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Northern Star

Garden Road parking one step closer to reality

By Joseph Martillaro | December 2, 2002

Students are just one vote away from being able to park on Garden Road. After a motion passed 4-3 in favor of parking on Garden Road last week, just one more reading with a similar result will bring cars back to the road. "I’ve spent a lot of time over...

Here come the holiday pounds

By Linda Luk | December 2, 2002

During the holiday season, food is everywhere, ranging from party finger food to dinner-time turkey. It’s no surprise that many people will gain a pound or two during the holidays. Stress during the holidays can lead to emotional eating, said Natasha...

IBHE may provide help

By Greg Feltes | December 2, 2002

With tuition increases causing frustration for parents, students and educators across the state, the Illinois Board of Higher Education is launching a new initiative aimed to stem the tide of rising education costs. The newly formed Committee on Affordability...

Holiday’s history deciphered

By Sarah Rejnert | November 26, 2002

Imagine large, glazed turkeys overflowing with stuffing, served with bowls of mashed potatoes, yams, cranberries and a mouth-watering pumpkin pie with just the right-sized dallop of whipped cream on top. For many, Thursday will be full of all of these...

Marketing dept. gets certified

By Paul L. Mikolajczyk | November 26, 2002

The Chicago-based Professional Society for Sales and Marketing (SMT) is sold on the professional sales area of study offered at NIU. The society is so impressed that it made it the first such training certified by the organization. "This places the [training]...

Ex-NIU coach has unhappy reunion

By Mark Pickrel | November 26, 2002

It wasn’t quite the homecoming Wisconsin coach Jane Albright had envisioned. The former NIU women’s basketball coach and current Badgers boss was beaten 49-47 by her former team in the first regular season game at the Convocation Center. "It was just...

Council debates parking

By Joe Healy | November 26, 2002

Business students affected by Garden Road parking soon will have the option again of parking near Barsema and on the east side of the road. A motion passed 4 to 3 in favor of amending the municipal code that will allow students to park between 9 a.m....

ABC holding contest for media writers

By Linda Luk | November 26, 2002

Have you ever had a great idea for a television show? Or written a script for a television series that no one has ever seen? Well, here’s your chance to make that dream into a reality. NIU is participating in a nationwide contest called the New Talent...

Cold weather hinders construction

By Jessica King | November 26, 2002

Pedestrians near Cole Hall soon will be able to travel unobstructed. The construction of the several bridges over Watson Creek and the plaza in front of Cole Hall should be mostly complete by the beginning of the spring semester. As of now, work that...

Compiling Henry D. Thoreau’s life of writing

By Jessica King | November 26, 2002

When Elizabeth Witherell speaks about Henry Thoreau, her voice radiates enthusiasm. Witherell is the editor in chief of The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau, a project whose office is buried deep within the third floor of Founders Memorial Library. As the...

A different kind of exchange

By Sarah Rejnert | November 26, 2002

NIU’s communication department has grabbed three students from Pamplona, Spain, and plopped them down in DuSable Hall. For the first time, the department is running a foreign exchange program with Universidad de Navarra of Pamplona, the city famous...

Dysception moves on

By Paul L. Mikolajczyk | November 26, 2002

Four NIU students will take a seat at the Chicago music table tonight when they perform for the first time at the Metro. Their band, Dysception, will open a show that includes E-Town Concrete, Noise Therapy and Otep at 6:30 p.m. at the Metro, 3730 North...