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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks to members of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency on Sept. 11 in Springfield. Dillon Domke, Student Association speaker, is calling for students to attend a rally during Rauner’s visit to NIU on Oct. 29.

Student Association to rally during Rauner visit

By Margaret Maka and Keith Hernandez | October 12, 2015

With the state budget still at an impasse, Dillon Domke, Student Association Senate speaker, called for students to attend a rally for Gov. Bruce Rauner’s arrival in DeKalb during a University Council meeting Wednesday.The Governor, who has been locked...

Students wait underneath the pavilion attached to the Yordon Center while being led to the Convocation Center during a bomb threat Thursday. NIU police said the threat appeared to be a hoax.

NIU police: Bomb threat appears to be hoax

By Northern Star staff | October 8, 2015

NIU police evacuated and closed all university buildings Thursday evening after a bomb threat was called in. The threat was determined to be a hoax, one of several that have been reported at various colleges and universities in the northern Illinois...

Students enter a Huskie Bus on April 10, 2014, in front of the Holmes Student Center.

HuskieLine tracking system to cost $41K initially, $19K annually

By Northern Star staff | October 8, 2015

A tracking system that may not be installed in HuskieLine buses until next semester will cost the Student Association and NIU $41,090 initially.Rob Jusino, Student Association director of Mass Transit, said the SA is in the contractual stages with ETA...

NIU Huskies Cricket Club to head to national tournament

By Margaret Maka | October 8, 2015

The NIU Huskies Cricket Club will go on to the American College Cricket national tournament in the spring after having won its regional tournament.Rizwan Mirza, president of the NIU Huskies Cricket Club, said the group has put in a lot of strong performances...

Brett Williams, former Student Association director of Mass Transit, facilitates a focus group on the HuskieLine on Feb. 23 in the Campus Life Building. A new tracking system may debut next semester at the earliest, said Rob Jusino, Student Association director of Mass Transit.

HuskieLine to receive new GPS

By Alexander Chettiath | October 8, 2015

Students may not see a new HuskieLine bus tracking system until next semester, said Rob Jusino, Student Association director of Mass Transit.The new GPS system, which Jusino said would range in the thousands of dollars, stemmed from SA’s 2015 spring...

Increased drug violations may be due to more patrol

By Sabreena Saleem | October 8, 2015

The increase in drug law violations, as reported in the 2015-2016 Annual Safety and Security Report, may be a result of increased patrolling, said NIU Police Chief Tom Phillips.The report, which was published in compliance with the Clery Act, among other...

Interim CFO Nancy Suttenfield speaks about NIU's budget proposal during a Board of Trustees Finance, Facilities and Operations Committee meeting on Sept. 1, 2014, in Altgeld Hall.

Ex-controller files civil suit against administration

By Keith Hernandez | October 8, 2015

An NIU employee has filed a lawsuit against the university alleging top administrators placed him on involuntary administrative leave without due process, among other allegations, effectively terminating his employment.Former NIU Controller Keith Jackson,...

Police Report: Sept. 30 to Oct. 6

By Northern Star staff | October 8, 2015

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/.Sept. 301. At 12:45 p.m., aggravated...

Victor E. Huskie rides a Huskie Pup at the Communiversity Block Party on April 13 outside Huskie Stadium.

NIU Pup shuttles still here, but no longer for on-campus use

By Ashley Morse | October 8, 2015

Huskie Pups, small electric shuttles introduced last October as a part of NIU President Doug Baker’s plan for a 10-minute campus, will not be returning for general student use this year.One large Huskie Pup and three smaller ones, which cost $40,000...

Appropriate Use policy to be reviewed by administration

By Margaret Maka | October 8, 2015

A revised policy on appropriate use of the NIU Network will be submitted to the president’s cabinet for final review in January.The Division of Information Technology has been working for more than a year to revise the Appropriate Use policy, formerly...

Take Back the Night

Take Back the Night

By Amy Langner | October 8, 2015