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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

Back-to-school list includes condoms

By Mark Gates | September 1, 1989

Remember when fall meant going to the store with mom to buy a jumbo box of crayons or that new Bullwinkle lunchbox? These days NIU students have condoms on their back-to-school lists, and in most cases, mom doesn't buy them. The University Health Service...

Spikers debut at Coors tournament

By Hyun Moon | September 1, 1989

Getting off to a quick start is very important for the NIU volleyball team as it heads south to Eastern Illinois University tonight for the Coors/Coors Light Classic Tournament. The Huskies will face a fired-up host team tonight at 7 p.m. NIU defated...

Student transportation survey

By Michelle Landrum | September 1, 1989

A survey designed to target student transportation needs might alleviate kinks in the system and create new services for NIU students and DeKalb residents. "We're always seeking student input to improve the system," said David Pack, Student Association...

Groves can’t make sale

By Katrina Kelly | August 31, 1989

The NIU Faculty Assembly didn't buy what Regents Chancellor Rod Groves came to campus Wednesday to sell. Most of the 30 Assembly members quietly listened to Groves address a list of previously submitted questions about his controversial proposed changes...

‘Parenthood’: realistically depicts families worst fears

By Gina Quilici | August 31, 1989

"Parenthood" is a wonderfully entertaining film that pokes at your funny bone, as well as pulls at your heart strings. The storyline quite accurately depicts the plight of a close knit, extended family whose worst fears about their children, and each...

Uncle Buck: an eccentric black sheep

By Johanna Harris | August 31, 1989

Every family has its proverbial black sheep - the one relative that embarrasses the adults at family picnics and gives the youngsters nightmares of painful pinched cheeks. For the Russell family this character is Uncle Buck, a very rotund and sloppy man...

Repairs on HSC ahead of schedule

By David Pollard | August 31, 1989

The Holmes Student Center reconstruction will be completed by the first week of December as the contractors install the outside panels faster than was expected. "Rich Cullen, in charge of the installation of the stone panels, is doing a super job. We...

Emphasizing past, but missing present

By Lynn Rogers | August 31, 1989

O.K., I'll admit it. I stayed up and watched the Late Show the other night. And it was "Saturday Night Fever." Yuck, you are thinking. Yes, it was ugly, with wide collars, polyester bell bottoms, Barbie Blue eyeshadow and lots of flowing blow-dried hair....

‘Harold and Maude’: classic cult movie brings new life to screen

By Randy Pomaro | August 31, 1989

You're bored. You want to watch something on TV, only there is nothing but junk written for third graders on. Maybe cable, you think. No, not unless you feel like enduring "American Ninja 2" for the 42nd time. So, you go to the video store, but alas all...

McCabes: ‘DeKalb’s #1 social center’ offers students a fun place to relax and unwind

By Gina Quilici | August 31, 1989

The fluorescent yellow letters that bear the name Mc Cabes have been a familiar sight to many people for years. Mc Cabes, 323 E. Lincoln Hwy., first opened its doors to the public in 1933 and since then has offered DeKalb a fun place to relax, interact...

ISU visit called ‘ugly’

By Katrina Kelly | August 31, 1989

Regents Chancellor Rod Groves probably wishes he had stayed in DeKalb Wednesday. Groves faced what one observer called an "ugly" Illinois State University contingent Wednesday night during his visit to answer questions about his proposed changes in Regents'...

Struggling college students find dazzling entertainment with pizza money to spare

By Wendy Neese | August 31, 1989

College students—Are you struggling to find something to do that is both entertaining and affordable? Do you want to go out, but realize the cash flow is low? Students all over can be found scraping quarters and dimes together to buy a late night pizza...

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