DeKALB - In compliance with an executive order signed by President Donald Trump after he took office earlier this year, NIU has removed DEI language from its website.
Among the changes is the removal of a page titled “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion...
DeKALB- A man convicted of the murders of two Sycamore residents has filed a motion for a new trial after being found guilty of the murders earlier this year.
Jonathan Hurst was found guilty of the first-degree murders of Sycamore residents Robert...
DeKALB – As times change, so too does the slang that is commonly used in the mainstream.
The American Dialect Society’s (ADS) word of the year for 2024, rawdog, signifies the newest shift in mainstream slang.
Rawdog is a verb defined as “to...
DeKALB - Two weeks after a burst pipe required students to relocate from their dorms, NIU has completed work to ensure conditions are safe for students to return.
On Jan. 21, a pipe burst in Stevenson B Residence Hall caused unsafe conditions for the...
DeKALB- Jonathan Hurst was found guilty of murder and home invasion almost nine years after Patricia and Robert Wilson were found beaten to death in their Sycamore residence in 2016.
The jury entered the courtroom at 4:15 p.m. Thursday with the verdicts....
DeKALB – Jonathan Hurst’s murder trial continued this week with questions regarding evidence collection and technical difficulties.
Patricia and Robert Wilson were found beaten to death in their homes on Aug. 14, 2016. Hurst is accused of committing...
DeKALB - Some students say they are on edge after a plan was leaked over the weekend for ICE raids to happen in Chicago.
On Saturday, student affairs sent a university-wide email with resources to aid student success.
The email included resources...
DeKALB - The Northern Star entrance has moved as the office undergoes construction and the space is reconfigured to create room for the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center.
Renovations to the Northern Star office, Peters Campus Life Building, Room...
This piece was updated as of 1/18 at 1:55pm to make a correction.
Correction: The Northern Star previously wrote that jury selection will last until Jan. 28 or Jan. 29. Jury selection is expected to finish by Jan. 22 and the trial is anticipated to...
By Kahlil Kambui, Assistant Lifestyle Editor
| December 5, 2024
DeKALB – Leaders of the Student Government Association gave an address surrounding the accomplished goals and future plans for the SGA.
The State of the SGA Address occurred from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Carl Sandburg Auditorium of the Holmes...
DeKALB – The information in this report is compiled from the NIU Police Department’s Daily Crime Log.
Any case defined as “unfounded” was not included in this list. Any case “closed by exception” is closed due to circumstances outside of...
DeKALB – In October, NIU announced Matthew Deitch as director of the Northern Illinois Center for Community Sustainability, the university’s planned $23 million research center targeting food systems, water resources and environmental change.
The...
