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Editorial: Drug arrests a step in the right direction

By Northern Star Editorial board | February 26, 2012

Former DeKalb Police Chief Bill Feithen sure knows how to make an exit. On his last day as chief, DeKalb Police conducted Operation Safe Streets with the purpose of arresting 30 alleged drug dealers and users. In a Friday Northern Star article, DeKalb...

Everyday spring fashion

By Lindsey Diehl | February 26, 2012

This spring is all about colors, prints and bold styles. With the transition of winter to spring quickly approaching, NIU students are showing glimpses of upcoming spring fashion looks by taking high fashion runway trends and applying them to their everyday...

Roberto Santiago (left) and Adam Lichtenauer (right) pose for a photo in their uniforms.

Student soldiers adjust to life overseas

By Hailey Kurth | February 26, 2012

They work out, watch TV, play Xbox and conduct escort missions for Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) in East Afghanistan. NIU students Corporal (CPL) Adam Lichtenauer, from Stillman Valley, and Specialist (SPC) Roberto Santiago, from Harvard, have...

Campus blotter for 2/27/12

By Northern Star Staff | February 26, 2012

The following was taken from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. 2/19 At 2:09 a.m., officers...

Northern Star File Photo - NIU's Sarah Mclaughlin backhands a tennis ball.

Men’s women’s tennis set for weekend matches

By Sean Anderson | February 22, 2012

NIU men’s and women’s tennis will both hit the hard top this weekend.The women’s team will travel south to Carbondale for matches against Arkansas State and Southern Illinois.The Huskies (5-2) opened the season with a loss, but have turned their...

Employee headshot, Mark Brown. (Photo by Richard A. Chapman/Sun-Times)

Northern Star alumni board to host election panel Saturday

By Hailey Kurth | February 22, 2012

NIU will welcome a panel of journalists to discuss Election 2012 and answer questions Saturday. The panel includes Mark Brown of the Chicago Sun-Times, Bruce Dold of the Chicago Tribune, Bernie Schoenburg of the Springfield State Journal-Register and...

Secretary of State office comes to campus

By Northern Star Staff | February 22, 2012

The Illinois Secretary of State office will be on campus with a variety of driver and vehicle services from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Monday in the lower level of the Holmes Student Center, according to a press release.Services available include driver’s...

NIU sees undergraduate enrollment drop

By Kelly Bauer | February 22, 2012

NIU’s spring undergraduate enrollment has fallen 1,647 students since the fall semester. Spring 2012 enrollment currently sits at 15,659. NIU President John Peters said spring enrollment is always smaller than fall enrollment, and the decrease was less...

Campus blotter for 2/23/12

By Northern Star Staff | February 22, 2012

The following was taken from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. TUESDAYAt 12:32 a.m.,...

Retired professor dies

By Northern Star Staff | February 21, 2012

Ellen Speiden Parham died Monday Feb. 13.Parham earned a bachelor of sciences from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1960, a PhD in nutrition from the University of Texas in 1968, a master's in counseling from NIU in the 80s and was...

Campus blotter for 2/22/12

By Northern Star Staff | February 21, 2012

The following was taken from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. MONDAY At 9:27 p.m.,...

Campus blotter for 2/21/12

By Northern Star Staff | February 20, 2012

The following was taken from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. SUNDAY At 7:03 p.m.,...