Editor's Note: This piece was updated to reflect that Hensley stated that he issued 3 warnings, not 33.
DeKALB – Students filled the back rows of Friday’s SGA meeting, awaiting the approval of a statement addressing SGA’s position on the ongoing...
By Michael Mollsen, Former Written Managing Editor
| November 3, 2023
DeKALB – NIU is making plans to cut its $32 million deficit in half by the end of fiscal year 2025.
At Wednesday’s Faculty Senate meeting, George Middlemist, vice president and chief financial officer, and Laurie Elish-Piper, interim executive...
By Michael Mollsen, Former Written Managing Editor
| October 29, 2023
DeKALB – Green, soul exempt eyes, diseased and rotting skin, distressed and knotted hair and covered in blood and scabs is not what Margot Robbie looked like in the “Barbie” movie. Actually, far from it.
Robbie would look that terrifying if she...
By Michael Mollsen, Former Written Managing Editor
| October 25, 2023
Editor’s note: This article does not claim that ghosts are real.
Who you gonna call when there’s something strange in our neighborhood? Local residents share their ghostly stories, showing that in DeKalb, things that go “bump in the night”...
DeKALB – Sycamore’s 62nd annual Pumpkin Festival will be taking over downtown Sycamore in the upcoming week.
The Pumpkin Festival will run from Wednesday through Sunday with events scheduled throughout the week.
The festival will begin at 5...
By Michael Mollsen, Former Written Managing Editor
| October 11, 2023
DeKALB – An update of the Mental Health Early Action on Campus Act’s utilization at NIU was discussed at Wednesday’s University Council meeting.
MENTAL HEALTH EARLY ACTION ON CAMPUS ACT UPDATE
The Mental Health Early Action on Campus Act is...
DeKALB – NIU has proposed a sustainability plan to do its part in the efforts to slow the effects of climate change.
In 2022, NIU President Lisa Freeman signed the Second Nature President’s Climate Leadership Carbon Commitment. The commitment...
By Devin Oommen, News Reporter
| September 28, 2023
DeKALB – Reported cases of rape and domestic violence saw a spike on NIU’s campus last year.
The NIU Police Department's Annual Security and Fire Safety Report outlines crimes for the university under the categories of primary crimes, Violence...
By Michael Mollsen, Former Written Managing Editor
| September 26, 2023
DeKALB – Upon walking through the doors, an aroma of freshly baked dough, a strong whiff of garlic and a hint of melted butter drifted into the noses of patrons at a newly-opened restaurant, D.P. Dough.
It’s not your usual Italian restaurant, and...
DeKALB – The NIU School of Nursing has packed up everything and finally moved from its former location of 36 years.
With the nursing program now located at the NIU Health, Wellness and Literacy Center at 3100 Sycamore Road, the department has been...
By Michael Mollsen, Former Written Managing Editor
| September 13, 2023
DeKALB – NIU President Lisa Freeman has revealed some of the numbers from this year’s 10-day enrollment report and discussed plans for NIU’s multi-year budgeting.
On Wednesday during the first University Council meeting of the semester, Freeman...
DeKALB – The cookie scene in DeKalb just got fierce with the sneak peak of a Crumbl Cookie store “coming soon” sign appearing in the college town.
The formerly empty property on 2564 Sycamore Road, between the GameStop and the Westside Children's...
