DeKALB – Men, it’s time to put away your socks and release your joysticks – No Nut November is upon us.
No Nut November is a challenge in which participants attempt to refrain from orgasming during November. The challenge started as a parody...
DeKALB – NIU has eaten around 53,000 pounds of chicken tenders, 116,000 pounds of french fries last year.
Daniel Koenen, executive director for Campus Dining Services, took this amount from the 2022-2023 dining hall orders. Koenen said there are...
By Bridgette Fox, Written Managing Editor
| November 6, 2023
DeKALB – The information in this report is compiled from the NIU Police Department’s Daily Crime Log.
Any case defined as “unfounded” was not included in this list. Any case “closed by exception” means the case is closed due to circumstances...
Editor's Note: This piece was updated to reflect that Hensley stated that he issued 3 warnings, not 33.
DeKALB – Students filled the back rows of Friday’s SGA meeting, awaiting the approval of a statement addressing SGA’s position on the ongoing...
By Bridgette Fox, Written Managing Editor
| November 5, 2023
DeKALB – The information in this report is compiled from the NIU Police Department’s Daily Crime Log.
Any case defined as “unfounded” was not included in this list. Any case “closed by exception” means the case is closed due to circumstances...
By Gabby Crabtree, Former News Editor
| November 5, 2023
DeKALB – NIU law students and alums dressed up and came together to gamble fake money, win raffles, eat snacks and raise money at the annual casino night event.
Friday’s Casino Night was put on by the Student Bar Association, from 6 p.m. to 10...
Editor’s note: This article has been updated as of Nov. 5 to include an interview with the winner.
The Northern Star’s Halloween Costume Contest is closed, and the winner is Cecilia Lucente, a graduate student on the clinical mental health...
By Michael Mollsen, Former Written Managing Editor
| November 3, 2023
DeKALB – NIU is making plans to cut its $32 million deficit in half by the end of fiscal year 2025.
At Wednesday’s Faculty Senate meeting, George Middlemist, vice president and chief financial officer, and Laurie Elish-Piper, interim executive...
Editor's note: The voting has been extended from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. No Northern Star staffers were allowed to enter this contest.
The Northern Star Editorial Board has selected five submissions as finalists for its Halloween Costume Contest. Northern...
DeKALB – Normal Road’s closure has eliminated its traffic since August; but since then, students and trucks have been lining up on that street for a different reason.
Wednesday’s Food Truck event had consistently brought students to Normal Road...
DeKALB – Eating candy and having a therapeutic session has never connected until now. Counseling and Consultation Services hosted a Well-o-Ween event, Mindfulness and You: Candy Meditation, consisting of eating candy while deciphering life’s challenges.
To...
DeKALB – There’s no harm in putting off one assignment right? There is when that one assignment turns into a mountain of procrastinated work. Thankfully an NIU event aims to help students build better study habits and beat stress.
The Procrastination...
