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Campus Activities Board to hold CAB Info Night

By Northern Star staff | March 30, 2016

Campus Activities Board will hold a CAB Info Night 5 p.m. Tuesday in the Campus Life Building, Room 160. Students can attend to learn about being an event coordinator with the Campus Activities Board, according to a flier. Application information is...

NIU to hold “Feminist Politics/Queer Methods” seminar

By Northern Star staff | March 29, 2016

NIU will hold a seminar entitled “Feminist Politics/Queer Methods: Doing Gender Research on the other” in honor of Women’s History month.E. Patrick Johnson will host the seminar at 2 p.m. March 30 in the Holmes Student Center, Heritage room, according...

NIU to hold oral histories of black lesbians lecture

By Northern Star staff | March 29, 2016

NIU will hold a lecture entitled “Harvesting Honey: Oral Histories of Black Southern Women who Love Women” in honor of Women’s History Month 12 p.m. March 30 Holmes Student Center, Heritage room, according to a flier.E. Patrick Johnson will host...

Literacy education professor dies

By Northern Star staff | March 29, 2016

Literacy education professor Chris Carger died March 22, according to a letter by Laurie Elish-Piper, dean of the College of Education.A funeral mass will be held 11:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Hugh Catholic Church, 7939 43rd St. in Lyons, and a memorial...

2016 Student Association Senate and Executive Elections

By Northern Star staff | March 29, 2016

The first joint Student Association Senate and Executive elections end at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

Both elections will be held online at huskielink.niu.edu, but the following places will have polling places available:

• DuSable Hall

• Founders Memorial Library

• Holmes Student Center

• Music Building

• Nursing Building

• Barsema Hall

• New Residence Hall Community Center

• LaTourette Hall

Read more about the candidates at bit.ly/1SiSjwW.

Contact Election Commissioner Kevin Gordon at [email protected] with any questions or requests for accommodations.

Student email to move to Office 365 platform

By Northern Star staff | March 28, 2016

NIU's student email will be moving from Gmail to Office 365 on May 23, according to an NIU news release. The move, which started in 2014, will also provide NIU students with free Microsoft Office downloads as well as one terabyte of OneDrive for Business...

3 events to go to at the residence halls this week

By Northern Star staff | March 28, 2016

The Residence Hall Association will hold a “Home Away From Home” theme for its spring 2016 RHA Week. Here are three events to go to this week:1. Pet Your Stress AwayTherapy dogs, coloring pages and stress ball supplies will be available 6-8 p.m. Tuesday...

NIU to hold community blood drive

By Northern Star staff | March 28, 2016

NIU will hold a blood drive 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 5 in the Campus Life Building, Room 100.Donors must weigh at least 110 pounds and be at least 17 or 16 with a parent or guardian's written permission.Contact Camille Piazza, Heartland Blood Centers blood...

March 30: 3 things on the Faculty Senate agenda

By Northern Star staff | March 28, 2016

The next Faculty Senate meeting will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Holmes Student Center, Sky Room.Here are three things on the agenda for Wednesday:1. Program prioritization updateTask force chairs George Slotsve, Alan Clemens, Michelle Pickett and Matt...

Professor’s study finds gender pay inequality at NIU

By Julia Martinez | March 28, 2016

NIU plans to implement a salary equity task force after concerns were voiced of a gender-based pay discrepancy of potentially up to $8,000.These concerns were made known by biological sciences professor Virginia Naples who has researched faculty salary...

SA Senate nominates 4 speakers

By Alexander Chettiath | March 28, 2016

The Student Association Senate nominated four senators for the position of SA Senate speaker.The Senate speaker is the head of the Senate which is responsible for allocating the $6.5 million in the SA budget. The budget is used to provide services to...

Student Association presidential candidate Giuseppe LaGioia speaks during the SA Candidates' Debate on Thursday in the Holmes Student Center, Heritage Room.

2016 Student Association Elections: 5 candidates remain after 65 show interest

By Alexander Chettiath | March 28, 2016

Student Association presidential candidate Giuseppe LaGioia speaks during the SA Candidates' Debate on Thursday in the Holmes Student Center, Heritage Room.