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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

SADGE donates plasma TVs

By Casey Toner | February 12, 2004

Two new 42-inch plasma televisions have the potential to bring in $13,000 to $26,000 for NIU before next September. SADGE Media Group, an advertising company aimed at college students, donated the televisions to NIU last December. According to Convocation...

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...

Professor gets inducted into Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame

By Sean Thomas | February 11, 2004

After being recognized around the world for contributions in music research, professor emeritus Jan Bach now is being recognized in his own community. Bach is among nine 2004 inductees into the Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame. The Fox Valley Arts Hall of...

Crooners can swoon at open-mic night

By LaShaunna Watkins | February 11, 2004

If you have a poem or song to sing to your significant other, consider attending the CHANCE program’s “Love Connection” open-mic night. Cassandra Jackson, a sophomore accountancy major and CHANCE program mentor, said the night is a fundraiser for...

Technology positions plummet

By Mike Neumann | February 11, 2004

Students with technology degrees are not finding as many jobs as they did a few years ago. Rodney Angotti, chair of NIU’s computer science department, said the recent decline has been overplayed by the media. “There has been a violent change. It has...

A safer intimate encounter

By Aacia Hussain | February 11, 2004

Students looking for a safer route to an intimate encounter can look to the University Health Service for help. After years of advancements in the Health Enhancement Services’ contraceptive budget, free condoms and lubricants are now plentiful at NIU....

Cultural exhibit on display at Douglas

By LaShaunna Watkins | February 10, 2004

Dreadlocks and water guns are among many interesting facts about African-Americans displayed at an African-American museum in Douglas Hall. Nitin Goil, hall director for Douglas A/B Wing, and a group of community advisers decided to implement this idea...

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