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Laura Ewert, anthropology graduate student, works on class work at the House Cafe Wednesday night

Study Space Series: Cafés stir the brain

By Kyla Gardner | April 27, 2011

If you're losing steam in the last few weeks of the semester, you may just need a new study location and a healthy dose of caffeine. Follow the Northern Star through its weekly installment of the best places to study on campus and around DeKalb. Several...

Outstanding Women Student Awards given

By Northern Star Staff | April 27, 2011

DeKalb | Courtney Crombleholme, Amanda Irions, Ashley Michels, Brianna Lynn Pursell, and Karen Stoutenburg were recognized by Northern Illinois University's Presidential Commission on the Status of Women by receiving the annual Outstanding Women Student...

WRC hosts cell phone drive

By Northern Star Staff | April 27, 2011

DeKalb | The Women's Resource Center will be holding a cell phone drive starting today and going through May 13. HopeLine drive is in conjunction with Verizon Wireless and all cell phones collected will be recycled and sent to domestic abuse and rape...

“5K The Night Away”

April 25, 2011

The Grad Sport Society is having a 5K race (3.1 miles) titled "5K The Night Away" ... It's a night race taking place the 29th of April where you race around the campus ... It will be a nice event ... You will receive a 5K t-shirt n goodie bags win, lose,...

Students’ welfare a top budget priority

By Candice Beasley | April 20, 2011

DeKALB | The Faculty Senate Resources, Space and Budgets committee presented a report to the Senate during its Wednesday meeting on budget priorities if the state continues to defer on its payments to NIU. "CRSB created a statement of what the financial...

AM Taxi to hit DeKalb in the p.m.

By Aurora Schnorr | April 20, 2011

Tonight, all you people 21 and over drop what you're doing and head out to Otto's, 118 E. Lincoln Highway, for some good, old fashioned rock ‘n' roll featuring AM Taxi. AM Taxi blends old school punk with mainstream rock sensibility and just a dash...

Asian American Association gets fashionable for Japan

By Takia Simpson | April 20, 2011

DeKALB | The Asian American Association combines fashion with a good cause. AAA's annual fashion show will be held tonight at 6 p.m. in the Carl Sandburg Auditorium as a part of Asian Awareness Month. This year's theme is "Full House." Proceeds from this...

Jet Edison to jettison into DeKalb Saturday

By Aurora Schnorr | April 20, 2011

DeKALB | It's hard to keep music interesting. Jet Edison, a Colorado-based quartet, strives to keep its music fresh and energetic. The band's sound has been described as "genre-defying," according to drummer Alex Johnson. "We're kind of a genre-blending...

Armed forces need more accountability, not less funding

April 18, 2011

Aaron Brooks' column, "The US needs to cut defense spending and condense the military," was out of touch and uninformed. His argument essentially amounted to: "the U.S. spends more money than everyone else; therefore, we should spend less."What Brooks...

Nematodes threaten grain yield

Nematodes threaten grain yield

By Danny Ciamprone | April 13, 2011

DeKALB | Most of the land in DeKalb is farmland, and therefore much of the city's revenue comes from crops and property taxes. There is, however, a predator aimed at disrupting this, and worse yet, is invisible to the naked eye. The corn nematode is a...

Task force considers safety improvements on Greek Row

By Danny Ciamprone | April 12, 2011

DeKALB | The safety of Greek Row, including the possibility of instituting a neighborhood watch, was analyzed Tuesday by the Safe/Quality Housing Task Force. Decisions are in consideration now between the task force and the Student Association to determine...

Senior women's studies major Nicole Arteaga presents part of Lesbian? Bieber? Lesbieber?!, a talk given Wednesday night in the Holmes Student Center. The event discussed the socially-concieved correlations between hairstyle and sexual orientation.

The locks that link lesbians and Bieber

By Troy Doetch | April 6, 2011

In Nicole Arteaga's professional opinion, my haircut is Bieber-esque. Like a classy bowl-cut, it's shaggy and swept to the side. Could it be said that I look like a lesbian who looks like Justin Bieber? Confused? You should be. The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,...