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SA Sen. Nelms appointed elections commissioner

By Nick Swedberg | February 6, 2003

Student Association President Kevin Miller appointed SA Senator Andrew Nelms the interim elections commissioner, which according to Brooke Robinson, SA director of public affairs, is not a conflict of interest. The elections commissioner is an executive...

Golden games

By Greg Feltes | February 6, 2003

Gary Colabuono loves his job more than any sane person has a right to. Colabuono, an NIU alumnus and former Northern Star employee in the ’70s, is in charge of marketing one of the most popular arcade video games in the country. He does so as marketing...

Strip search

By Kim Krichbaum | February 6, 2003

Forecasting fashion is never an easy task. It is time to get swept away by spring's bright, sexy and sophisticated new looks. Light and fun colors like lilac, coral, sky blue and peach are the new trends for spring. -As the weather gets warmer, it will...

‘Dead or Alive’

By Andrew Duff | February 6, 2003

The "Dead or Alive" fighting games were first made famous for their bounciness. What do I mean? Let me explain. "Mortal Kombat" had fatalities. "Street Fighter" had a hundred awful spin-offs. "Dead or Alive" had girls with really jiggly breasts. - So...

Faculty Senate may censure offices

By Aacia Hussain | February 6, 2003

The Faculty Senate met Wednesday to discuss various faculty and student policy issues, and most importantly to debate the enactment of an office privacy policy. Mark Cordes, faculty rights and responsibilities chair, presented a new policy citing various...

Get your fix

By J.D. Piland | February 6, 2003

More than 60 people packed into Otto's Underground the last time Fixate played. This time, DeKalb-native Fixate will play upstairs as the headlining band for a concert Friday night with Meqqa and Pelao. "Last time we played there, Mike and Joe was playing...

Freshman Wooton ahead of his time

By Jason Watt | February 5, 2003

Should I stay or should I go? That is the question 141-pound Ohio native Josh Wooton asked himself over and over again. He had to decide whether to wrestle at an in-state school such as Kent State or an out-of-state school such as Northwestern, Purdue...

Court asked to reconsider

By Nick Swedberg | February 5, 2003

Student Association Senator Jeff Meyer filed a motion with the SA Supreme Court on Tuesday asking that it reconsider a recently rejected complaint, which alleges that the SA violated the Illinois Open Meetings Act several times. Meyer’s motion comes...

Bobby Seale seizes time at HSC

By Jeff Goluszka | February 5, 2003

NIU will get a glimpse of America’s political past tonight when a former Black Panther Party leader visits campus. Bobby Seale will speak at 7 p.m. today at the Holmes Student Center’s Carl Sandburg Auditorium. Seale is the former chairman, surviving-founder...

Strike not likely at NIU

By Jeff Goluszka | February 5, 2003

As the faculty unions at Eastern and Southern Illinois universities threaten to strike, NIU administrators are breathing easy. A strike at NIU would not be possible until 2006 - when the current contract expires and most of the current student body will...

Firefighters injured in training

By Libby John | February 5, 2003

Two DeKalb firefighters were hurt Tuesday afternoon during a training exercise. Firefighter Tom Murphy was knocked off a roof and fell two stories from the ground when a ladder slipped and hit him as he supervised a drill. Murphy suffered a pelvic injury...

Vagina Monologues: A different V-Day

By Kristin Caveretta | February 5, 2003

"The Vagina Monologues ... Come Again" is the slogan for NIU’s celebration of V-Day. V-Day is a worldwide endeavor to promote awareness of physical and sexual violence against women and girls. For the fifth consecutive year, the annual V-Day college...