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Police Reports: Oct. 3-5

By Northern Star Staff | October 6, 2014

The following was taken directly from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety.Friday1. At...

Senate clerk to resign SA post

By Lauren Cliffe | October 5, 2014

Dillon Domke, Student Association Senate speaker, announced Senate Clerk Ryan Burke will step down from his position due to a heavy course load Sunday.Domke briefly discussed the Senate committees that have been created. Domke said he intended to bring...

Alumna Elizabeth Justice collects rotten tomatoes to be used as compost Oct. 5 at the NIU Communiversity Gardens on the east side of Anderson Hall. 

NIU Communiversity Gardens

By Gavin Weaver | October 5, 2014

Alumna Elizabeth Justice collects rotten tomatoes to be used as compost Oct. 5 at the NIU Communiversity Gardens on the east side of Anderson Hall. 

Student Spotlight: Transfer wants to help students grasp math

By Lauren Cliffe | October 5, 2014

First-year transfer student Ashley Girod hopes to use her knowledge and experience to teach high school math.Girod, a junior math major, is a member of the Secondary Educators’ Organization, an organization designed to help future educators build the...

Survey seeks input on ombudsperson

By Northern Star Staff | October 5, 2014

Input on Ombudsperson Sarah Klaper’s performance is being collected by the Ombudsperson Review Committee until Oct. 27.The office of the ombudsperson, on the sixth floor of the Holmes Student Center, hears university-related issues or conflicts. The...

Engineers to collect shoes Wednesday

By Northern Star Staff | October 5, 2014

Engineers Without Borders will collect shoe donations 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Martin Luther King Jr. Commons for children in need.The group will donate the shoes to Soles 4 Souls, an organization that distributes shoes to children across the...

Open comment for PLUS set for today

By Northern Star Staff | October 5, 2014

The final open forum for public comment on the NIU Progressive Learning in Undergraduate Studies report to the provost is today.The NIU PLUS program, which will begin implmenting its reforms this fall, plans to increase flexibility of general education...

Police Report: Oct. 1-2

By Northern Star Staff | October 5, 2014

The following was taken directly from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web atfinfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety.Wednesday1. At...

Senator suspended after liquor charge

By Northern Star Staff | October 2, 2014

Student Association Senator Yandi Farinango, who was charged with liquor consumption as a minor Friday, will be suspended from the SA Senate until Oct. 12.SA Senate Speaker Dillon Domke consulted Kelli Bradley, SA legislative branch adviser, and spoke...

Some faculty worried by gen. ed program

By Jackie Nevarez | October 2, 2014

Professors at Faculty Senate voiced their concerns over the implementation and requirements documented in the NIU Progressive Learning in Undergraduate Studies report, a general education reform program, Wednesday.Faculty Senate President Bill Pitney...

Police Report: Sept. 29-30

By Northern Star Staff | October 1, 2014

The following was taken directly from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web atfinfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety.Monday1. At 11:05...

Campus Police Reports: Sept. 29

By Northern Star Staff | October 1, 2014

The following was taken directly from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety.Monday1. At...