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Full circle
On Nov. 25, freshman Cody Yelder felt his knee buckle in a
game. He thought nothing of it. A month later, he couldn’t get
off the floor because of a torn meniscus in that knee. Yelder’s
decision to go under the knife was not easy.
His road to recovery hasn’t been, either. PAGE
14
Northern Star
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Tuesday’s
Market watch
Dow Jones
industrials
-416.02
12,216.24
Nasdaq
composite
-96.66
2,407.86
Standard &
Poor’s 500
-50.33
1,399.04
Open
9 a.m.
10 a.m.
11 a.m.
noon
1 p.m.
NorthernStar.info ´ NSradio.com
2 p.m.
Close
12,600
12,500
Russell
2000
-31.03
792.66
Source: The Associated Press
1:50 p.m.: $12,357.80
1:55 p.m.: $12,349.79
12,400
2 p.m.:
200 point drop
12,300
Stock market suffers worst day since 9/11 attacks
The dip comes after the volatile Chinese
stock market closed down 9 percent overDeKALB | The stock market took a tumble night. Durable goods orders also saw a maTuesday, experiencing its biggest drop since jor drop.
reopening after Sept. 11, 2001.
“Durable goods are goods that last at least
Around 2 p.m. Tuesday, the Dow Jones in- three years,” said assistant chair of the NIU
dustrial average dropped 200 points in one department of economics Carl Campbell.
minute. The industrial average fell more
Campbell said losses in durable goods and
than 500 points before seeing a slight re- the Chinese market combined to trigger the
covery and closing down 416 points.
drop.
Greg Nicksarlian
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2007 registration times
12,200
“Slowdown in the Chinese market can
lead to slowdown in the US economy,” Campbell said.
Associate economics professor Neelam
Jain also said China is related.
“The markets are so global today,” Jain
said.
Finance professor Gerry Jensen said a
Please see stocks | Page 02
12,100
Low: 12,109.13
Nothing better for his money
Registration for Summer and Fall 2007 begins the
week of April 2. Registration time assignments are
assigned to undergraduate students based on the
number of credit hours earned at the completion of
the Fall 2006 term. Graduate students and students
at large are assigned times alphabetically based on
the first letter of the last name.
The Summer and Fall 2007 Course Offerings
will be online at www.courselistings.niu.edu
beginning Monday, March 12. Students can log on
to WebConnect at www.reg.niu.edu/connect and
choose “TRACS Registration Eligible Times” for the
specific day and time they become eligible to register.
Weather
Today » Rain likely.
High: 38º Low: 33º
Thursday » Rain with thunder possible.
High: 44º Low: 26º
Jenni Prell, NIU meteorology student
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Ben Woloszyn | Northern Star
Two-year-old Jaden Henderson watches Tuesday night as fifth graders from Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School in DeKalb perform the song
“The Tiger that Wore White Gloves” in the Holmes Student Center’s Duke Ellington Ballroom. The performance was part of a Black History
Month extravaganza by DeKalb School District 428.