Food, drinks, entertainment and giveaways will be provided at Spring Fest from 6-11:30 p.m. May 5, at the East Side of Huskie Stadium.Students can participate in advance by following the SA on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at SA_NIU and tweeting what...
Engage in a panel discussion about feminism and why NIU needs it. Participants can share their thoughts via Facebook with a chance to be featured in the Who Needs Feminism gallery.The goal of this campaign is to challenge existing stereotypes surrounding...
The Gender and Sexuality Resource Center will hold a lecture entitled Masc4Masc today at 6 p.m. in the Holmes Student Center, Sky Room.The lecture will address issues of toxic masculinity in today's society in order to analyze and deconstruct damaging...
A campus-wide study done by freshman business major Jenee Carlson has found that 96 percent of respondents said they had been food insecure one or more times this semester, and 45 percent of respondents said they had been aware of another student being...
Leaving behind a husband and three children to pursue her education in America, Swahili Teaching Assistant Mary Okeyo is raising money to bring her husband from Tanzania to her graduation at NIU.Miki Grace, president of Delta Sigma Theta, began a GoFundMe...
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 12
1. At 5 p.m. April 6, theft $500 and under was reported to have occurred at Grant North. This case was suspended April 12.
April 13
2. At 12:22 a.m., criminal damage to property was reported to have occurred at Lot D. This case is open.
3. At 10:39 a.m., unlawful use of a weapon was reported to have occurred at Stadium Drive. This case was closed by exception.
4. At 6:30 p.m., burglary was reported to have occurred at Stevenson South. This case is open.
5. At 8:30 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported to have occurred at Neptune East. This case was closed by exception.
April 14
6. At 12:01 a.m. April 8, harassment through telephone was reported to have occurred at Grant North. This case was suspended April 14.
7. At 7 p.m. Feb. 1, domestic battery was reported to have occurred at Stevenson North. Bacarii D. Crocket, 19, of Chicago, was charged at 3:39 a.m. April 14.
Grant Towers and Neptune Hall upgraded their community adviser count to two people per floor, according to an April 20, 2010, Northern Star article.Michael Stang, former executive director of Housing and Dining, said Grant and Neptune had too many students...
The College of Law will hold its first featured speaker presentation as part of its Embracing Diversity series at noon Thursday in Swen Parson Hall, room 188.Professor Christine Rienstra-Kiracofe, the featured speaker, will discuss de jure and de facto...
For Sexual Assault Awareness month, Affirmative Action and Equity Compliance will host an event part of the Real Talk series called "Behind the Lyrics" from 7-9 p.m. April 27 in Stevenson Towers South, Room 185.At the event, attendees will discuss...
The Northern Star will be hiding the medallion above somewhere around campus to be found by students and locals. Go to bit.ly/1NlDwoY to see the clues.
Orders are now being accepted in the NIU Press Spring Book Sale until tomorrow.Almost 200 titles priced at $2, $3, or $5. You can purchase the books through a local campus bookstore, online or by calling 800-621-2736 to place your order with their distribution...
NIU Athletics will host the Communiversity Block Party at noon April 23 near Ralph McKinzie Field and the Chessick Practice Center.The Huskie Bowl will be at 2 p.m. at Huskie Stadium.The Block Party will start an hour before the men's baseball game against...
