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Presidential Commission on the Status of Women to hold training conference

By Northern Star staff | February 15, 2016

NIU’s Presidential Commission on the Status of Women will hold a conference called “Creating a Safer Campus - Policies, Training and Standards” on March 4, according to an NIU news release.The conference will focus on NIU’s response to the Violence...

Baker: Employees will not see immediate cuts

By Scott Nicol | February 15, 2016

Despite more than 200 positions remaining unfilled since September, NIU faculty and staff are not in immediate danger of being laid off because of the state budget impasse.Gov. Bruce Rauner’s Fiscal Year 2016 proposed budget includes a reduction in...

Police report: Feb. 1-11

By Northern Star staff | February 15, 2016

Feb. 11. At 7:15 p.m., credit card fraud and theft $500 and under were reported to have occurred at the Recreation Center. This case is open.Feb. 22. At 12:58 p.m., harassment by telephone was reported to have occurred at Stevenson North. This case is...

Students talk police discrimination

By Leah Nicolini | February 15, 2016

Miki Grace, president of Delta Sigma Theta, said she was in awe when she was pulled over and told to take off her coat, hat and gloves when DeKalb Police wanted to search her in below-freezing temperatures this winter.Grace led a discussion with close...

Athletes may be protected by Campus Demonstration Policy Act

By Scott Nicol | February 15, 2016

Senior golfer Nick Huggins said he thinks student athletes should be able to protest without fear of their scholarships being revoked, as a bill to give student athletes that freedom goes to a higher education hearing Tuesday.The Campus Demonstrations...

Officials unbothered by increase in NIU water bill

By Madison Kacer | February 15, 2016

Due to an annual budget of $1.5 million dedicated to water expenses, NIU officials are not financially concerned about the 4.5 percent increase to the water bill through 2024.Alan Phillips, vice president of Administration and Finance, said $600,000 of...

Student Association Senator Timothy Brandner speaks during the SA Senate meeting Jan. 24.

SA Senate cancels meeting

By Northern Star staff | February 14, 2016

The Student Association Senate meeting today has been cancelled due to hazardous weather conditions, said Timothy Brandner, SA sergeant at arms.The cancellation was made in consideration of a district of senators being commuters, Brandner said.Old business...

NIU’s Cor Cantiamo to collaborate with high school students on Masterworks Project

By Northern Star staff | February 11, 2016

NIU’s Cor Cantiamo, a professional ensemble in affiliation with NIU’s School of Music, will collaborate with choral students from Woodstock High School and Woodstock North High School, as a part of Cor Cantiamo’s Masterworks Project.The Masterworks...

Tom Stanton, Danny Did Foundation representative, and his grandmother throw rubber ducks into the Kishwaukee River on Sunday for the Alpha Phi Omega 12th Annual Duck Race which helped raise money for the Danny Did Foundation. The Danny Did Foundation is dedicated to help prevent deaths caused by seizures.

APO to hold annual Duck Race for Hungry Huskies

By Northern Star staff | February 11, 2016

Alpha Phi Omega will hold its annual Duck Race event to raise money for the Hungry Huskies on April 24 behind the NIU Public Radio Station.The Hungry Huskies provide free meals to students and community members in DeKalb and Sycamore every Sunday at the...

SA to hold voter registration drive

By Northern Star staff | February 11, 2016

The Student Association will hold a voter registration drive 2:30-4 p.m. today in the Latino Resource Center, according to a SA news release.

A driver's license and Social Security number are needed to register, according to the news release. Online and paper applications will be available.

The SA will hold more voter registration drives ahead of Tuesday, the deadline to register to vote in the primary election.

Contact Kiranjit Gill, SA director of Governmental Affairs, at [email protected] for more information.

A photo showing the view from the Yordon Center’s Terrace Club ticket package. A 10-person single package for the Terrace Club is $1,500, according to the NIU Huskie Athletic Fund website. Students who went to every home football game in 2015 will be given seats in the Yordon Terrace to watch the Huskie Bowl on April 22, according to an email from Morris White, assistant director of Marketing and Game Experience, on Wednesday.

Athletics to award Huskie Bowl tickets, $100 to Mission 6 eligible students

By Alexander Chettiath | February 11, 2016

A photo showing the view from the Yordon Center’s Terrace Club ticket package. A 10-person single package for the Terrace Club is $1,500, according to the NIU Huskie Athletic Fund website. Students who went to every home football game in 2015 will be given seats in the Yordon Terrace to watch the Huskie Bowl on April 22, according to an email from Morris White, assistant director of Marketing and Game Experience, on Wednesday.

Former employee to repay travel expenses

By Leah Nicolini | February 11, 2016

Former affiliate employee Magaly Rodriguez owes $2,793.63 in travel expenses which NIU President Doug Baker said was reimbursed inappropriately by NIU, according to an NIU news release Wednesday.Rodriguez was hired in 2013 as a change specialist functioning...