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(Left to right) Co-Director of PROMISE Denise R. Hayman, PROMISE coordinator Tracy Ash and PROMISE coordinator Christopher Mitchell put up a poster that is put up every year for the STEM conference, which aims to help engineering students broaden their awareness of STEM applications, expand their cultural view and become more familiar with the university.

STEM event boosts job awareness

By Kelley Byrne | February 12, 2014

Students will have the chance to network with STEM faculty, campus administrators, corporations and graduate schools at the STEM conference.The conference, Advancing STEM Education: Priming the Pump, will feature speakers from IBM, Motorola and Alcatel-Lucent,...

Controversy still surrounds Guillen, Marlins

By Jerry Burnes | April 15, 2012

The Miami Marlins don’t care about the Cuban community and IBM couldn’t really care less about women’s equality. Neither organization will say that of course, but their actions - in light of recent controversies - paint that picture pretty clearly....

Master the Mainframe

By Ross Hettel | October 2, 2011

IBM will host its seventh annual Master the Mainframe programming contest this week and NIU stands poised to continue its winning streak. A mainframe is a large computer - sometimes as large as an entire room - that is responsible for extremely fast data...

Computers are not superior to people, even if they're smarter

Computers are not superior to people, even if they’re smarter

By Taurean Small | February 21, 2011

With great remorse, I am about to reveal one of the biggest secrets in the history of the Northern Star. For 20 years, I have withheld this information in fear that I will lose everything I worked for. But after being infuriated by the monumental upset...