By Rachel Cormier, Assistant News Editor
| November 12, 2023
DeKALB – The SGA rejected its proposed statement regarding the Israel-Hamas war written in response to Muslim students’ safety.
The association rejected a similar petition, which would have recommended NIU provide educational and mental health...
DeKALB – An $18 million operating deficit for the fiscal year 2023 was reported by NIU’s Finance, Audit, Compliance, Facilities and Operations Committee.
The deficit of $18,563,414 is in part the result of the university earning $4.6 million...
By Brandon Clark, Senior News Reporter
| November 9, 2023
DeKALB – If you listen close while walking the corridors of DuSable Hall, you can hear the sound of higher education, and it sounds like a lecture.
Lectures have been used to educate since the time of Socrates and Plato, but modern students, like...
DeKALB – Survivors of sexual and domestic assault spoke out about their experiences during the annual Take Back the Night event in the Duke Ellington Ballroom.
The Take Back the Night protest, hosted by the Women and Gender Advocacy Alliance, rallied...
DeKALB – In the midst of the war between Israel and Hamas, NIU experts came together in a panel to discuss the implications of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
TWO-STATE SOLUTION
“I think the United States is the only state that can...
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...
By Rachel Cormier, Senior News Reporter
| November 6, 2023
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...
By Rachel Cormier, Assistant News Editor
| November 5, 2023
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...
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...
By Northern Star Editorial Board
| November 3, 2023
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...
