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The board members of the Muslim Student Association standing in front of their presentation about Eid on Tuesday. The group put together an event discussing a Muslim tradition that falls after Ramadan called Eid, as a part of Asian Heritage month. (Nyla Owens| Northern Star)

Celebrating Eid al-Fitr at NIU

By Joseph Howerton, Video Editor | April 26, 2023

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...

Nam Pham, freshman illustration major, showing Circus Club members a performance act. (Northern Star | Caleb Johnson)

Clown around with NIU’s unofficial circus club

By Caleb Johnson, Lifestyle Writer | April 25, 2023

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...

Stacia Tietje (left), a dietetic intern, and Nancy Prange, dietetic internship director, with packaged food collected by Huskie Harvest. Huskie Harvest was launched on Feb. 1 by Prange, in collaboration with Campus Dining Services.

Huskie Harvest aims to combat food waste

By Madelaine Vikse, Editor-in-Chief | April 25, 2023

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...

Room 405 of the Holmes Student Center in the Holmes Tower. The SGA's past Public Affairs meetings have been canelled or moved online. (Rachel Cormier | Northern Star)

SGA violates OMA, promises better fall semester

By Rachel Cormier and Bridgette Fox | April 24, 2023

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...

Speaker Debbie Allen, a senior international relations major, delivering topic points during Friday's SGA meeting. The meeting discussed the confirmation of directors of student life and chief of staff. (Tim Dodge | Northern Star)

SGA confirms director of student life

By Evan Mellon, News Reporter | April 23, 2023

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...

The Center of Black Studies building and sign. The Director position for the CBS has been open since Jan. (Nyla Owens | Northern Star)

NIU filling director positions for fall semester

By Rachel Cormier, News Reporter | April 20, 2023

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...

SGA Senator Jacob Jovanovich, chair of environmental affairs and junior accounting major organized the clean up to provide a clean area for the animals on campus Tuesday. (Chey Quintanilla | Northern Star)

SGA fountain cleanup, low turnout, high passion

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...


"Weather person" Nicholas Gomez, a junior mechanical engineering major. Gomez has used the social media app Yik Yak to anonymously report the weather. (Bridgette Fox | Northern Star)

Who is the Yik Yak ‘weather person’

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...

Stonehouse Academic Journal will host a celebration of its fifth volume on Saturday. Stonehouse is a student-led journal project.

Stonehouse Academic Journal to host celebration, release fifth volume

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...

The Distinguished Men of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. performs on stage in the Carl Sandburg Auditorium. Eight black student organizations represented their histories through stepping and performance at the Rep Yo Org event on April 15. (Joseph Howerton | Northern Star)

Creativity, passions and histories at Rep Yo Org

By Joseph Howerton, Video Editor | April 17, 2023

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...

McDonald’s fries box in the front along with other accumulated garbage in the background on campus, near Cole Hall on April 13, 2023. (Christian Quevedo | Northern Star)

Student organization gets students thinking green

By Joseph Howerton, Video Editor | April 15, 2023

DeKALB – NIU’s school colors are black and cardinal red, but a new student organization thinks green should be considered. Go Green, Go Clean is an environmentalist organization that was founded to protect the environment of NIU’s campus. The...

Sid Kincaid (left), an alum and former SGA senator, Speaker Dallas Douglass and Senator Chris English sitting during Friday's SGA meeting. Douglass announced he will be stepping down from the position of speaker. (Rachel Cormier | Northern Star)

Dallas Douglass steps down as speaker of senate

By Evan Mellon, News Reporter | April 15, 2023

DeKALB – After nearly four years of service, Speaker Dallas Douglass has announced his plans to step down as speaker of the Student Government Association. Serving as speaker of the senate since March 2021, Douglass announced his departure at Friday's...