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Former county chief civil assistant faces scrutiny

By Erin Kolb | October 17, 2012

Editor's Note: Farrell, despite repeated attempts, could not be reached for comment. The Northern Star will continue to try to reach him. Allegations have surfaced regarding the Friday resignation of John Farrell, former DeKalb County chief civil assistant....

The Latino American Association invited 22-year-old Daniel Hernandez Jr. to speak about his struggles and successes as a Latino and gay man. Hernandez spoke in the Holmes Student Center’s Carl Sandburg Auditorium on Monday.

Speaker opens up on identity

By Erin Kolb | October 16, 2012

Daniel Hernandez Jr. decided he wanted to help people when he was 5. When he was just a boy, he split his head open and had to go to the hospital. After getting five stitches, he had the chance to shadow a doctor for about a half an hour. This sparked...

Former Northern Star Sophomore accounting major Goran Ikanovic picks up an apple in the Stevenson dining hall. Stevenson’s dinning center has a variety of healthy food choices for students to choose from.

Healthy food provides energy, attention

By Erin Kolb | October 9, 2012

Students can find many options to eat healthy on campus. The nutrition and wellness service offered by the Campus Recreation Center can help students determine general needs like food, weight loss, weight gain, diabetes education and sports nutrition....

Writing Center offers additional help to students

By Erin Kolb | October 7, 2012

Students wanting to polish their writing can do so at the Writing Center in Stevenson Towers. Writing Center Director Gail Jacky said the center is recommended for students who wish improvement in their writing skills. The center is an independent unit...

Delta Zeta wins 6th consecutive Tugs championship

By Erin Kolb | October 7, 2012

The Delta Zeta sorority won their sixth consecutive Tugs championship against Alpha Phi on Saturday. Tugs takes place in the fall for sororities and in the spring for fraternities, said Mike Wahlund, Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity member and host of the event....

Women’s Tugs Against Breast Cancer competition begins this weekend

By Erin Kolb | October 3, 2012

Sororities will be tugging to fight breast cancer this weekend. The Pi Kappa Alpha (PKA) fraternity is hosting the Women’s Tugs Against Breast Cancer 2012 tournament. Tugs is the largest philanthropy event on campus with about 300-500 people each day,...

College of Business to host session on Fast-Trak MBA

By Erin Kolb | October 1, 2012

The College of Business will host an informational session on Master of Business administration degrees on Oct. 16. The meeting will take place at 5 p.m. in Barsema Hall, Room 210. The meeting will cover information about the Fast-Trak MBA. Other MBA...

Sorority prepares voters at House of REDS

By Erin Kolb | October 1, 2012

Students were able to register to vote, get absentee ballots and listen to music at the third annual House of REDS event Friday. Rappers, singers, small bands and dancers performed at the event, which was hosted by the Zeta Iota chapter of the Delta Sigma...

SA senator elections see lower turnout

By Erin Kolb | September 27, 2012

The results are in for the Student Association (SA) Senate elections and the number of votes showed a significant decrease in turnout. A total of 675 votes were counted for the Senate elections. There were 937 votes in the 2011 elections. Elections Commissioner...

Explore outdoors with Adventure Trips

By Erin Kolb | September 25, 2012

Students can explore their outdoors-y side with Adventure Trips. Adventure Trips is a program that tries to give a variety of experiences, like lengthy expeditions, to participants, according to the Adventure Trips website. The trips are made to be fun,...

Courtney Vadnais, freshman translation and business spanish major, looks through the Davis Hall Oberservatory's telescope to see the stars in November 2011.

See all of DeKalb and more from the observatory

By Erin Kolb | September 23, 2012

The Davis Hall observatory offers students the chance to see things billions of miles away. The observatory is a popular spot, as more than 50 people visit on any given clear night, said observatory manager Matt Wiesner. From the window of the observatory,...

Total enrollment slips

By Erin Kolb & Felix Sarver | September 13, 2012

Student enrollment saw a decrease for the third year in a row. The ten-day count for student enrollment is down by 4.9 percent from last year, with 21,869 students enrolled for the fall 2012 semester. Student enrollment in fall 2011 was 22,990 and 23,850...