DeKALB — NIU announced Monday 13 additional students have tested positive for the coronavirus; one additional student has recovered, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. As of Monday, 25 people in the NIU community have tested positive for COVID-19;...
By Elise Smith and Carmen Smith, Alumnae
| August 30, 2020
When we graduated from NIU we were lost. During the last years of our programs we came out as a queer couple to our conservative community in our industrial, Midwestern hometown. It did not go well. We were disoriented from the loss of our childhood connections,...
The Dean of Students office sent out an email Saturday to student organization representatives who were registered to participate in the involvement fair during the weekend. The email was sent as an effort to criticize some of the behaviors of representatives...
NIU has a reputation of being a commuter school, since students tend to study at school during the week and travel back home for the weekend, but there are still many students who live in NIU’s five residence halls seven days a week. Living on campus,...
By Haley Galvin, Managing Editor
| August 21, 2020
DeKALB — Glidden Hill Grill and Catering is a budding business offering traditional bar food as well as traditional grilled Greek food such as pork souvlaki, gyros and a Greek burger. Being a restaurant owner for over 30 years, owner Pete Matarangas...
By Kurt Bitting, Editor in Chief
| August 12, 2020
DeKALB — Judge Marcy Buick denied an order of protection Tuesday that would have protected instructor Michele Duffy from advocacy and public communication major Roderic Moyer.
Duffy was teaching a class of around 20 students at about 1:20 p.m. Nov....
DeKALB — NIU Director of Athletics Sean T. Frazier and Football Head Coach Thomas Hammock addressed the media Saturday in a Zoom conference call regarding the Mid-American Conference’s decision to cancel the fall sports season.
Frazier and NIU...
DeKALB — The Mid-American Conference has canceled its 2020 college football season Saturday, joining a growing number of conferences making similar decisions.
The MAC has become the first Football Bowl Subdivision to cancel its season according to...
DeKALB — The dean of students and other representatives from across campus met to discuss how health protocols will be enforced for the fall semester at a virtual Town Hall Meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday.
Throughout the semester, students will be encouraged...
DeKALB — NIU Housing and Residential Services created new procedures for fall 2020 move-in.
Testing
Students will be required to take COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction tests prior to moving into residence halls, according to the Housing and...
DeKALB — A public mural painting will soon emblazon the underpass of the Lincoln Highway bridge in light of recent racial injustice protests after the death of George Floyd.
A $1,000 check was presented at Monday night’s meeting by the Hometown...
