Although a leap year only happens once every four years, NIU has had many important events happen on the day.Feb. 29, 1968Men at NIU weren’t as shy about marriage as it had been rumored. A woman named Marianne Bretsnyder asked men to marry her in light...
The Student Association Senate approved supplemental funding for NIU Forensics and the NIU National Society of Black Engineers at its meeting Sunday.The SA approved $250 for NIU Forensics to attend a competition in Indiana.NIU Forensics is a student organization...
Potential new locks are on display in the Recreation Center. Student Association President Nathan Lupstein and Michael Agro, SA director of Athletics and Recreation, will be meeting this week to establish a budget for the new locks that are to be installed in the Recreation Center lockers.
Students danced for eight hours to raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network during the first annual NIU Dance Marathon Saturday in the Recreation Center. The event raised more than $34,000.
Correction: This Northern Star article incorrectly spelled the name of Chris McCord, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.Scot Schraufnagel, director of Graduate Studies for the Political Science Department, said the political science graduate...
A student trustee has yet to be nominated for Student Association Senate approval, with the deadline for SA President Nathan Lupstein’s nomination on Thursday.In order for there to be a student trustee at the Board of Trustees meeting March 17, members...
As a 26-year-old, psychology graduate student Ray Geosling knew that waking up at 6 a.m. feeling out of breath and with pain in his abdomen and shoulder was not normal.Geosling is not the type to go to the doctor, but he called his father, a chiropractor,...
The Indian Student Association will host Kalakriti 2016 at 7 p.m. today in the Holmes Student Center, Sandburg Auditorium.The event, which means "works of art," will showcase Indian culture and tradition through music, dance and more.For more information...
The women’s sauna at the Recreation Center is temporarily out of service until further notice, said Nick Maentanis, coordinator for facility operations for the Recreation Center.“The women’s timer is temporarily down because the timer that regulates...
Duncan McCargo of Columbia University will hold a lecture titled “The State of Southeast Asian Politics: Trends and the Future” at 1 p.m. March 26 in Cole Hall, Room 100.This event will be co-sponsored by The Center of Southeast Asian Studies and...
Hot tea and snacks will be available at Chai Chai 4:30-6 p.m. Thursday in the Campus Life Building, Room 100.Chai Chat, co-sponsored by the Asian American Center, ELS-DeKalb, International Student and Faculty office and Counseling & Consultation Services,...
All students who wish to run for Student Association Senate or any Executive Branch position must attend a mandatory candidates meeting. Students can either attend a candidate meeting at 6 p.m. March 1 at the Campus Life Building, room 100 or 4 p.m. March...
