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Laybe Bennett, junior special education majo, cooks spaghetti
for her and her roommates Tuesday night.

Tips for cooking safely

By Drew Veskauf | September 21, 2011

In the college life cooking for oneself is a way to save money and maintain a healthier lifestyle, but it can also be recipe for a structure fire. "(Cooking fires) are the biggest cause of accidental fires," said DeKalb Fire Chief Bruce Harrison. Cooking...

Peace activist will share her Afghanistan, Pakistan experiences

By Chelsey Boutan | September 21, 2011

Kathy Kelly, a Chicago-based peace activist, has sat next to a child whose body had been torn apart by a bomb. Kelly watched a woman tell a boy who lost two arms that she is his only surviving relative. She has stood next to families as they looked at...

DUI arrests in DeKalb ‘lowest in four years’

By Dave Gong | September 21, 2011

DUI arrests in the DeKalb are the lowest they have been in four years, according to the DeKalb Police Department's 2010 annual report. The report states there were 133 DUI-related arrests in 2010, a decrease of 24 from 2009. DeKalb Police Lt. Carl Leoni...

campus blotter for 9/22/11

By Northern Star staff | September 21, 2011

Sunday At 11:17 p.m., an officer conducting a building check of the 12th floor of Grant B Tower observed an intoxicated student exiting a room and stumbling in the hallway. Officers contacted that student and smelled alcohol on him. The student was referred...

City blotter for 9/22/11

By Northern Star staff | September 21, 2011

Tuesday At 4:28 p.m., DeKalb Police checked the license plate of a vehicle in the 1100 block of W. Hillcrest Drive. The officer found the registration of the vehicle was suspended due to a lack of insurance. The officer performed a traffic stop and found...

New Mexican restaurant one step closer to liquor license

By Megan Healy | September 20, 2011

The DeKalb liquor commission gave Fiesta Cancun a recommendation for an E-class liquor license at a meeting Tuesday evening, which is the first step in obtaining a liquor license. The E-class liquor license Fiesta Cancun, 1262 W. Lincoln Highway, is applying...

Jasmine Court stove fire causes $6K in damages

By Northern Star staff | September 20, 2011

The DeKalb Fire Department was called early Tuesday afternoon to the 300 block of Jasmine Court in response to a stove fire. The cause of the fire was due to unattended cooking material and was deemed accidental in nature. The fire was reportedly extinguished...

Disorderly house ordinance to be reworked

By Dave Gong | September 20, 2011

The wording of DeKalb's disorderly house ordinance is too vague, said Brett Brown, Safe and Quality Housing Task Force member, at a meeting Tuesday evening. The current disorderly house ordinance deals with noise violations, underage drinking and other...

Tom Matya, President of the Board of Education for DeKalb
Community Unit School District 428 brought new issues to the board
and community members at the first meeting of the year Tuesday
evening.

DeKalb Education Board discusses 300 percent tardiness increase, emergency radio system

By Ryan Felgenhauer | September 20, 2011

The DeKalb Community Unit 428 Board of Education met Tuesday night to discuss the lengthening of passing periods at DeKalb High School and possibly hiring a manager to run DHS's new auditorium. Doug Moeller, principal of DeKalb High School introduced...

Let them eat soup

By Ryan Felgenhauer | September 20, 2011

DeKalb area charity Feed ‘Em Soup will hold a food drive with DeKalb area police departments. The food drive will benefit the table Feed ‘Em Soup sets up for those who attend their biweekly community meals. "The table is a portable food pantry," said...

Pulitzer Prize winner gives war lecture tonight

Pulitzer Prize winner gives war lecture tonight

By Andrea Azzo | September 20, 2011

The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are ongoing, and there's debate as to whether these conflicts are necessary. Tonight, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian will offer his take on the wars in Altgeld Hall. John W. Dower, a Harvard graduate who has published...

Rant: Head scratcher

By Matt Hopkinson | September 20, 2011

Way to use your head.In the third quarter of Sunday's contest between the Atlanta Falcons and the Philadelphia Eagles, cornerback Dunta Robinson laid a brutal head-to-head hit on wide receiver Jeremy Maclin.This is all too familiar, as last year Robinson...