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An escalator sits still in Founders Memorial Library. The escalators have been shut down for the last six months due to an underground power failure and possible mechanical issues. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)

What’s up with: Founders Memorial Library escalator’s

By Kayla Martin, News Reporter | March 28, 2024

DeKALB – The Founders Memorial Library escalators are turned off to prevent further mechanical damage and will not be inspected for specific breakage points until summer.  For the past six months, the escalators have been shut down due to an underground...

Janice Hamlet, associate vice provost for faculty mentoring and diversity, gives a presentation during Wednesday’s Faculty Senate meeting. Hamlet provided an update on NIU’s faculty mentor program. (Emily Beebe | Northern Star)

SGA Treasurer reports 1,800 votes in SGA elections

By Emily Beebe, Assistant News Editor | March 27, 2024

DeKALB – Landon Larkin, Student Government Association treasurer, spoke at the Faculty Senate meeting Wednesday about SGA election voter turnout. Voting for president, vice president, treasurer, student trustee and senators for SGA were held Monday...

Bianca Galicia (left), a senior non-profit and NGO studies major chats with friend, Itzel Sanchez, senior and NGO studies major in the Latino Resource Center Wellness Lounge. The LRC held the opening of its Wellness Lounge at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. (Rachel Cormier | Northern Star)

Wellness Lounge creates a relaxing space at LRC

By Rachel Cormier, News Reporter | March 26, 2024

DeKALB – Students at NIU’s Latino Resource Center have a new room to rest, relax or even take a nap in. The LRC is one of three resource centers at NIU that have added a Wellness Lounge, spaces which are meant to help students unwind and destress. “We...

A graphic reading “STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION VOTING” shows the date and place of SGA voting. Students can vote in the SGA elections online until Wednesday. (Northern Star graphic)

SGA’s virtual ballot box is available now

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor | March 26, 2024

DeKALB – Ballots are open for students to elect their 2024-2025 Student Government Association representatives.  SGA elections opened Monday and will close at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday.  Students can vote online through Huskie Hub, which is open to all...

Brian Pillsbury, director of Career Services talks to Vishnu Gopu, a graduate student. Career Services will host career panels throughout the week. (Victoria Wakeford | Northern Star)

NIU hosts Major and Career Exploration Fair

By Victoria Wakeford, News Reporter | March 26, 2024

DeKALB – For one week, students are able to learn more about their majors and careers through the Major and Career Exploration fair.  From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday in the Holmes Student Center’s Regency Room, Career Services held a workshop and...

Student Government Association Supreme Court Justices Tyler Murray (from left), Elliot Weiskopf and Maximilian Jarmula listen to complainant Ethan Pesaventos remarks Monday. The Court heard Pesaventos complaint of being excluded from the ballot, to which the court ruled in his favor. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)

Excluded candidate added to SGA ballot

By Sean Reed, Photo Editor | March 25, 2024

DeKALB – The Student Government Association Supreme Court heard an appeal from a student who claimed he was unfairly excluded from the ballot for the spring SGA election. The justices deliberated for three hours – to the minute – before they reached...

Three people stand at podiums talking and gesturing. SGA on Friday dismissed Anthony Heavens, the director of student life. (Northern Star graphic)

Director Heavens dismissed from SGA

By Michael Mollsen, Written Managing Editor | March 25, 2024

DeKALB — At Friday’s Student Government Association meeting Speaker Cole Hensley announced the dismissal of Anthony Heavens, the director of student life. “That dismissal was purely Olivia’s (President Olivia Newman) decision, but obviously,...

Drag Queen Miranda Kherr lip syncs Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) by ABBA on the runway Friday at the CAB Drag Show. Five drag queens lip synced and performed drag to pop songs in the Duke Ellington Ballroom. (Rachel Cormier | Northern Star)

Drag Queens come back to NIU

By Rachel Cormier, News Reporter | March 24, 2024

DeKALB – Friday night, NIU was greeted by royalty as five drag queens delivered a night of passion, glamor and excitement to an awaiting crowd. The queens arrived not in regal attire, but in sequins and thigh high boots. Whether the crowd was being...

Aidan O’Brien, a junior marketing major and student trustee candidate, stands and addresses the crowd. The Student Government Association held a debate on Thursday for students to get to know the candidates. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)

Students go head-to-head during SGA Debate

By Michael Mollsen, Written Managing Editor | March 22, 2024

DeKALB – The Student Government Association held its elections debates from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Carl Sandburg Auditorium where about 100 students attended from various student organizations. Certain candidates noted they have aligned themselves...

A mock-up single dorm in Neptune North sits with a bed, mini fridge and a desk. The Board of Trustees approved a funds request to convert 150 single beds into double dorms. (Rachel Cormier | Northern Star)

Neptune to turn single dorms into doubles

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor | March 22, 2024

DeKALB – The Board of Trustees approved Laurie Elish-Piper as the new executive vice president and provost. NIU had been searching for a new executive vice president and provost since the summer. Elish-Piper stepped in as the interim on July 1, 2023. President...

The Illinois Supreme court begins the oral argument of People v. Flournoy on March 21 in the Duke Ellington Ballroom. NIU invited the Illinois Supreme Court to listen to two oral arguments to spread awareness of the judicial branch and how court proceedings differ at the highest level of review. (Rachel Cormier | Northern Star)

The Illinois Supreme Court visits NIU

By Rachel Cormier, News Reporter | March 21, 2024

DeKALB – The Illinois Supreme Court made a historic visit to NIU’s Duke Ellington Ballroom to hear oral arguments from two court cases in front of a crowd of around 750 interested students and faculty. NIU hosted the Illinois Supreme Court's “Riding...

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coordinator for the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (from left), Kanjana Thepboriruk, associate professor of World Languages and Cultures, T. Ajewole Duckett, associate director of the Center for Black Studies discuss womanhood. Katy Jaekel, director of the Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality, mediated the event. On Wednesday a panel was held to celebrate Women’s History Month at NIU. (Gabby Crabtree | Northern Star)

NIU hosts Women’s History Month panel

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor | March 21, 2024

DeKALB – The Division of International Affairs, the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center and the Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality collaborated to host a panel for Women’s History Month. From 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, four...