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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

DeKalb’s AMC, located at 2160 Sycamore Rd., movie theater sits with an empty parking lot. Opinion Editor Kahlil Kambui argues that babies should not be allowed in movie theaters. (Northern Star File Photo)

Opinion: Babies don’t belong in movie theaters

By Kahlil Kambui, Opinion Editor | October 13, 2025

The movie theater is no place for an infant, and taking a baby to the theater is not only inconsiderate to the people around you but to the baby as well. A couple months ago when I went to see the horror movie “Weapons,” I heard the dreaded noise...

Erase the taboo on breastfeeding

Erase the taboo on breastfeeding

By Kimberly Randall | January 28, 2013

To breastfeed or to not breastfeed? This is a question that many new and expecting mothers ponder upon as there is much to think about for each answer. For many years now, breastfeeding has reigned as a popular method of feeding babies, with vast benefits...

Senior journalism major Brittany Watson goes down a slide with
her daughter Haelo, 2, at a McDonald's playground in Sycamore on
Sunday.

Student mothers: Joys, Hardships, Misconceptions

By Chelsey Boutan | January 25, 2012

On April Fools' Day three-years ago, Brittany Watson got a phone call, but it wasn't from a prankster.A nurse was calling to give her news that would change her life."The results from your blood test came back," the nurse said. "You're pregnant."Watson...

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