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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

Funding debate hits SA meeting

By Christopher Norman | October 31, 2005

Heated debate ensued throughout much of the Student Association’s senate meeting Sunday night. The group’s first major issue arose about halfway through the meeting when it voted on a bill to allocate supplemental funding to NIU’s ice hockey club....

NIU Dining uses styrene containers

By Stephanie Kohl | October 31, 2005

Students dining in the residence halls should not mistake their takeout containers for Styrofoam. While the takeout containers may be similar to Styrofoam in color and weight, they are made of styrene, a much more environmentally-safe product. Residential...

Book peeks into NIU history

By Sherelle Green | October 31, 2005

Students, staff and alumni can now remember their college days through a cumulative yearbook written by Glen Gildemeister, director of the Regional History Center. Gildemeister is the author of "A Castle on the Hill." The book is a cumulative yearbook...

Ethnotopia showcases world of cultures

By Michelle Gilbert | October 31, 2005

More than 300 students attended the International Student Association’s first Ethnotopia Cultural Showcase Friday night in the Holmes Student Center’s Carl Sandburg Auditorium. The ISA was born this past summer and its main goal is to reach out to...

Student group aims to ease culture shock

By Lacy Searcy | October 28, 2005

The International Student Association is geared toward spreading cultural diversity around NIU and the DeKalb area. This fairly new organization has been around four months. The group’s first event is at 7 p.m. tonight in the Carl Sandburg Auditorium....

Football finals end Monday

By Lacy Searcy | October 28, 2005

On a cold and windy night, the Intramural Sports seven-on-seven flag football finals were held Monday at Huskie Stadium. Five different teams were named champions. There were five different divisions in the tournament: Greek Competitive, Greek Highly...

Laptop use during class on the rise

By Tom Bukowski | October 28, 2005

With the growth of wireless Internet technology and laptop prices on the decline, laptop use in classrooms is increasing. Ben Epperson and Chris Williams, both first year law students, say in-class laptop users make up the majority of the students in...

Location, cost bring students to NIU campus

By Evan Thorne | October 28, 2005

NIU has several factors that make it attractive to prospective students. "For me, NIU was right down the street, literally," said Artice Weston, junior communication disorders major and DeKalb resident. "NIU was my second choice after Andrews University...

Scheduling school around life

By Stephanie Kohl | October 28, 2005

According to the Department of Commuter and Non-Traditonal Student Services, a non-traditional student is any student over the age of 24. Nationally, these students make up 24 percent of undergraduates. At NIU, they make up 17 percent of the undergraduate...

‘Monsters’ have biological explanations

By Jake Miller | October 27, 2005

Halloween was alive Tuesday in the Holmes Student Center as Dracula, dwarves, Frankenstein’s monster and werewolves were among the many "monsters" discussed in Rick Johns’, associate professor of biological sciences, lecture: "I have Created a Monster:...

Film student honored with festival recognition

By Richard Pulfer | October 27, 2005

For most aspiring filmmakers, completing the first cut of a film is an extremely trying and time-consuming task. For graduate student Brian Ekdale, however, the process is not without benefits or recognition. His student film, "10 Days in Malawi," won...

NASA tracks asteroid

By Alisa Prigge | October 27, 2005

If you are still on Earth in 2036, there is a 1 in 5,560 chance you may witness the first asteroid to hit the earth’s surface in modern times. While those odds may not seem high to some, experts know better. NASA’s Near Earth Object Program is tracking...

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