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DeKALB – After failing to pass a petition, the SGA made good on promises to support student concerns over the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
A resolution condemning any behavior that invalidates and endangers those grieving from the recent events of the...
By Gabby Crabtree, Former News Editor
| December 1, 2023
DeKALB – A petting zoo, a cookie decorating competition and a campfire are just a few of the events NIU’s Campus Activities Board has lined up for the 2023 free Winter Wonderland event.
CAB’s Winter Wonderland will take place from 5 p.m. to 7:30...
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DeKALB – The NIU Faculty Senate discussed its first steps in revising various employment and scholarship regulations.
The discussion comes after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling against colleges using affirmative action, issued in June.
Affirmative...
DeKALB – A new collective bargaining agreement was approved between NIU and union group Local 1890.
The new agreement covers issues regarding pay disparity between clerical employees and is set to go into effect Jan. 1, 2024.
The American Federation...
DeKALB – NIU requested $116.4 million in state funding at a special meeting of the Board of Trustees on Nov. 9.
This comes after NIU’s CFO George Middlemist announced a multi-year budget plan to reduce NIU’s $32 million deficit in early November.
The...
By Michael Mollsen, Former Written Managing Editor
| November 26, 2023
DeKALB – “Warmer” and “drier” are adjectives better suited to the summer season, but they will now also apply to the coming winter.
In a recent three month outlook, an El Nino winter has been predicted in Illinois with a higher probability...
DeKALB – A pilot program that offers online classes during the winter break, a J-term, is making its way to NIU.
The first winter term classes, J-terms, courses that run through the first few weeks of Jan., will primarily offer general education...
By Gabby Crabtree, Former News Editor
| November 21, 2023
DeKALB – International Student and Scholar Services hosted the International Thanksgiving Dinner which welcomed around 100 students and faculty along with their family members to enjoy a Thanksgiving dinner.
The seventh International Thanksgiving...
DeKALB – When understanding the study of another species, all facets must be explored, even those that may make people feel ... well, uncomfortable.
Anthropology 441, Sexual Selection in Primates, studies the biology and behavior of primates' ability...
DeKALB – Nov. 20 is a day to honor those in the transgender community killed by violence.
This year, the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center and the Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality will be hosting a remembrance vigil as part...
