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Gender and sexuality symposium celebrates student excellence

By Northern Star staff | April 29, 2016

The NIU Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality will host a symposium featuring papers students submitted 1-4 p.m. May 6 in the Holmes Student Center, Regency Room.The 2016 Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality Student Symposium...

Video game camp to teach girls tech and story development

By Northern Star staff | April 29, 2016

The Digital Convergence Lab will host a video design camp called “Just for Girls” that will focus on empowering young girls.The camp will teach girls how to create and play their own video games 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 20-24.The sessions will include...

Asian American Center to hold final Southeast Asia Lecture Series

By Northern Star staff | April 28, 2016

The Asian American Center will hold its last event in honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month from noon to 1 p.m. Friday in the Campus Life Building, room 100.Hai-Dang Phan will present "Saigon, Wisconsin: Vietnamise American Poetry after Vietnam."This...

Gender and Sexuality Resource Center to hold events for LGBTQIA Awareness Month

By Northern Star staff | April 28, 2016

The Gender and Sexuality Resource Center will hold a variety of events in honor of LGBTQIA Awareness Month.The first event, at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Cole Hall, room 100, will be HerStory Community Showing and Discussion. HerStory by Jen Richards is a six...

Deaf Pride to hold Sign Sync

By Northern Star staff | April 28, 2016

Deaf Pride will hold Sign Sync at 9 p.m. today in the Holmes Student Center, Carl Sandburg Auditorium.Deaf Pride is a campus organization filled with deaf students, students hard of hearing and hearing students who are enrolled in ASL classes or students...

Provost Lisa Freeman (left) addresses the crowd as NIU President Doug Baker stands by at the town hall meeting Wednesday in the Holmes Student Center, Regency Room.

Feedback wanted on program prioritization reports to be released

By Alexander Chettiath | April 28, 2016

Provost Lisa Freeman (left) addresses the crowd as NIU President Doug Baker stands by at the town hall meeting Wednesday in the Holmes Student Center, Regency Room.

NIU plans to receive $26.4M in state funds

By Alexander Chettiath | April 28, 2016

NIU expects to receive most of the $26.4 million in state funding by the start of May and the rest in June, said Alan Phillips, vice president for Administration and Finance.The $26.4 million is part of a bill that would provide state funding to four-year...

Christine Wang, SA Senate speaker-elect, speaks with Sergeant-at-Arms Senator Timothy Brandner about the senate's discussion on Senator Tristan Martin's proposed bill at a meeting on Sunday in the Holmes Student Center, Sky Room.

SA plans to make students more aware, interact with organization

By Leah Nicolini | April 28, 2016

The Student Association leadership elected for the 2016-17 academic year said they will work to make students more aware of the SA.The purpose of the SA is to voice student concerns to the university administration, according to its website.Fifteen students...

Police report: April 18-20

By Northern Star staff | April 28, 2016

The following was taken directly from the NIU Police Department. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. The NIU Police Department provides police reports online at niu.edu/publicsafety/.April 181. At 9 a.m., criminal...

Forensics team gets second

By Julia Martinez | April 28, 2016

NIU Forensics placed second at the National Forensics Association National Speech and Debate Tournament on April 18 at Ball State University.Close to 100 colleges and universities and about 1,500 people attended the event where students competed in literature...

Program prioritization feedback encouraged

By Northern Star staff | April 27, 2016

Editor's note: This article was edited for AP Style. Carolinda Douglass and Matt Streb's titles were corrected. NIU will have an action plan to implement program prioritization July 15 after hearing participants feedback, which is due May 23.More...

NIU to hold DeStress Fest

By Northern Star staff | April 27, 2016

Counseling and Consultation Services, Career Services and Housing and Dining will partner to hold DeStress Fest 6-7:30 p.m. May 9 in the Stevenson North Residence Hall, Fish Bowl room, according to a flier.There will be painting rocks, coloring, board...