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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

Students ready tans for Spring Break

By Megan Rodriguez | March 4, 2005

As Spring Break approaches, students are beginning to feel the glow. Many students tan right before Spring Break. Susan Mueller, owner of Super Tan, 122 E. Hillcrest Drive, said it is a good idea for students with certain types of skin to get a base tan...

Want to be a Huskie Bus driver?

By Rocio Lopez | March 3, 2005

Students wishing to drive for the Huskie Bus Line must go through a lengthy process. Applicants for the position of bus driver must meet certain requirements: they must be at least 21 years old and have a good driving record. John Roach, safety coordinator...

Yale professor teaches NIU about Mayan art

By Shureice Kornegay | March 3, 2005

Yale University art professor Mary Miller treated NIU students and staff to a presentation on the "Maya Body" Wednesday night at the Jack Arends Visual Arts Building. The presentation covered Mayan cultural standards of beauty and depictions of captives,...

SA’s Huskie Highlights runs controversial political ad

By Nick Swedberg | March 3, 2005

The Student Association magazine Huskie Highlights ran an article with mug shots of two campus political organization leaders next to pictures of animal’s rear ends in place of a dual commentary on higher education. Instead of the commentary, a full-page...

Not accepting defeat

By Melissa Blake | March 3, 2005

DeAnna McClintock, a senior public health major, and 166 of her friends are on a mission to save summer graduation. McClintock began a petition Feb. 17 after NIU announced it would merge summer and fall commencement ceremonies. "I was shocked [and] stunned,"...

Lots W, X hit hard Tuesday

By David Gomez | March 3, 2005

NIU students at Grant Towers and University Apartments woke up Tuesday to find more than a dozen vehicles had been burglarized overnight. University Police received at least 13 reports of vehicle burglaries Tuesday in Lots W and X. UP Lt. Matt Kiederlen...

A chance to talk about the Iraq war

By Justin Smith | March 3, 2005

The DeKalb Interfaith Network, along with the Northern Coalition for Peace and Justice, will host a speakers panel discussion tonight at 7 p.m. in the Holmes Student Center’s Lincoln Room. The panel will discuss the issue of whether the United States...

University opens door to August graduates

By Gerold Shelton | March 3, 2005

August graduates are allowed to walk at the May graduation ceremonies. "Get to your colleges, get to your departments - we are trying to accommodate the individual student," Vice Provost Earl Seaver said. "The school is being proactive in getting students...

New English chair needed

By Kartikay Mehrotra | March 3, 2005

The dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has received a proposal from the search committee that is conducting interviews for the chair of the English department. But the contents of the committee’s research will stay within the two parties...

SA, CAB prepare for office elections

By Gerold Shelton | March 2, 2005

Students can decide next year’s executive leadership of the Student Association and Campus Activities Board later this month. The SA released a list of candidates for the positions last week. The order in which the candidates appear on the ballot was...

Students placed in internships

By Tatiana Lopez | March 2, 2005

NIU’s Career Services Office has helped place hundreds of students in internships of their choice in this semester alone. From July 1, 2003 to Feb. 28, 2005, 1,158 NIU students have obtained high-level internships through Career Services, said Rick...

Showtime

By Marcus Leshock | March 2, 2005

For those who did not watch the Academy Awards Sunday evening, many nominees were brought up onto the stage together, then the winner was announced. The winner then stepped forward and accepted the award while the others walk away. The show's mastermind,...

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