Election Profile: 23rd Circuit Judge Bill Brady Party: Republican Age: 63 Hometown: Sycamore Education: Bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Notre Dame, J.D. from Loyola Law School Chicago Career: Associate Circuit Judge...
Election Profile: U.S. Representative- IL-14th Randy Hultgren Party: Republican, Incumbent Age: 46 Hometown: Winfield Education: Bachelor’s degree from Bethel University, J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law Career: Vice president of marketing at Performance...
Illinois State Representative - 90th District Tom Demmer Party: Republican Age: 26 Hometown: Dixon Education: Bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Dayton Career: Director of marketing and strategic planning at KSB Hospital Main...
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....
By Felix Sarver and Joe Palmer & Kelly Bauer
| October 12, 2012
NIU President John Peters has announced he will step down. Peters, who was appointed in 2000, has served NIU for over a decade and has seen the university through glory and hardships: he worked to obtain a $4.2 million federal grant for NIU’s Physics...
Whatever Internet browser you choose, the simple fact is your web history says a lot about you. It’s likely your browser knows more about you than you realize. Should you find yourself perusing the web in the next few days, I dare you to just look at...
Occupy Wall Street is dead. Correction: Occupy Wall Street has never lived. For too long, America has been focused on this sad excuse of a protest. Occupy has accomplished nothing beyond ruining the beauty of a few park areas and laying waste to the strong...
I’ll admit it: I like watching people fall over. It may make me a bad person, but so long as they’re ok, I’ll get a cheap laugh. More than anything, though, I like seeing how people recover from such personal travesties. Some will undoubtedly try...
Ladies and gentleman, welcome to the September Slump. It’s that special time of an election year when everyone who isn’t a diehard politico or wannabe correspondent tunes out all things politics. The primaries came and went and the conventions fizzled...
Ask any graduate what their least favorite course was at NIU and you’ll often hear the same name repeated: COMS 100. The same, however, can be said of their favorite course. COMS 100 is the most universal of general education courses, and it is usually...
Watch this: Huskie. Did you catch it? I just published a typo and I’m proud of it. I support the oddities and irregularities of NIU. Husky is so overrated; Huskie is where it’s at. Proper spelling is so mainstream, anyway. Regardless of your stance...
Some local vendors say comic books are making a comeback, and DeKalb has you covered from cover to cover. Since summer of last year, comic books have taken a dramatic rise in popularity thanks to new titles, new stories and new artists, said some local...
