With Mayor John Rey and NIU President Doug Baker working together, the university and city might start to function as one community.The two are looking to address student engagement, volunteer work and economic development in the area. Their main focus...
Krista Fassola, junior special education major, likes to volunteer and help others almost as much as she likes sushi.Northern Star: Why did you choose the major that you did?Krista Fassola: I had a friend who ended up having an aneurism rupture in her...
They lean against benches, hug trees and trip up traveling students: Bikes that aren’t secured to racks.The NIU Police Department has started notifying students that if their bike isn’t locked up in a designated area it will be confiscated. They attach...
Historian Kristy Wilson Bowers will speak about the plague and public health policy in early Seville at 3 p.m. Friday in Swen Parson Hall’s Thurgood Marshall Gallery.This speech will relate to her new book, “Plague And Public Health In Early Modern...
Young musicians have the opportunity to further themselves with an upcoming competition.Applications for the CSA Sinfonia competition will be accepted until Oct. 21. This is a competition in which young musicians ages 18 and younger are to compete.Auditions...
Three-time gold medalist Olympian Jackie Joyner-Kersee spoke with the track and field team about balance, love and forgieveness.Joyner-Kersee helped students learn how to balance school and athletics or other extra curricular activities. Joyner-Kersee...
The first Social Justice Conference Saturday will show students how they can change the future.The University Honors Program, in association with the Center for Black Studies and the Latino Resource Center, will host the Social Justice Conference.This...
Students got informed on nutrition Wednesday night through the documentary “Super Size Me.”The Campus Activities Board hosted the event as part of its Bark ‘Til Dark series. The viewing focused on nutrition, emphasizing the dangers of eating too...
Monday• At 4:26 a.m. Oct. 4, an officer went to 1067 Regent Drive for a report of criminal trespass. On Monday, a person was referred to the Office of Community Standards and Student Conduct for trespass to residence.• At 2:19 a.m., an officer went...
David Hedin, Board of Trustees professor of experimental particle physics, gave a speech called Understanding Our Asymmetric Universe Tuesday night in the staff lounge of Founders Memorial Library. Items covered ranged from the Big Bang theory to the...
Professor David Hedin explained qualities of the universe and the possibility of multiple universes at an event Tuesday.The speech was part of the annual programming for the Friends of NIU Libraries. Hedin, a Board of Trustees professor of experimental...
