Skip to Main Content

Northern Star

 

Advertisement

 

 
Northern Star

Northern Illinois University’s student media since 1899

 

Ensure student journalism survives. Donate today.

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

Kishwaukee Family YMCA to host Daughter Safe workshops

By Brooke Shinberg | February 18, 2013

Daughter Safe workshops teach girls mental preparedness, assertiveness training, self-defense techniques, and Internet safety, according to a Monday news release from the Kishwaukee Family YMCA, 2500 Bethany Road in Sycamore. The class is taught by retired...

The geek phenomenon is here to stay

By Jen Weddle | February 18, 2013

If the lyrics from the song “The Geeks Get the Girls” by American Hi-Fi were trying to tell us something about geeks invading pop culture and the hearts of women, I think they were right. In a perfect world, all the geeks get the girl and even losers...

Make quality meals in the microwave

By Beth Schumacher | February 18, 2013

College students are busy, and that’s nothing new. Chances are you don’t have time to make breakfast, lunch and dinner every day, and the dining hall doesn’t always match your schedule. At this point, the microwave has become your best friend. You...

NIU looks to increase its presence on social media

By Ali Combs | February 18, 2013

NIU and its various organizations have taken to social media to gain the attention of students, prospective and current. “We want to get students involved and we want to make sure the students know they’re very important to us,” said Holly Nicholson,...

Podcasts to listen to

By Kevin Bartelt | February 18, 2013

Today’s technology makes life pretty easy. Insightful, right? However, something we should not take for granted is how technology can educate us. From the many different podcasts I have researched, here are a few that I’d recommend for anyone interested...

NIU alum continues to serve the DeKalb community

By Ryan Chodora | February 18, 2013

T.J. Moore, director of DeKalb Public Works, may work in the background, but he takes great pride in helping DeKalb function as a city. Originally from South Elgin, Moore has always called Illinois his home. Once Moore graduated from Larkin High School...

End educational stereotypes

By Cody Laplante | February 17, 2013

The numbers do not add up. According to the The Schott Foundation for Public Education, in 2008, the graduation rate for black male students was 47 percent in the U.S., whereas the rate for white male students was 78 percent. In a nation that promotes...

Blotter 2/13-2/16

By Northern Star Staff | February 17, 2013

The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. Wednesday At 12:03 p.m., Joe H. Abudayyah, 31, turned himself in...

David Bogenberger

Bogenberger family files lawsuit against Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity

By Robert Baird | February 17, 2013

The family of David Bogenberger, a freshmen Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity pledge who died Nov. 2, filed a wrongful death lawsuit for more than $100,000 against the fraternity on Thursday, according to the Chicago Tribune. All 22 Pi Kappa Alpha members facing...

Scholarships awarded at Honors Recital

By Kevin Steiger | February 17, 2013

Six Community School of Arts student musicians won a $250 scholarship at the end of the Honors Recital on Saturday. Twenty musicians auditioned in front of judges from the NIU Community School of the Arts in January. The judges selected six performers...

Cortland resident Michelle Berge with son Ethan, age 7, watch while Molly Trickey, Executive Director of the Midwest Museum of Natural History helps dissect a pig heart at Dissection Workshop: Have a Heart, an educational event hosted by the Midwest Museum of Natural History at 425 West State Street, Sycamore on Saturday afternoon.

Pig’s heart

By Ryan Ocasio | February 17, 2013

Cortland resident Michelle Berge with son Ethan, age 7, watch while Molly Trickey, Executive Director of the Midwest Museum of Natural History helps dissect a pig heart at Dissection Workshop: Have a Heart, an educational event hosted by the Midwest Museum...

Cortland resident Michelle Berge with son Ethan, age 7, watch while Molly Trickey, Executive Director of the Midwest Museum of Natural History helps dissect a pig heart at Dissection Workshop: Have a Heart, an educational event hosted by the Midwest Museum of Natural History at 425 West State Street, Sycamore on Saturday afternoon.

Local museum hosts Valentine’s Day heart dissection

By Brooke Shinberg | February 17, 2013

Charlotte the spider certainly wouldn’t have approved of a local Valentine’s Day-themed class. Children and their parents were able to dissect pig hearts on Saturday at the Midwest Museum of Natural History, 425 W. State St. in Sycamore, in honor...