During his inauguration speech last week, President Donald Trump made a multitude of promises that would be accomplished over the next four years and vowed to usher in a “golden age of America.” Several of these promises include declaring national...

DeKALB - The Student Government Association elected five new senators and changed requirements to increase student representation at its meeting on Friday.  SGA ELECTS FIVE NEW SENATORS The Student Government Association came to a resolution to...

DeKALB – A Democrat who ran for DeKalb County state’s attorney in the past election was hired to be NIU’s new Students’ Legal Assistance attorney. Charles “Chuck” Rose, an NIU Law alum, former Sycamore lawyer and police officer was hired...

DeKALB - Students at NIU’s involvement fair connected with each other to meet new student organizations and find out how to join. NIU’s Spring Involvement Fair took place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Duke Ellington Ballroom in the Holmes Student...

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 - At the first Faculty Senate meeting of the year, faculty expressed concern about the benefit of moving football conferences and voiced frustrations about athletic team hires during their own hiring freeze. FACULTY HIRING CONCERNS Therese...

DeKalb – Students in Stevenson B Tower Residence Hall were left stranded Tuesday morning as a sprinkler pipe burst which caused fire alarms to go off. Students reported that fire alarms had been going off since 6:45 a.m. which forced them to evacuate...

DeKALB – NIU’s student body supreme court justices will be summoned by the SGA to explain what the court has been doing. The SGA passed resolution 56019 which requires the justices to appear before the SGA on Friday. Some members of SGA were...

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...

DeKALB – Almost half of grades NIU students received in Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 were A’s.   This graph shows a percentage breakdown of the distribution of grades all undergraduate students received in Fall 2023 and Spring 2024. In...

DeKALB - Hundreds of email accounts were compromised during the week of finals, leading to students receiving a flood of emails aiming to discover their protected online security information. Bob Barton, director of information security at NIU, said...

DeKALB – NIU Police Chief Darren Mitchell will retire on Jan. 31 after 25 years with the NIU Department of Police and Public Safety. Mitchell’s retirement was announced through a university statement. Mitchell said the connections he made during...