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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

Stage Coach Players to hold auditions

By Katie Finlon | March 4, 2012

Stage Coach Players will be holding auditions for the summer 2012 performance season from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 511 Russell Road. The shows for the season are Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, Forbidden Broadway...

Elgin jam band Casa Karma performs at the Freakalb music festival Saturday at the House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway.

Freakalb grooves into House Cafe

By Ross Hettel | March 4, 2012

Awwwwww, Freakalb. With a wonderful name like that, and the great listing of genres such as funk, psychedelic, reggae, groove and jam bands in between, I had to go check it out this weekend. A two day event spanning Friday and Saturday, there was more...

Say It Out Loud aims for mental health dialogue

By Mary Diamond | March 4, 2012

The Say It Out Loud grant, recently awarded to NIU’s Counseling Adult and Higher Education department, was created to encourage communities in Illinois to start talking about mental illness. The grants will fund the statewide project by the same name...

Diane Wright accepts city clerk position

By Melissa Mastrogiovanni | March 4, 2012

After working in the city clerk’s office for six years, Diane Wright accepted an appointment as the new DeKalb City Clerk. Prior to working in DeKalb, Wright lived in Landcaster, Ca. and worked in the city government there for 15 years. “When my husband...

NIU Moto President Adam Bennett races his bike around a track. NIU Moto is a group open to all types of riders.

NIU Moto rolls into DeKalb

By Lauren Dielman | March 4, 2012

Student motorcycle riders can now their revv engines together at a new club for bikers. NIU Moto was recognized as an official group last semester around October 30, said Adam Bennett, sophomore mechanical engineering major and president of NIU Moto....

Businesses fail liquor, tobacco compliance checks

By Melissa Mastrogiovanni | March 4, 2012

A public hearing was rescheduled to March 19 to determine if Lord Stanley’s Class A Liquor License should be revoked, suspended or if the licensee should be fined, according to a notice of hearing and charges. According to Feb. 13 Northern Star blotter...

City blotter for 3/5/12

By Northern Star Staff | March 4, 2012

Thursday At 8:52 a.m., a DeKalb police officer on patrol observed a car driving west on Hillcrest and the driver was not wearing a seatbelt. The officer initiated a traffic stop in the 900 block of North Annie Glidden Road. The driver, Cesar Mejia, apologized...

Campus blotter for 3/5/12

By Northern Star Staff | March 4, 2012

Thursday At 1:13 a.m., Caelan A. Rivera, 18, of Crystal Lake, was found to unlawfully be in possession of cannabis at Douglas Hall. Rivera was arrested and late released on individual bond. At 11:58 p.m., officers responded to Lot P after receiving a...

 Trustees Marc Strauss (left), John Butler (middle), and Robert Marshall (right) chat during an executive session during the Board meeting Monday afternoon.

Board of Trustees approves increase in student fees, room and board rates

By Kelly Bauer | March 1, 2012

The Board of Trustees (BOT) voted to approve all the university’s recommendations, including increasing the room and board rate, increasing student fees and approving the proposed salary guidelines. The university requested the BOT approve an aggregate...

BOT to vote on student fees, room and board rates, salaries

By Kelly Bauer | March 1, 2012

At a 9 a.m. Board of Trustees meeting today, the board will vote for or against increasing student fees, room and board rates and various salaries, among other items. According to the Board of Trustees agenda, the university is requesting the Board approve...

Jeff Achler, senior physical education major, pumps gas at the BP on Lincoln Highway Tuesday afternoon.

Gas prices take their toll on wallets

By Linze Griebenow | February 29, 2012

Gas prices are increasingly becoming the biggest threat to the economy, said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. With the U.S. unleaded gas average at $3.58 a gallon, prices on petroleum have risen 25 cents since the new year. According...

Women’s Studies Program sponsors seventh annual sticker day

By Hailey Kurth | February 29, 2012

Today, feminists walk the sidewalks of NIU - and they’re not afraid who knows it. To kick-off Women’s History Month, the Women’s Studies Program is sponsoring its seventh annual sticker day. Everyone on campus is welcome to stop by their office...

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