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All content by Faith Healy

DeKalb firefighters to host chilli cook-off

By Faith Healy
November 18, 2011

Students declaring majors earlier may have an easier time in college

By Faith Healy
November 14, 2011
 Vice-president for Administrative Affairs of the Graduate Professional Student Council, Rheanna Pulley, junior, and Joshua Potter, vice-president for Graduate School Affairs with the GPSC, shout "With our faculty...solidarity!" repeatedly while protesting Thursday in front of SIU's Anthony Hall.

Censorship issues arrise on Facebook for SIU

By Faith Healy
November 11, 2011

DeafPride hosts awareness week for hearing impaired

By Faith Healy
November 7, 2011
President Barack Obama speaks about jobs, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011, at Georgetown Waterfront Park in Washington. Obama is urging Congress to pass the infrastructure piece of the American Jobs Act. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama’s loan plan may help NIU students

By Faith Healy
November 3, 2011
Casey's General Store, 1001 N. Annie Glidden Rd., is raffling off a football autographed by the 2011 NIU Huskies football team. The money raised for the football will go to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The winner will be drawn on November 1.

Huskies raise money for children’s hospital by donating autographed football

By Faith Healy
October 26, 2011
Northern Star Sophomore finace major T.J. Wolfe checks out the LGBT history display in the Holmes Student Center on Tuesday afternoon.

LGBTQ history put on display

By Faith Healy
October 18, 2011

DeKalb community still feels Keller’s death

By Faith Healy
October 16, 2011

Campus Recreation to host mid-semester Group Fitness Free Week

By Faith Healy
October 16, 2011

NGOLD to host open house Monday

By Faith Healy
October 9, 2011
Industrial engineering major Alyssa Bramm encourages students to donate shoes for children in Africa Tuesday afternoon in MLK Commons. The event was a part of Engineers Without Borders' 'A Day Without Shoes.'

Students go without shoes for a cause

By Faith Healy
October 4, 2011
Photo illustration - Social media sites such as Twitter are beneficial to students to get their news, but can be a hindrance to police investigations.

Social media can help or hinder information flow about events around campus

By Faith Healy
September 29, 2011

University police reports six stolen NIU OneCards

By Faith Healy
September 25, 2011

Students’ families invited for weekend campus activities

By Faith Healy
September 22, 2011

NIU offers free condoms to promote a safer-sex environment

By Faith Healy
September 20, 2011

Channel eight brings cinema to residence halls

By Faith Healy
September 18, 2011

Vigil adresses unemployment tonight

By Faith Healy
September 16, 2011
Freshman nursing major, Elizabeth Dunn, works on getting her eight hours of sleep. Andrea Drott, health educator for Health Enhancement reccomends that students get seven to eight hours of sleep per night for true academic success.

Sleep deprived students may not perform as well in classes

By Faith Healy
September 13, 2011

NIU offers new online courses, plans to add 42 new degree programs

By Faith Healy
September 12, 2011

Where were you: Students remember Sept. 11

By Faith Healy
September 11, 2011

Meal plan changes offer students food for thought

By Faith Healy
September 7, 2011
Northern Star Photo Illustration

How to adjust to living with a roommate

By Faith Healy
August 25, 2011

NIU switches things up with a new school logo and motto

By Faith Healy
August 23, 2011

Theft on campus decreases

By Faith Healy
May 9, 2011
Junior physical therapy transfer student Adam Schuler Jr. is helped by members of Phi Kappa Psi during Move In Day Aug. 19 in the Rec Center parking lot.

NI Guide expansion offeres more

By Faith Healy
April 26, 2011
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