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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

Huskie Link website will act as portal for students

By Keith Hernandez | September 10, 2014

The soft launch of a system that will enhance student organizations’ ability to communicate with the campus is underway in Student Association.Collegiate Link, a $22,000 software purchased and renamed Huskie Link by SA, will provide a student organization...

University Council to discuss tech updates, bylaw revision

By Jackie Nevarez | September 10, 2014

A first reading of a revision to the NIU Bylaws concerning evaluation committees for the Faculty Senate president/ University Council executive secretary will be made at today’s University Council meeting.New businessBill Pitney, Faculty Senate president...

Police Report: Sept. 5 to Sept. 7

By Northern Star Staff | September 9, 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...

Members of Alpha Phi Alpha celebrate the fraternity’s 50th anniversary Friday in the Stevenson Multipurpose Room. Alpha Phi Alpha brothers will host service events and motivational speakers to celebrate the anniversary.

Alphas mark 50 years with week of service

By Jackie Nevarez | September 9, 2014

Alumni of the Epsilon Phi chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the chapter’s founding through their motto of “First of All, Servants of All, We Shall Transcend All.”Alpha Phi Alpha’s Epsilon Phi chapter was established...

Women’s Club to host fall reception

By Northern Star Staff | September 9, 2014

The University Women’s Club will meet 4-6 p.m. Oct. 2 for its annual Fall Reception at the home of NIU President Doug Baker and Dana Stover, 901 Woodlawn Drive.The reception will serve as a meet and greet for club members and women faculty, staff members...

Art Museum to hold symposium

By Linda Loya | September 9, 2014

The Art Museum and the Center of Burma Studies will host a free public symposium Sept. 18-19 called Imaging the Others: The Art of Ethnography in Modern Burma.The event will begin with an informal talk and reception 4:30-6:30 Sept. 18 in the Art Museum...

Garden’s harvest feeds needy

By Keith Hernandez | September 9, 2014

Volunteers of the Communiversity Gardens on the east side of Anderson Hall are planting cold weather crops that will go to those in need throughout the fall.Students, faculty and community members have planted spinach, lettuce and broccoli, among other...

USOAR offering grants for projects

By Northern Star Staff | September 7, 2014

The Undergraduate Special Opportunities in Artistry and Research Program is calling for student research project proposals worthy of grants up to $2,500.USOAR provides grants to student-generated research projects conducted on campus.In order to submit...

Police Report: Sept. 3 to Sept. 4

By Northern Star Staff | September 7, 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.Wednesday1....

Gen. ed recommended changes going to provost

Gen. ed recommended changes going to provost

By Ryan Ocasio | September 4, 2014

Students take notes during a calculus for business course Wednesday in Wirtz Auditorium. Progressive Learning in Undergraduate Studies, a taskforce dedicated to revamping general education, has suggested cutting the required number of credits for a bachelor’s degree if students take their general education courses at NIU, among other criteria.

Animal facilities need $850K to fund lab upgrades, renovations

By Kelly Bauer | September 3, 2014

Up to $850,000 in funding from NIU is needed to update the facilities where the university’s lab animals are kept.The animals are used in research projects and studies and reside in Montgomery Hall and the Psychology Building. The $850,000 would go...

Police Report: Aug. 30 to Sept. 2

By Northern Star Staff | September 3, 2014

Aug. 30• At 11 p.m., Karwon Montgomery, 35, of Calumet City, was charged with delivery or possession with intent to deliver, possession of cannabis 30 grams and under, possession of a controlled substance and resisting, obstructing or disarming an officer...

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