DeKALB – Car fanatics, start your engines; a car show is coming to the streets of NIU. The second annual Huskie Motorsports Car and Bike Show will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 22 in parking lot 2, east of Anderson Hall.  The show is...

DeKALB – The NIU Board Of Trustees acknowledged and gave praise to the NIU football team for their recent win over the University of Notre Dame. The Board of Trustees also discussed the importance of voting, and encouraged students and others to vote...

DeKALB – NIU held its STEM/IT fair for the various students pursuing majors in these fields. The IT/STEM Fair provided the opportunity for students to connect with potential employers. From 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Duke Ellington Ballroom,...

DeKALB –  In the first week of September, the NIU Recreation Center announced the Anderson Hall pool was closed indefinitely. Now, it has been permanently closed. On Sept. 11, NIU provided a statement to the Northern Star. “Due to low participation...

Editor's note: The responses in this report have been lightly edited for clarity and brevity. DeKALB – Ethan Pesavento, a junior operations, management and information systems major, was elected as the Student Government Association treasurer for...

DeKALB – Outside the Stevens Building, a sculpture has recently been built as part of a larger renovation project for the building. The name of the sculpture is “The Tribesmen, The Hero and The Light.” Construction for the sculpture began in...

DeKALB – To kick off Latino Heritage Month, which takes place from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, the Latino Resource Center hosted its opening parade at 4 p.m. Monday. Throughout Latino Heritage Month, there will be many celebratory events including a Latino...

DeKALB – At the first Student Government Association meeting of the 2024-2025 academic year, in a 12-0-1 vote, Sen. Nathan Gonzalez was voted as the SGA Deputy Speaker. The first SGA meeting of the 2024-2025 academic year was held at 4 p.m. Friday...

DeKALB – NIU’s 10-day Fall 2024 enrollment numbers show slight decreases in undergraduate and graduate student populations but increases in transfer students and law students. NIU released its 10-day enrollment which contained how many students...

DeKALB – NIU’s plan to rejuvenate Greek Life takes a step forward as the sale of land for the $18 million Greek Life Center is set to close on Oct. 21. The City of DeKalb agreed to sell the land to the NIU Foundation at a council meeting July 22. The...

DeKALB – To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Lincoln Lecture series, Clint Smith, award-winning poet and writer, visited NIU for a conversation about the history of slavery in America. NIU partnered with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,...

Correction: This piece was updated at 2:34 p.m. Monday Sept. 16, to remove incorrect information regarding the host of the event on Oct. 24. The event will be hosted by the Coalition for Transforming Higher Education Funding, not the Partnership for College...