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Neptune dining hall to celebrate classic foods of the 1920s

By Northern Star staff | March 7, 2016

NIU Housing and Dining and the NIU Dietetic Internship Program will celebrate the roaring '20s from 4-7 p.m. at the Neptune Central dining hall.Students can enjoy classic foods from the 1920s as well as dance to music and participate in raffles.The residential...

Pantone’s Color Of the Year

By Samantha Keck | March 7, 2016

Pantone released two colors of the year for the first time: serenity and rose quartz.Pantone, a company known for providing color systems and communications of color, began releasing the color of the year in 2000. The color of the year usually symbolizes...

New Year’s Resolution Check-In

By Jay Ibarra | March 7, 2016

New Year’s resolutions are one’s commitment to set a self-improving goal starting on New Year’s Day. These goals are notorious for having similar themes such as eating healthier, hitting the gym or saving for an extravagant trip. Students may have...

Food Fridays: Ollie's Frozen Custard

Food Fridays: Ollie’s Frozen Custard

By Margaret Maka | March 4, 2016

As spring weather starts to hit DeKalb, one of the best places to cool down with an icey creamy treat is Ollie's Frozen Custard.In case you're unaware, custard is like the older hotter sister of ice cream - it's thicker and more delicious. Ollie's, at 2290...

Auggie the English bulldog

Pet of the Week: Auggie

By Northern Star staff | March 4, 2016

Auggie the English bulldog

Dance teams to compete in final Face-Off competition

By Alexis Malapitan | March 3, 2016

DeKalb | The Liberated Minds Organization will host its last Face-Off competition after seven years. The organization will celebrate the last Face-Off with a weekend of events including a DJ battle and a Face-Off after party.Face-Off is an annual dance...

Asian American Center to hold Being (an undocumented) American concert

By Northern Star staff | March 1, 2016

The Asian American Center will host a concert entitled Being (an Undocumented) American starting at 5 p.m. March 8 in the Music Building, Boutell Hall.The concert pianist will be Tereza Lee, according to an Asian American Center news release. Lee has...

Beats from the Street: March 1

By Northern Star staff | March 1, 2016

Here's what some NIU students had on their playlists this week.Aaric Armstead, junior general studies major, said his favorite song right now is “Missed Calls" by DJ Khalil.“I like most styles of music, but my go-to would have to be hip-hop because...

Parachute hypes up crowd with lights, old favorites

By Alexis Malapitan | February 29, 2016

American rock band Parachute brought the house down during its first DeKalb performance with pops of color and beaming lights.DeKalb High School’s A cappella group, Enharmonic Fusion, opened up the show beautifully by doing mashups of popular songs...

Dance Marathon raises more than $35K for charity

By Samantha Keck | February 29, 2016

Dance Marathon, a fundraiser put on by high school and college students in DeKalb, raised $35,061 on Saturday.Dance marathon is a 10-hour event where participants have to stay on their feet and dance, walk, play games or even get the chance to interact...