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Study Space Series: Campus tutoring services help students focus, apply skills

By Kyla Gardner | April 13, 2011

Some students may feel they know the best places to study, searching out nooks in the academic buildings or reclining in the Gallery Lounge in the Holmes Student Center. But once they sit down and crack open those textbooks and class notes, some students...

Trans-insured at NIU

By Kyla Gardner | April 11, 2011

DeKALB | Bethany Hill certainly didn’t identify with the transgender people on Jerry Springer. She wondered if there was even a word for what she was feeling. “I had always felt that there was something a little off but I couldn’t really describe...

Study space series: Scattered studiers sequester in scholarly spots

By Kyla Gardner | April 6, 2011

If you wish the day had 26 hours instead of 24, the answer to gaining some extra minutes might be studying in NIU's academic buildings. Follow the Northern Star through its weekly installment of the best places to study on campus and around DeKalb to...

Keller family to receive remains

By Kyla Gardner | April 3, 2011

The family of slain NIU student Antinette "Toni" Keller will receive some of her remains almost six months after her disappearance. The state's attorney and defense attorney for William Curl, 34, the man charged with Keller's murder, have come to an...

Andrew Dodd and Tim Lydon have a drink at Lord Stanley located at 142 E Lincoln Hwy. Bars are just one place in DeKalb that students are not condusive to studying

Study space series: Worst places to study on campus

By Kyla Gardner | March 31, 2011

Annoyed by noise when you're trying to study? Turn into a chatterbox when friends are around? Do you get lost in your thoughts staring at a poster on a wall? Everyone prefers different studying environments, but this week's edition of the Study Space...

Cadet Gim Reo looks out the window of a helicopter just before take off from DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport on Friday afternoon.

ROTC members gain valuable experience on weekend training trip

By Kyla Gardner | March 27, 2011

Marseilles | Cadet Randa Hamadeh runs through the forest as fast as she can; down one hill, up another. Thorny bushes grab her uniform and whip across her face. This is crazy, she thinks. Her squad of 12 cadets was sent on a reconnaissance mission to...

NIU President John Peters speaks at a past Board of Trustees meeting.

Changes to employee health care, pensions are certain, Peters says

By Kyla Gardner | March 24, 2011

DeKALB | NIU President John Peters said the funding of next year’s budget, along with the employee health care and pension programs, is unsure. But it doesn’t look good. “The state remains in dire financial strait,” Peters said to the Board of...

NIU President John Peters speaks at a past Board of Trustees meeting.

BOT approves new legal counsel, receives report on large expenses

By Kyla Gardner | March 24, 2011

The Board of Trustees also reviewed the following items: - Jerry Blakemore will be the next vice president of University Legal Services and general counsel. He will take the position on April 1 and is filling the vacancy left by Kenneth Davidson, who...

NIU President John Peters speaks at a past Board of Trustees meeting.

Deferred maintenance to electrical system proves costly

By Kyla Gardner | March 24, 2011

DeKALB | During the 2010-2011 school year so far, NIU experienced several instances of power failure and Internet disconnection across campus. At a meeting Thursday morning, the Board of Trustees approved funding for measures that have helped or will...

NIU President John Peters speaks at a past Board of Trustees meeting.

Board of Trustees approve student fee, room rates increase

By Kyla Gardner | March 24, 2011

DeKALB | Next year, NIU students enrolled in at least 12 credit hours will pay about $55 more in student fees. The increase was approved by the Board of Trustees on Thursday morning. Undergraduate, graduate and professional students will all see the increase....