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Local food drive held this morning

By Laurel Marselle | February 13, 2004

The Student Affairs Staff Development Committee will sponsor the fourth annual campus food drive from 7:30 to 8:45 a.m. today. Michelle Bringas, coordinator of the food drive, said local food pantries in the area are extremely low this time of winter....

B.R.O.T.H.E.R.S. honor the ladies

By LaShaunna Watkins | February 13, 2004

Black women were honored Thursday at the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.S. 12th annual Tribute to Black Women. Christian Marshall, vice president of B.R.O.T.H.E.R.S., said the event is held every year to spotlight achievements of black women on campus and to pay tribute...

Servin’ it up hot …

By Casey Toner | February 12, 2004

"Pizza guys are to a college campus as sunlight is to a plant," said Ron Huber, a delivery driver for Pizza Pro's, 928 W. Lincoln Highway. Students, hungry from a hard night of drinking or long night of studying, suck pizza down like water, Huber said,...

Lostprophets: Start Something

By Derek Wright | February 12, 2004

In late 2001, upon releasing the debut record "The Fake Sounds Of Progress," six Welsh lads were marketed as Europe's Incubus. -Three years later, trimmed down to a quintet, Lostprophets still is trying its hardest to live up to that title with its new...

Kenny Chesney: When the Sun Goes Down

By Erin Wienke | February 12, 2004

When people say they like every type of music but country, Kenny Chesney is the type they are referring to. The twanging singer releases yet another predictable country album, "When the Sun Goes Down," full of longing for lost loves, drinking shots of...

Play chronicles theater revolution

By Laurel Marselle and Dave Gomez | February 12, 2004

NIU’s School of Theatre and Dance will present a new play chronicling the beginnings of the revolutionary theater group called “The Group!” at 7:30 p.m. today through Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Stevens Building’s Corner Theatre. Tickets...

RHA requests funds to increase staff

By Deanna Cabinian | February 12, 2004

Of the eight budget proposals the Student Association Finance Committee heard Wednesday, the Residence Hall Association asked for the largest increase. Although RHA did not request more money for programming, it asked for more funding for other things....

Panel discusses growing up black

By LaShaunna Watkins | February 12, 2004

Going through the DeKalb school system as a black child is not easy, said panelists who presented “Being Black in DeKalb.” The Center for Black Studies, along with the Interfaith Network, sponsored the panel. Four panelists led the discussion: Taisha...

Five For Fighting: The Battle for Everything

By Jessie Coello | February 12, 2004

The WB should note Five For Fighting's new album "The Battle for Everything." Each track could be added to the soundtrack of one of the network's primetime dramas. - Singer/songwriter John Ondrasik uses the name Five For Fighting as an alias. He has a...

Making the green

By Megan Rodriguez | February 12, 2004

Chris Baker’s ultraviolet light addiction isn’t something he can cure in one of DeKalb’s tanning salons, partly because his interest isn’t in getting a tan. But Baker said he gets his fair share of the sun’s rays working with plants every day...

Foundation for the future

By David Gomez | February 12, 2004

Hundreds of students looking to land internship positions attended NIU’s Internship Career Fair on Wednesday at the Convocation Center. Fair coordinator Mireya Pourchot said 69 employers registered for the event. About 1,000 to 1,200 students were expected...

An element of science

By Mike Neumann | February 12, 2004

Michael Faraday is referred to as one of the greatest pioneers in the field of electricity. In 1963, a little more than 100 years after his death, NIU constructed the first of two buildings named in honor of his accomplishments.

Faraday was born in 1791. After he dropped out of school at the age of 13, he took up a job as a bookbinder. The job allowed him to spend much of his spare time reading, which is how he originally discovered his love for science.

Although Faraday had no formal scientific education, a chemist named Humphrey Davy gave him a job as his assistant. This spawned the beginning of Faraday’s early accomplishments in electromagnetism.

Faraday Hall, with three levels, is home to the physics and chemistry departments. It cost $2.75 million to construct and was chosen for the National College and Universities Architectural Exhibit in 1965.

“About three years before completion, the Ph.D. program for chemistry was approved, which caused our total number of students to almost quadruple in a very short time,” said Michael Spires, coordinator of recruitment and public relations for chemistry.

It caused the department to begin lobbying for another building a couple of years later.

In 1990, construction on Faraday West began. It was scheduled to open two years later, but because of construction conflicts, it didn’t open until April 18, 1996. The hall provides more classrooms, offices, laboratories and auditoriums to faculty and students.

“Faraday West is pretty well known for its construction conflicts. The people who started it went bankrupt two-thirds of the way through,” Spires said. “We finally began using it during the fall semester in 1996.”

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