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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

College students have story time, too

By Molly Thurber | April 21, 2006

A small theater in a tiny portion of the upper level in the Stevens Building housed the theater department's final show Thursday night. Storytellers Theatre performed in the Corner Theatre in the Stevens Building at 7:30 p.m., and will run through Sunday;...

What happened to student activism?

By Kenneth Lowe | April 20, 2006

Ask any history major and they will say university campuses around the world have become the staging grounds for political activists throughout history because of their ready supply of well-educated young people. Yet despite low approval ratings for the...

Winning the Tugs takes serious guts

By Michelle Gilbert | April 20, 2006

A slow turnout for the Tugs match did not deter tuggers in their matches Wednesday evening. Pi Kappa Alpha — Pikes — came out over Tau Kappa Epsilon — Tekes — after two 20-minute rounds and a third round of nine and a half minutes. "[Tugging takes]...

Fraternities gear up for Men’s Tugs

By Michelle Gilbert | April 19, 2006

Months of preparation have gone into the Men's Tugs event today and Friday. Some teams, like Sigma Phi Epsilon, have been in the gym all year preparing for this event and have practiced indoors and outdoors since coming back from Winter Break, said Mark...

Learning to spot when good weather goes bad

By Andrew Karolus | April 19, 2006

About 40 people watched a motorist drive through flood waters and almost fall into a gaping hole in the road. Those who attended the official spotter training seminar Tuesday night in Faraday West, sponsored by the NIU American Meteorological Society...

Working to end world hunger

By Nikki Caiafa | April 19, 2006

According to Bread for the World, an organization interested in ending world hunger, 36 million Americans don't have enough food. Today from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., the organization will have a table set up in Wirtz Hall, where students with time to spare...

Painting a picture of border conflict

By Kenneth Lowe | April 19, 2006

An author painted a picture of two different Palestines in the Lincoln Room of the Holmes Student Center Tuesday. In one, bright strip malls, pools and the equivalent of $100,000 U.S. awaited Israelis willing to live on illegal Jewish settlements in the...

Who’s your Dream Man (or Greek Goddess)?

By Molly Thurber | April 19, 2006

Fraternities and sororities united Tuesday night for the Dream Man and Greek Goddess pageant in the Carl Sandburg Auditorium. The Greeks gathered in support of their fellow members as a disc jockey played music, setting the mood for the evening's events....

A night of Southeast Asia

By Stephanie Kohl | April 18, 2006

Southeast Asian music filled the Douglas C/D cafeteria Monday night as about 80 students filed in to watch various songs, dances and presentations. The Residence Hall Association and International Hall sponsored the event as part of Asian American Heritage...

Fountain returns … future unknown

By Jamie Rogers and Michelle Gilbert | April 18, 2006

Students may have noticed the once-broken Cole Hall fountain running Monday. The fountain was installed as part of a million dollar water management project about five or six years ago, starting at the East Lagoon and traveling to central campus, said...

Pageant raises money for hearing-impaired university

By Molly Thurber | April 18, 2006

Greek members will strut their stuff for charity tonight in the annual Dream Man and Greek Goddess pageant. The event will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Holmes Student Center's Carl Sandburg Auditorium. Delta Zeta will host the event to raise money for...

Barsema talks to packed crowd about character

By Rachel Gorr | April 18, 2006

Nothing could seem more fitting than Dennis Barsema, acclaimed NIU alumnus, speaking in front of a packed classroom in the hall he helped build. Dennis Barsema spoke before a standing room only classroom Monday night in Barsema Hall, Room 300. The event,...

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