With elections over, the Student Association Senate is now in full swing. The senate held their first meeting Sunday night in the Holmes Student Center Sky Room. The meeting had many purposes; the biggest focus was to get new senators acclimated with...
Students waking up for class this morning may notice some positive messages chalked around campus. Sunday evening, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center canvassed the campus as part of the 2nd Annual You-Are-Loved Chalk Message Project....
Katelan McCurdy, junior child development major, returned from Paris on Sunday. She will spend a week in Granada, Spain before making her way to Lagos, Portugal next weekend. McCurdy is not backpacking through Europe. She is studying abroad at the University...
Today kicks off Active Minds' National Mental Health Awareness Week. The national student organization, Active Minds, is sponsoring a National Day Without Stigma to celebrate the start of awareness week. "We are trying to promote awareness of the social...
The Big Read is making its fourth appearance in DeKalb. The event, hosted by the DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St., began Friday. The Big Read is a month-long initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts, and according to the DeKalb Public Library's...
The following was taken from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. TUESDAY At 10:35 p.m.,...
Sisters Marielle and Jocelyn Ostling could not be more different when it comes to fashion. "I'm like the least [fashionable] person," said Mariellejb, sophomore special education major. "I definitely don't follow any [magazines and celebrities]; I see...
Delta Chi is back on campus and looking for some recognition. In 2005, the Delta Chi Alumni Board dissolved the NIU chapter for not upholding the ideals of the fraternity. During the spring 2010 semester, Delta Chi's National Fraternity sent leadership...
You see them around campus, but who are our student leaders? Every Friday, Leader's Corner gives readers a glimpse into the personalities of the men and women behind the suits and ties. This week the Northern Star sat down with Marlon Haywood, the Graduate...
NIU has taken steps to ensure that while there is an increase in bed bug incidents across the nation, it will not be a problem in the residence halls. "Over time we have had spotty incidents of bed bugs," said Michele Crase, the associate director of...
The University Police released the 2010 Clery Act Wednesday.According to a press release from Steve Cunningham, vice president of human resources and compliance, the Clery Act is an annual report on campus security policies and a fire safety report disclosing...
NIU's Faculty Senate discussed what method would be used in the search for a new dean for the graduate school Wednesday afternoon. The decision was made to search for candidates internally rather than externally due to cost. Faculty Senate President Alan...
