DeKALB – Cole Hensley was named the Student Government Association’s speaker of the Senate with a vote of 11 to 6 against interim Speaker Debbie Allen.
Hensley advocated for more disciplined leadership in his speech where he said he would hold...
DeKALB – A new president of the Faculty Senate was appointed in Wednesday’s final Faculty Senate meeting of the year.
Ben Creed, an assistant professor in educational administration, has been welcomed as the next Faculty Senate President. Creed...
DeKALB – Eid al-Fitr is a time of faith, unity and giving, a celebration that was shared by the Muslim Student Association.
Tuesday at the Asian American Resource Center, NIU students were given the opportunity to learn about the Muslim holiday Eid...
DeKALB – People pranced and bean bag balls littered the floor as a small crowd gathered on Thursday in studio room A at the Campus Recreation building for the unofficial Circus Club meeting.
The club meetings themselves have no formal structure since...
DeKALB – Huskie Harvest is bringing food from table to pantry in order to help combat food waste at NIU.
Huskie Harvest is a program that collects leftover food from catered events at NIU, packages it up into individual meals and gives it to the...
DeKALB – The Student Government Association has continuously failed to upload minutes and agendas for every SGA meeting online to Huskie Hub, violating the Open Meetings Act.
The Northern Star became aware of this on April 11 and April 18 when attempting...
Correction: This piece has been updated to reflect that Duane Meighan has not been confirmed as chief of staff.
DeKALB – The Student Government Association confirmed a director of student life for the SGA cabinet.
Both the director of student...
DeKALB — NIU has seen a number of its director positions vacant throughout the year, leading faculty and students to question when they will be filled and what is being done in the meantime.
Current vacant roles have included the director of the...
By Bridgette Fox, Written Managing Editor
| April 19, 2023
DeKALB – SGA Senator Jacob Jovanovich, chair of environmental affairs and junior accounting major, organized a cleanup of the area around Cole Hall’s fountain in honor of this week being Earth Week at NIU.
Jovanovich arrived at 3 p.m. (the start...
By Michael Mollsen, Former Written Managing Editor
| April 18, 2023
DeKALB – A typical morning on Yik Yak, (an anonymous university focused forum), may include numerous anonymous posts about rumors of partners cheating on each other, requests for advice and most importantly, the “weather person.”
An anonymous...
By Daniel Massa, Lifestyle Reporter
| April 18, 2023
NIU’s Stonehouse Academic Journal is set in stone for it’s fifth volume release and plans to celebrate the occasion with its authors and a handful of artists.
From 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in Room 405 of the Holmes Student Center, a party will...
DeKALB – During Saturday’s storm, another electrifying manifestation occurred as eight Black student organizations exhibited what they could do.
At 8 p.m. April 15 at the Carl Sandburg Auditorium, an audience gathered to witness Rep Yo Org, a showcase...
