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...
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...
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....
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...
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."
Fans share their excitement after the Huskies defeated Murray State 57-26 on Saturday. NIU will head to Columbus, Ohio, on Sept. 19 to take on Big Ten powerhouse Ohio State. [View the story "Huskie fans react to football win" on Storify]
Junior theatre major Julian Serna said it is a “bummer” that he has to cross campus to attend his theatre classes.“I’ve had classes at McMurry Hall, then right after that at Graham Hall, so I have to hightail it across campus,” Serna said.Serna...
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 12:02 a.m.,...
A group of students have begun a journey to return D1 swimming to NIU.The club NIU Swimming was approved through Huskie Link, NIU’s social media website for clubs, on Wednesday. NIU had a D1 swim team that started in the 1960s, but ended in 2001. Caleb...
Student Association Senator Giuseppe Lagioia, 19, of DeKalb, was charged with open container upon public way Aug. 23.Lagioia serves as a senator to District 1, which encompasses students residing in university-provided housing, according to the SA Bylaws.Lagioia...
The Supermileage team’s Huskie Rocket is seen during the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology’s Welcome Day Picnic on Sept. 9 outside of the Engineering Building.
