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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

Freshman guard MiKayla Voigt drives to the hoop in Saturday’s game against St. Francis. Voigt scored 14 points and picked up six rebounds in her first career game, hitting three 3s and snagging two steals.

Mikayla Voigt

By Atlee Hargis | March 10, 2016

Freshman guard MiKayla Voigt drives to the hoop in Saturday’s game against St. Francis. Voigt scored 14 points and picked up six rebounds in her first career game, hitting three 3s and snagging two steals.

Kelly Smith

Kelly Smith

By Atlee Hargis | March 10, 2016

Sophomore forward Kelly Smith posts up in Saturday’s game against St. Francis.  The Huskies won the game 86-54.

Ally Lehman

Ally Lehman

By Atlee Hargis | March 10, 2016

Junior guard Ally Lehman drives to the lane in Saturday's game against Central Michigan University. Lehman tied an NIU record with 41 points on Wednesday, helping the Huskies to an 80-70 victory over Western Michigan University.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Madison, Miss.

Donald Trump

By The Associated Press | March 10, 2016

Donald J. Trump, 69, of Manhattan, N.Y., began his presidential campaign on June 16. Since 1971, he became involved in large, profitable building projects in Manhattan. In 2004, he began starring in the NBC reality series “The Apprentice.” He disagrees...

Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio

By The Associated Press | March 10, 2016

Marco Rubio, 44, of West Miami, Fla., began his presidential campaign on April 13. He served as a Florida representative from 2000-2008, speaker of the Florida House of Representatives from 2006-2008 and U.S. Senator from 2011-present. He disagrees that...

John Kasich

John Kasich

By The Associated Press | March 10, 2016

John Kasich, 63, of Westerville, Ohio, began his presidential campaign on July 21. He served as an Ohio senator from 1979-1983, U.S. representative from 1983-2001 and governor of Ohio from 2011-present. He disagrees that abortion is a women’s unrestricted...

Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz

By The Associated Press | March 10, 2016

Ted Cruz, 45, of Houston, began his presidential campaign on March 23. He served as an adviser on the 2000 presidential campaign of former president George W. Bush and as U.S. senator from 2012-present. He disagrees that abortion is a women’s unrestricted...

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a campaign rally in Miami.

Bernie Sanders

By The Associated Press | March 10, 2016

Correction: Bernie Sanders was reelected as U.S. senator in 2012 and is still serving his term.Bernie Sanders, 74, of Burlington, Vt., began his presidential campaign on May 26. He served as mayor of Burlington from 1981-1989, a U.S. representative from...

Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton

By The Associated Press | March 10, 2016

Hillary Clinton, 68, of Chappaqua, N.Y., began her presidential campaign on April 12. She served as first lady of the United States from 1993-2001, U.S. senator from 2001-2009 and secretary of state from 2009-2013. She agrees abortion is a women’s unrestricted...

Photo Poll: Name an influential woman in your life

Photo Poll: Name an influential woman in your life

By Maggie Renfro | March 9, 2016

Peyton Marcottee is a senior Human Resource Management major at Northern Illinois University. The most important woman in her life is her younger sister McKinley Anna Marcottee. “She came into my life when I was nine years old. She has taught me how to take care of another person and it helped me realize how awesome it is to have a sibling. I have taken her under my wing. She is the reason I do half of the stuff that I am currently doing. I have a tattoo of her on my back, so she is kind of the color of my life.” McKinley has taught Peyton a new way to look at life.

MAP grant bill passes House

MAP grant bill passes House

By Nicholas Bosshart | March 7, 2016

Projected state appropriations for NIU’s operating budget and for the Monetary Award Program, of Senate Bill 2043, House Bill 4539, House Bill 2990, House Bill 6415 and Fiscal Year 2017. The values are in percentages of what NIU and MAP is estimated to spend for FY 2016 once a budget is finalized. 

Latino Resource Center to honor Cesar Chavez with blood drive

By Northern Star staff | March 4, 2016

A blood drive will be held in honor of Cesar Chavez 2-6 p.m. March 23 in the Latino Resource Center, according to a news release.“... Cesar Chavez was one of the first farmers in California that... was working for the migration,” said Luis Santos-Rivas,...

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