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Laura Ewert, anthropology graduate student, works on class work at the House Cafe Wednesday night

Study Space Series: Cafés stir the brain

By Kyla Gardner | April 27, 2011

If you're losing steam in the last few weeks of the semester, you may just need a new study location and a healthy dose of caffeine. Follow the Northern Star through its weekly installment of the best places to study on campus and around DeKalb. Several...

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...

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Freshman biology major Vanessa Gonzalez runs on a treadmill Wednesday night at the NIU Recreation Center.

Study space series: Recreational studying

By Kyla Gardner | March 23, 2011

It's time to get up before noon. It's time to look at a book. The inside part. Yes, it's that time: spring break is over. Follow the Northern Star through its weekly installment of the best places to study on campus and around DeKalb to find a new place...

Study space series: Holmes Student Center provides more than one option

Study space series: Holmes Student Center provides more than one option

By Kyla Gardner | March 9, 2011

Don't exhale just yet; it's still midterms week. You've got plenty of time to log some study hours. Follow the Northern Star through its weekly installment of the best study spaces on campus and around DeKalb to find a place to hunker down with your textbooks,...