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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

Education and entertainment from chemisty

By Jessica King | March 20, 2003

Fun and education at the same time? NIU's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry will combine the two in an evening of chemistry demonstrations tonight. The night's theme is "Mission: Chemistry." The show will include experiments designed to entertain...

Department opens ears to community input

By Marisa Knudsen | March 20, 2003

The department of communicative disorders has submitted an application for reaccreditation of its graduate programs in audiology and speech-language pathology. In an effort to gain input from the student community and consumers regarding the department's...

Christian sorority inducts new members Saturday

By LaShaunna Watkins | March 20, 2003

About 11 ladies will be inducted into the Elogeme Adolphi Christian Sorority this Saturday. According to its Web site, Elogeme Adolphi Christian Sorority is a Christ-centered organization designed to build, edify and teach women from all walks of life...

War’s effect on athletics minimal

By Frank Rusnak | March 20, 2003

With the dawning of war against Iraq Wednesday night, NBA arenas around the country halted their games to hear President Bush's speech. NBA games, and all other sporting events, are expected to continue as usual with few changes. So far, Major League...

‘Bringing Down the House’

By Casey Toner | March 20, 2003

Damn yo, this movie be straight up frontin'! As if you hadn't already figured out the entirety of the plot from the 30-second previews, "Bringing Down the House" is about Peter Sanderson (Steve Martin) unintentionally hooking up with Charlene Morton (Queen...

Matthew Shipp

By Mike Larmon | March 20, 2003

Jazz wizard Matthew Shipp has been working on a series of albums entitled "The Blue Series." His latest addition to the series is called "Equilibrium," and it proves just how versatile jazz can be. There's no horns of any kind; it's just Shipp on the...

NIU tops Illini

By Chris Jurmann | March 20, 2003

Two home runs from third baseman Rob Marconi propelled NIU to a 12-10 victory over the University of Illinois on Wednesday. The Huskies (7-7) took down the U of I team (6-2) who entered the game with a team E.R.A. of 2.21. A home opener for the Illini,...

Fisherspooner

By Andrew Duff | March 20, 2003

"Sounds good, looks good, feels good too," says the cover of Fischerspooner's "#1," the newly- released CD from a relatively popular European group consisting of Casey Spooner, Warren Fischer and a few others. I say that it must be relatively popular...

Big MACs

By Adam Zolmierski | March 20, 2003

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Most of the selections to the All-MAC First Team were no-brainers. NIU's Marcus Smallwood might have seemed a surprise selection for the team, as he is not even his team's leading scorer with a 13.3 points-per-game average, but not to...

Hard work pays off on the job

By Greg Feltes | March 20, 2003

Gary Gresholdt once was hall director to a few hundred students, but now, more than 30 years later, he is in charge of an entire campus of students. Entering his fifth year as vice provost for Student Affairs, Gresholdt oversees such programs as Counseling...

Meet the people who represent you

By Sara Blankenheim | March 20, 2003

Ever wonder exactly who is representing your opinions every Sunday at the Student Association Senate meetings? You can find out tonight at "Meet the Senate Night" and even get free pizza. SA Sen. Philip Stroud is one of the senators who will be in attendance....

Wrestling NCAA Championships kick off

By Jason Watt | March 20, 2003

Five wrestlers are in Kansas City, Mo., representing the Huskies today through Saturday at the NCAA Championships. Senior Scott Owen, junior Ben Heizer, sophomore Sam Hiatt and freshman Josh Wooton, along with senior alternate Marlon Felton all made the...

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