Skip to Main Content
Advertisement
 
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

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

Bulgarian artist featured in Indigenous Memories exhibition

Bulgarian artist featured in Indigenous Memories exhibition

By Lindsey Diehl | January 19, 2012

Paintings, wall reliefs, interactive objects, cast paper works and kinetic sculptures created by Bulgarian artist Plamen Yordanov will be on display in the Indigenous Memories exhibition. The display will run today through March 2 at the Jack Olson Gallery...

Sycamore State Theater extends showings of 'Dog Jack'

Sycamore State Theater extends showings of ‘Dog Jack’

By Sarah Contreras | January 19, 2012

Back by demand following a successful run at the Sycamore State Street theater, 420 W. State Street in Sycamore, the independent film Dog Jack will hold additional showings this weekend in Sycamore.Dog Jack is a film based on a book of the same name....

Websites protest anti-piracy laws

Websites protest anti-piracy laws

By Shelby Devitt | January 18, 2012

Parts of the Internet went on strike and instituted a blackout as a form of protest of SOPA and PIPA Wednesday. The passage of SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act) in Congress would intend to stop online piracy. Many illegal download...

Jesse White’s offices to provide DMV services in student center

By Kelly Bauer | January 18, 2012

Secretary of State Jesse White's office will provide various services from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Jan. 23 in the lower level of the Holmes Student Center.Members of the DeKalb and NIU communities will be able to renew their driver's licenses and state...

NIU accepting nominations for Outstanding Service Award

By Kelly Bauer | January 18, 2012

Nominations for the Outstanding Service Award are being accepted until Feb. 24.Up to four NIU civil service employees receive the award each year. Each recipient is presented with a plaque and a $1500 reward.Any full- or part-time civil service employee...

Jessica Greenen, junior elementary education major, teaches
ballet to a community dance class in Gabel Hall Wednesday.

Students, professors host community dance school

By Lauren Dielman | January 18, 2012

Students and community members can participate in everything from ballet to Irish step dancing to hip-hop at the NIU Community Dance School this semester.Dance classes officially started Monday, but registration is ongoing, said Diane Rimmer, Director...

‘Ca-ching, ca-ching’: The importance of filing FAFSA early

By Chelsey Boutan | January 18, 2012

It used to be August. Then July. It got moved to April and now it's the third week of March.Each year, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission's Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) filing deadline for MAP Grant eligibility approaches sooner...

Randi Kennedy, marketing and management major at Kishwaukee
Community College, folds shirts at Feed'Em Soup's clothing closet
at 122 1st Street Wednesday.

Feed’em Soup provides winter clothes for those in need

By Hailey Kurth | January 18, 2012

Fighting through a DeKalb winter proves painful in and of itself. Imagine trying to do it without proper clothing. Feed'em Soup, 122 S. First St., provides a clothing closet for those in need to warm up in the Midwest. "We have some hats and gloves; we've...

NIU sophomore undecided major Joe Pennington walks through downtown DeKalb on Wednesday afternoon.

Local businesses brainstorming ways to attract students

By Olivia Willoughby | January 18, 2012

The number seven bus is best known for delivering students to businesses like Wal-Mart and Target, located on Sycamore Road, but downtown business owners think students should explore stops closer to campus.After five stops, students get the opportunity...

Slow for snow

Slow for snow

By Courtesy of Maggie Carrigan | January 18, 2012

The windshield of Maggie Carrigan's Volkswagon Beetle is cracked after she hit a pedestrian in December 2008. Carrigan's brakes failed to stop her car from skidding into Lincoln Highway, and the pedestrian was found to be at fault for jaywalking. Police...

Police say, 'go slow for snow'

Police say, ‘go slow for snow’

By Kyla Gardner | January 18, 2012

Samantha Korineck, 15, sits in the passenger seat of a parked Ford pickup five miles out of town. The car is running, the heat on. She's wrapped in a cream-colored horse blanket - the kind you'd place under a saddle. She'll be treated for her concussion,...

Campus blotter for 1/19/12

By Northern Star Staff | January 18, 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 11:07 p.m.,...

Sign In

Register

Reset Password

Please enter your username or email address, you will receive a link to create a new password via email.