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Layla Tiongco (left), a junior kinesiology major, Sofia Didenko, a sophomore communications media study major, and Kamila Vergara, a junior communications media study major, play a game of spikeball during the Homecoming Kick Off on Monday in the MLK Commons. (Ryanne Sandifer | Northern Star)

IN PICTURES: Kick off homecoming with CAB

By Josephine Dunmore, Sasha Norman, and Ryanne Sandifer | October 9, 2023

 

The Holmes Student Center has its windows painted on Sunday. The National Association Of Colored Women’s Club (left), The Black Student Union, Alpha Sigma Alpha and Sigma Nu, Alpha Phi and Phi Kappa Psi. (Ariyonna McGahee | Northern Star)

MONDAY MOMENT: Students paint HSC windows

By Ariyonna McGahee, Photographer | October 8, 2023

A classic Mustang drives down a road taking part in the 2022 homecoming parade. Homecoming will include events hosted by the university as well as local businesses. (Northern Star File Photo)

116th Homecoming gets ready to kick off

By Joseph Howerton, Video Editor | October 8, 2023

DeKALB – The Huskie pack is on the move this week as NIU prepares for its homecoming week of celebration. NIU, student organizations and local DeKalb businesses will host events until Oct. 15 to celebrate NIU’s 116th homecoming. Homecoming week...

Logo for All-Star: A Huskie Sports Podcast (Graphic by Harrison Linden | Northern Star)

‘All-Star: A Huskie Sports Podcast Episode 24’ – The NIU Hockey Newcomers

By Northern Star Staff | October 5, 2023

In a special episode of All-Star, Sports Editor Ethan Gonzales and Assistant Sports Editor Alex Crowe are joined by freshman forward Robbie Zimmerman and freshman defensemen Jim Franklin of the NIU hockey team. The boys discuss the 2023 hockey season,...

Ethan Gamble, a junior computer science major, demonstrates a practice drill for other members to work on during Fencing Club on Monday night. Gamble has been a part of the club for three years, and he said it’s been a great experience. (Josephine Dunmore | Northern Star)

FEATURE FRIDAY: En-garde with Fencing Club

By Josephine Dunmore, Photojournalist | October 5, 2023

Digital Managing Editor Joey Trella and Lifestyle Editor Sarah Rose sit down with Sports Editor Ethan Gonzales in the Northern Star podcast room. The second episode of 2 girls with a mic talks about the dystopian era coming back to our screens, a new TikTok trend, Lil Tay, and Usher. (Nyla Owens | Northern Star)

‘2 girls with a mic’: The dystopian era is coming back, a new TikTok trend, Lil Tay, and Usher

By Joey Trella, Sarah Rose, Ethan Gonzales, and Anna Scanlan | October 3, 2023

In this week's episode of 2 girls with a mic, Digital Managing Editor Joey and Lifestyle Editor Sarah Rose sit down with Sports Editor and host of "All-Star: a Huskie Sports Podcast" Ethan Gonzales. The editors talk about how the dystopian era of television...

Christina Annerino, a senior double majoring in nursing and sociology, washes broccoli before placing it on a cutting board. Students had the option to either have fresh broccoli or fresh lettuce and cabbage greens from the Anderson Market Garden. (Nyla Owens | Northern Star)

IN PICTURES: Huskies at Meal Prep Monday

By Nyla Owens, Photojournalist | October 3, 2023

Graduate right side hitter Isabelle Percoco (2) rises to set the ball during Fridays match against Miami. (Ryanne Sandifer | Northern Star)

IN PICTURES: Women’s volleyball sets up against University of Miami

By Josephine Dunmore and Ryanne Sandifer | October 2, 2023

Black Male Initiative members laugh with a crowd of students after getting pied in the face on Thursday during the Pie BMI event hosted near the MLK Commons. (Ariyonna McGahee | Northern Star)

MONDAY MOMENT: Pie BMI

By Ariyonna McGahee, Photographer | October 1, 2023

Logo for All-Star: A Huskie Sports Podcast (Graphic by Harrison Linden | Northern Star)

‘All-Star: A Huskie Sports Podcast Episode 23’ – Football continues to struggle, the Champaign hockey experience, fantasy’s top performers

By Northern Star Sports Staff | September 28, 2023

Northern Star's Sports Editor Ethan Gonzales and Assistant Sports Editor Alexander Crowe are joined by Senior Sports Reporter Zach Bertram to discuss NIU football's lingering offensive struggles, the vibes at NIU hockey's trip to Champaign,...

Turf flies out of the ground on Sunday as freshman midfielder Isabel Struble (24) gets ready to kick the ball near the Toledo goal while colliding with Toledo’s senior midfielder Emily Mann (25) attempting to stop the play. (Melody Elbel | Northern Star)

IN PICTURES: Huskies tie down the Rockets

By Melody Elbel, Photographer | September 26, 2023

Digital Managing Editor Joey Trella and Lifestyle Editor Sarah Rose laugh with a microphone between them. Trella and Rose host a new podcast together called 2 girls with a mic. (Nyla Owens | Northern Star)

‘2 girls with a mic’: Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo and the Roman Empire

By Joey Trella, Sarah Rose, Angelina Padilla-Tompkins, and Anna Scanlan | September 26, 2023

Digital Managing Editor Joey Trella hosts Northern Star's new lifestyle and pop culture podcast with co-host Lifestyle Editor Sarah Rose. Each week, Joey and Sarah brings in a staffer or editor from the Star to talk about trending topics, movies, music,...

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