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SA Senate begins election campaigning

By Maggie Koll | September 21, 2015

Dillon Domke, Student Association Senate Speaker, said candidates will hand out flyers and attend student organization meetings as campaigning for the SA Senate elections enters its first full week.There are 40 seats available on the SA Senate, with just...

Police Report: Sept. 16-17

By Northern Star staff | September 21, 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/.Wednesday1. At 4:30 p.m. Sept....

Board of Trustees approves $388M budget

By Northern Star staff | September 18, 2015

The Board of Trustees approved a $388 million budget for Fiscal Year 2016 Thursday.The budget is an 8.6 percent reduction from FY 2015’s budget of $424.5 million. A state budget for Illinois has not been approved, but Gov. Bruce Rauner proposed a $29.3...

Inflatable 5K to be held at Convo

By Northern Star staff | September 17, 2015

Insane Inflatable 5K will hold a five km race Saturday at the Convocation Center.The inflatable 5K is a mixed terrain 5K with an inflatable obstacle course throughout the race, according to Insane Inflatable 5K’s website. The race will be held in starting...

NIU President Doug Baker (left); Allan Phillips, vice president of Administration and Finance; Eric Weldy, vice president of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management; Admissions Director Dani Rollins; and Lisa Freeman, executive vice president and provost, discuss state funding, falling enrollment and program prioritization during a town hall meeting Sept. 2 in the Student Holmes Center, Carl Sandburg Auditorium. Baker said NIU will find alternatives for the State Employees Group Insurance Program who will have to pay out of pocket for medical claims.

Ill. to no longer pay insurance claims

By Keith Hernandez | September 17, 2015

An Illinois agency has announced it is no longer able pay for state employee insurance claims without a state budget, a decision that could leave nearly 150,000 people to pay out of pocket for health care costs.The Illinois Department of Central Management...

Trustees to vote on school budget

By Northern Star staff | September 17, 2015

The Board of Trustees will meet to vote on a proposed $388 million budget today.The Board of Trustees Finance, Facilities and Operations Committee approved the budget in a Aug. 27 committee meeting, according to a Sept. 1 Northern Star article. The proposed...

Police Report: Sept. 12-15

By Northern Star staff | September 17, 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/.Friday• At 12:15 a.m., possession...

Freshman psychology major Jason Betts Jr. (left) and sophomore English major Jalen Olajuwon walk down Lucinda Avenue on April 28, 2014, following a workout at the Recreation Center.

NIU not ranked in top 10 Illinois universities with highest paid graduates

By Northern Star staff | September 16, 2015

A website recently released by the U.S. Department of Education does not rank NIU in a list of top 10 Illinois universities with the highest paid graduates.CollegeScorecard.ed.gov compiles information on every college and university in the country. The...

SA to correct legislative oversight in emergency meeting

By Northern Star staff | September 16, 2015

The Student Association Senate will meet Thursday to fix an oversight in election policy changes from the spring semester.The SA Senate intended to change the number of Senators who can be elected per district from eight to 10 an April 12 SA Senate meeting....

Photo Poll: Students answer questions about young adult voting

By Northern Star staff | September 15, 2015

The Northern Star asked students about their perceptions of young adult voting.In the 2012 presidential election, 45 percent of 18 to 29 year olds, an age group that cast 15.4 percent of the total vote that year, voted, according to the United States...

Students hold counter-protest against Campus Ministry USA members

Students hold counter-protest against Campus Ministry USA members

By Margaret Maka | September 14, 2015

Wesley Andrew, sophomore music performance major, holds a sign that reads "I love cock" Monday in the Martin Luther King Jr. Commons  in response to Campus Ministry USA members protesting against sodomy, among other things. "I think these guys are absolutely ridiculous," Andrew said . "I think God made us the way they are, and if they can't deal with that then they need to get over it."