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Sophomore psychology major Billy Marchewka prepares to bake
bread at Subway, 901 Lucinda Ave, Monday night.

Students work to balance classes, employment

By Lauren Dielman | November 8, 2011

Stephanie Peterson, junior child development major, holds down a job and a class load, but doesn't find balancing the two particularly stressful. Peterson, who works the information desk at the Holmes Student Center, said she knows how to keep track of...

Not NIU’s fault there are very few student jobs

By Aaron Brooks | September 12, 2010

I love my job. The only downside is the paper pays me in nickels, but at least the federal government's work-study aid gives me some greenbacks. It is not like I could keep a regular job anyway. Not that I am lazy or have excessive flatulence, but I have...

Make money without a job. Try hard work

By Logan Short | September 7, 2010

While Drake is singing about having money to blow amidst the country's worst economic crisis during my lifetime, I need a job, and after the Star's recent report about the lack of student jobs available on campus, it looks like my options are limited....