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MSII Cadet Andrew Hansen, sophomore business administration major, secures the base during an exercise demonstrating a late-night attack during ROTC training at the Marseilles Training Center Friday night.

ROTC training

By Hailey Kurth | April 29, 2012

MSII Cadet Andrew Hansen, sophomore business administration major, secures the base during an exercise demonstrating a late-night attack during ROTC training at the Marseilles Training Center Friday night.

Campus blotter for 4/30/12

By Northern Star Staff | April 29, 2012

The following was taken from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. Tuesday At 7:56 p.m.,...

Jump into Jobs: Negotiating salary and benefits

By Melissa Mastrogiovanni | April 29, 2012

Negotiating salary and benefits is not the same thing as “haggling,” said Mahesh Subramony, assistant professor of management. Especially in a very competitive job market, salary negotiations require a professional approach. If potential employees...

Mike Nichols, junior visual communications major, and Matt Frierdich, junior English major, co-owners of the GoDog Gourmet Hot Dogs cart bring competition to the Huddle Restaurant cart in the MLK Commons Monday afternoon.

Hotdog stands compete for pedestrian customers

By Mary Diamond | April 29, 2012

Lunch options for pedestrians on campus are about to get a lot more interesting. For 20 years there has been a cart selling hotdogs by the side of Lucinda near the MLK commons; on Monday, April 18, there were two. New business owner Mohammed Labadi said...

History’s Foundations: Altgeld Hall

By Olivia Willoughby | April 29, 2012

It looks like a castle that is not-so-ironically placed on Castle Drive, just without the flying, flaming arrows like in the old days, and it’s the oldest building at NIU. “The story is that Governor Altgeld had really liked castles,” said Cindy...

DeKalb Undie Run

DeKalb Undie Run

By James McCarter | April 29, 2012

Jim Hotwagner, senior manufacturing engineering major and coodinator of the DeKalb Undie Run, leads participants in the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. Participants wore clothes they wanted to donate before stripping down to run a short course...

Community members donate clothes during semiannual 'Undie Run'

Community members donate clothes during semiannual ‘Undie Run’

By Olivia Willoughby | April 29, 2012

Off with their pants! The semiannual Undie Run started at 9:30 p.m. Friday at Welsh Park on the corner of Russell Road and Crane Drive. Participants stripped down to their underpants and tossed their clothes in a pile that would later be sent to Goodwill....

Flash mob aims to raise awareness for Feed ’em Soup

By Kelly Bauer | April 29, 2012

Friday was thriller night. Or day, seeing as how Feed ’em Soup’s flash mob took place at 10:50 a.m. in the MLK Commons. About 10 students danced to various Michael Jackson songs, including “Thriller,” as part of an awareness event for the organization....

Officer Dana Brisbon displays a replica skull at the NIU Police Auction on Saturday morning. The auction, which was held under the student bleachers of Huskie Stadium, auctioned off a variety of items, including bicycles, iPods, and purses. The proceeds were donated back to NIU.

NIU police sell lost and found items at annual auction

By Ian Gough | April 29, 2012

Crowds of NIU students and DeKalb residents braced themselves against the cold and rain for the NIU police department auction Saturday. The auction was from 9 a.m. to noon under the bleachers at the east gate of Huskie stadium. Potential bidders were...

City blotter for 4/30/12

By Northern Star Staff | April 29, 2012

The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Saturday At 10:13 p.m., a DeKalb police officer observed a...

NIU alum praises Star on rape awareness

By Letter to the editor | April 25, 2012

Thank you, Northern Star, for raising rape awareness. I am a victim of being raped at Illinois State when I attended there my first semester of freshman year. I was at a fraternity party where I was given too much alcohol and three former friends raped...

The Dear Hunter hits House Cafe after Coachella performance

By Shelby Devitt | April 25, 2012

No, it’s not a showing of the gritty Vietnam-era film your dad always wants to watch with you during Christmas break. And no, it isn’t an Atlanta-based experimental noise band. It’s an alternative rock band from Rhode Island with a predilection...