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Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

Rob Blagojevich talks trial, Rod in book from NIU Press

Rob Blagojevich talks trial, Rod in book from NIU Press

By Kristin Maglabe | April 13, 2015

NIU Press will publish Robert Blagojevich’s account of his trial and estranged relationship with his brother, former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, on Wednesday.In 2010, Rod Blagojevich was put on trial and found guilty of trying to give President Barack Obama’s...

Student Association Senator Robert Kreml talks about the addition of an ad hoc committee, of which he is chairman, on April 11 at SA Senate in the Holmes Student Center, Sky Room.

SA Senate to amend election bylaws

By Ashley Morse | April 13, 2015

The Student Association Senate is considering 12 amendments to its bylaws to reflect the move to online elections.The 2015 executive elections saw the SA’s first use of online voting through HuskieLink, a social media platform for student groups. Now,...

Phillips to employ ‘hot spot’ policing

By Alex Nugent | April 13, 2015

NIU Police Chief Tom Phillips said the police are using several tactics to fight crime, which tends to go up as the weather warms.NIU police are being trained to execute hot spot policing, which includes collecting and analyzing data on crime and deploying...

SA senator charged with election info leak resigns

SA senator charged with election info leak resigns

By Keith Hernandez | April 13, 2015

Student Association Senator Jake Swick resigned Wednesday night due to allegations of disclosing election information as an SA Board of Elections member.Swick was to appear before the SA Senate on Sunday to face charges of giving election information...

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

Huskie Pups make spring return

By Augustin Zehnder | April 13, 2015

Correction: This article said the golf cart-sized Huskie Pups bought by the Alumni Association are larger than the old Huskie Pups. They are actually smaller than the older Huskie Pups.The Huskie Pups are scheduled to return today with an expanded route...

NIU professor captures tornado in northern Illinois

Cameras in hand, faculty chase northern Illinois tornado

By Keith Hernandez | April 13, 2015

Associate meteorology professor Walker Ashley didn’t know he was going to see an EF4 tornado when he drove out on I-88 to observe Thursday’s storm.The tornado that hit northern Illinois resulted in two deaths and left a trail of destruction from Ashton...

Police Report: April 8-9

By Northern Star staff | April 13, 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/.Wednesday• At 8:53 a.m. April...

Evidence against Jake Swich

Evidence against Jake Swich

By Courtesy Student Association Senate | April 12, 2015

This screenshot was to be used as evidence in the hearing of Student Association Senator Jake Swick, who resigned on Friday. The screenshot shows Swick encouraging Voice of Change members to appeal their disqualification, but Swick was supposed to remain...

Senator Swick resigns due to charges of disclosing election information

By Northern Star staff | April 10, 2015

Student Association Senator Jake Swick resigned Wednesday due to allegations of disclosing election information as a Board of Elections member.Swick was to appear before the SA Senate on Sunday to face charges of giving election information to the Voice...

NIU sent police, bus to help tornado-stricken areas

By Northern Star staff | April 10, 2015

NIU sent police, a 47-passenger bus and Huskie Safe Line vans to areas of northern Illinois hit by tornadoes on Thursday.Fairdale, where two people were confirmed to have been killed, and Rochelle requested aid from NIU, according to a Friday news release...

Students headed to Belvidere to repair zoo damaged in tornado

By Northern Star staff | April 10, 2015

Students are headed to Belvidere on Saturday to help a zoo that was damaged in Thursday's tornadoes.Kalenna Kaske, junior community leadership and civic engagement major and Belvidere native, said she will take a group of students to Summerfield Zoo,...

Videos: NIU professor films tornado forming in northern Illinois

By Northern Star staff | April 10, 2015

Professor Eric Jones filmed a tornado forming and touching down Thursday in northern Illinois.Videos courtesy Jones.Part one Part two Part three

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