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DeKalb resident Kelly Sears makes use of the snowfall Sunday by using skis to get around in front of the Holmes Student Center.

Snow Day: 5 things to do when class is canceled

By Northern Star staff | February 2, 2015

1. Catch up on homework. You'll regret it later if you don't put aside an hour today to make up for those assignments you've missed and 2. Start planning for Valentine's Day. It falls right before pay day, so enter the Northern Star's Cutest Couple contest on...

Music fraternity Phi Mu Alpha to sell Valentine’s Day serenades

By Northern Star staff | January 29, 2015

Music fraternity Phi Mu Alpha will sell Valentine's Day serenades.The serenades will take place 3-9 p.m. Feb. 12. The serenade request form, where students can fill in the name of the person to be serenaded, is available on a tweet below. The form needs...

Cortland resident Michelle Berge with son Ethan, age 7, watch while Molly Trickey, Executive Director of the Midwest Museum of Natural History helps dissect a pig heart at Dissection Workshop: Have a Heart, an educational event hosted by the Midwest Museum of Natural History at 425 West State Street, Sycamore on Saturday afternoon.

Local museum hosts Valentine’s Day heart dissection

By Brooke Shinberg | February 17, 2013

Charlotte the spider certainly wouldn’t have approved of a local Valentine’s Day-themed class. Children and their parents were able to dissect pig hearts on Saturday at the Midwest Museum of Natural History, 425 W. State St. in Sycamore, in honor...

Recipes to make your Valentine's Day sweet

Recipes to make your Valentine’s Day sweet

By Beth Schumacher | February 13, 2013

Whether you’re single or in a committed relationship, Valentine’s Day is always good for one thing: sweets. It’s hard to resist the candy and baking aisles at the grocery store around this time of year. Why not impress your friends and/or significant...

Last minute Valentine’s Day ideas

By Sarah Contreras | February 13, 2013

Love is in the air. Feb. 14, St. Valentine’s Day, is a day filled with flowers, candy and heart-shaped balloons. Whether or not you have someone to call “sweetheart,” Feb. 14 is still a great day to celebrate love. Love has many forms--we love our...

What you wear on V-Day is just as important

By Olivia Rajska | February 12, 2013

What are your plans this Valentine’s Day? Are you having a dinner date with your valentine? Will you be jamming to Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley at the Convocation Center? Or perhaps enjoying a girls night with some wine and box of chocolates?...

’90s TV couples give columnist hope for romance

By Jen Weddle | February 10, 2013

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and it makes me reminisce on all the relationships of the past--especially the relationships that made me dream of having that something special with someone. Ah, to be young and in love and star in a ’90s...

Feed’em Soup hosts Valentine’s Day fundraiser

By The Northern Star Staff | January 17, 2013

Feed’em Soup Community Project will have Valentine’s Day treats available from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Feb. 13 at 122 S. First St. The assortments are available with a $10 donation to Feed’em Soup. Orders can be placed online at www.feedemsoup.org....

Take time to remember on Feb. 14

By Kim Skibinski | February 15, 2012

I went to the Feb. 14 memorial for the first time Tuesday.Although I've been enrolled at NIU since August 2008, I could never gather the courage to pay my respects at the past three wreath laying ceremonies. Part of the reason, I believe, came from the...

Valentine's Day decorations adorn the DeKalb White Castle.

White Castle craves true love

By Katie Finlon | February 13, 2012

"True love means letting your date have the last bite." That's the kind of advice that comes standard on White Castle table dressings. White Castle, 1602 S. Sycamore Road, will host its Valentine's Day promotion from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. today. The goal...

Boyfriend requests a favor of girlfriends of the world

By Colin Remes | February 13, 2012

Today is Valentine's Day. Time for teddy bears, flowers, chocolates and commercials saturating my sports radio programs with reminders to all the guys not to screw up and upset your lady.I think for the most part, we can all agree that Valentine's Day...

NIU men’s, women’s basketball get some love on Valentine’s Day

By Jimmy Johnson | February 13, 2012

Since it's Valentine's Day, it's time to show some love to NIU athletics.Specifically, I'll be shedding some affection for the Huskies' basketball teams.Here's some love for NIU hoops... 1) Kathi Bennett/Amanda Corral/Claire Jakubicek Mad props to Bennett,...

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