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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

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.,...

City blotter for 1/19/12

By Northern Star Staff | January 18, 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. Wednesday At 12:54 a.m., an officer observed a westbound truck...

Cole Hall Reopens

Cole Hall Reopens

By Jerry Burnes/Northern Star | January 18, 2012

A Northern Illinois University student walks past the front of Cole Hall, which reopened today after renovations began in March 2010. Cole Hall has been closed since being the site of the February 14, 2008 shooting at NIU, which killed five students and the gunman, Tuesday, January 17, 2012 in DeKalb, Ill.

Community remembers deceased education professor

By Kelly Bauer | January 17, 2012

Moses Mutuku, NIU College of Education professor and leader of the Kenya Literacy Project, died Sunday at Kishwaukee Hospital.Mutuku joined the College of Education in 2001. He also worked with the Kenya Literacy Project, which sought to improve daily...

Students pass by Cole Hall between classes.

Community reacts to reopening of Cole Hall

By Linze Griebenow | January 17, 2012

Wreaths and rose stems no longer hold shut the doors to Cole Hall. As one enters the hall, they are submerged in a transformed world. An unlit common area waits to shelter more than just the handful of students speckled within the tall windows, to warm...

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NIU Art Museum picks up extra credit

By Jerene-Elise Nall | January 17, 2012

The Northern Illinois University Art Museum is showing "New to the Collection," an eclectic accumulation of recently acquired pieces, through Feb. 25 in the museum's North Gallery.The specifics of piecing together the collection are almost as interesting...

NIU student Alyssa Witherby, junior communications major, takes
notes prior to her Communications 356 class in Cole Hall.

Returning to Cole Hall

By Jerry Burnes | January 17, 2012

Cole Hall has always made me a bit anxious. The first time I felt that way I was stepping into Cole Hall in August 2005, my freshman year, for my very first college class, MATH 110. I was 18, nervous and still had no clue how I fit into the NIU community....

The Center for Black Studies sits adjacent to a vacant lot where
the new DeKalb Police Station will reside.

Black Student Union opposes location of new police station

By Felix Sarver | January 17, 2012

The City of DeKalb hasn't won everyone over with the new location of the police station.The Black Student Union (BSU) has been gathering signatures for a petition against the construction of a new police station near the intersection of West Lincoln Highway...

Ross Dress for Less to replace Borders

By Olivia Willoughby | January 17, 2012

Out with Borders, in with Ross Dress for Less. Ross will take the space left by the former Borders store in Northland Plaza, 2520 Sycamore Road in DeKalb, later this spring. The new business will bring another retail venue to the DeKalb community. "It'll...

Campus blotter for 1/18/12

By Northern Star Staff | January 17, 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. Jan. 15 At 3:27 a.m.,...

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