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Students' Legal helps homeless

Students’ Legal helps homeless

By Rachel Scaman | September 3, 2014

As people who lived in the condemned 912 Edgebrook Drive complex try to find places to live, Students’ Legal Assistance is ready to help students left homeless.The building was condemned by the city Aug. 22, forcing student-tenants to move out. Students’...

Retiring legal director found work ‘fulfilling’

By Rachel Scaman | June 15, 2014

Don Henderson, Students’ Legal Assistance director, will be retiring after 36 years of work at NIU.The Students’ Legal Assistance staff consists of two licensed attorneys and students from the College of Law who serve as law clerks. Joseph Lovelace...

Read, reread leases before signing them

By Kim Randall | September 24, 2013

Editor's Note: On Aug. 26, columnist Kim Randall confirmed she had fabricated a quotation attributed to a student in a Sept. 24 column, “Read, reread leases before signing them.”The Northern Star strives for accuracy and treats fabrication as a serious...

Roommates bring problems; how you can survive

By Parker Happ | February 19, 2012

Do you regret your tattoo? If you Google the words "regret" and "tattoo" together, over 11.7 million hits pop up. In fact, 17% of those who ink up will eventually regret that permanent mark. Here's another question, "Have you ever felt regret from a roommate...

Jen Knobloch | Northern Star College Square residents were given
eviction notices last week so the building could be renovated.

College Square Apartments to evict tenants complex is renovated

By Dave Gong | November 8, 2011

College Square Apartments, 808 Ridge Drive, 832 Ridge Drive and 835 Edgebrook Drive, will be converted to student-only housing, said new owner Michael Gatto. Gatto said his company, Granite DeKalb LLC, purchased the property out of bankruptcy and is pursuing...

Duties of dealing with the dead: DeKalb county coroner up for reelection, unopposed since 1984

By Linze Griebenow | November 3, 2011

Dealing with dead bodies is not typically part of the job description in most occupations. However, DeKalb County coroner Dennis Miller has been dealing with them for the last 32 years. Deaths in Dekalb County that are sudden with an unknown cause, violent...