. Proceeds will benefit the Mothers Memorial Scholarship Fund and the Austin Sawicki Scholarship Fund. Items on sale...

COMS professor’s second-grader proves formidable blogger

By GILES BRUCE | November 19, 2008

Stanislaw Gunkel started blogging in Kindergarten, offering his views on typical kids' stuff such as Legos and Star Wars. Since then, he has taken an interest in alternative energy, joined the ranks of Arianna Huffington and Andrew Sullivan as a political...

University Police Blotter: Wednesday, Nov. 19

By NORTHERN STAR STAFF | November 19, 2008

Nov. 16 At 12:56 a.m., University Police recognized an individual attending the dance at the Recreation Center as having a warrant for his arrest. Officers arrested Jeremiah Boykin, 20, of Chicago, for forgery. Officers booked Boykin at the NIU Police...

Thanks to law, veterans able to salute out of uniform

By JAMES TSCHIRHART | November 19, 2008

At the Nov. 7 pre-Veteran's Day celebration there were some who saluted the country's flag for the first time in years. For years, there was confusion as to whether veterans could salute the flag out of uniform. They were left by law to place their hands...

Attendees get ‘Hot and Bothered’ at WRC discussion

By AMANDA WALDE | November 19, 2008

The Women's Resource Center (WRC) managed to generate high temperatures in the bitter winter weather with a heated debate over the porn industry. The event, titled "Hot and Bothered: Feminist Pornography," attracted close to 50 people packed into the...

Campus Notes: Wednesday, Nov. 19

By NORTHERN STAR STAFF | November 19, 2008

WOMEN'S STUDIES PROGRAM is hosting their fourth annual "Crafty Women" holiday gift sale from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 103, Reavis Hall. Proceeds will benefit the Mothers Memorial Scholarship Fund and the Austin Sawicki Scholarship Fund. Items on sale...

Transfer students make up majority of NIU students, official says

By DAVID THOMAS | November 18, 2008

For some students, transferring from one school to another is a part of the college experience. The vast majority of students that transfer to NIU are from community colleges said transfer center coordinator Missy Gillis. "Our main feeder schools are...

University Police Blotter: Nov. 18, 2008

By NORTHERN STAR STAFF | November 18, 2008

Nov. 15 • At 2 a.m., University Police pulled a vehicle over after watching it make an improper U-turn while going south on Annie Glidden Road. The driver failed a field sobriety test. Officers arrested Evan E. Crews, 18, of Winthrop Harbor, for...

Campus Notes: Nov. 18, 2008

By NORTHERN STAR STAFF | November 18, 2008

WOMEN'S STUDIES PROGRAM is hosting their fourth annual "Crafty Women" holiday gift sale from 3:40 to 5 p.m. in Room 103, Reavis Hall. Proceeds will benefit the Mothers Memorial Fund and the Austin Sawicki Scholarship Fund. Items on sale will included...

Students feeling blue as weather gets colder

By AMANDA WALDE | November 18, 2008

With the colors of fall fading, the end of the semester may leave students feeling blue. The arrival of fall and winter brings colder weather, shorter days and, for many people, a considerable downturn in mood. According to the American Psychiatric Association...

Internet exceedingly popular among students

By NICOLE SOSZYNSKI | November 18, 2008

When freshman nursing major Nancy Paredes purchased a birthday cake, she couldn't remember how to spell "Happy Birthday" in Spanish to have it written on the cake. But having the Internet capabilities on her cell phone fixed that â€" Paredes was able...

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