DeKALB | After winning the Student Association presidential election with just more than 58 percent of the 1020 votes, Jarvis Purnell is laying out his plans for after he is sworn in May 4. The Northern Star sat down with the president elect to discuss...

Students looking to view their DARS report will see a completely new system in place next year. The new program, PeopleSoft Academic Advisement, will replace the existing DARS system with a different visual format and layout, and different terminology....

DeKALB | One of NIU's very own has been named a finalist for the 2007 Illinois Annual Collegiate Artists Competition. Senior drawing major Bryan Winemiller's piece titled "Grass Fairy I" was selected out of 719 entries as one of the 51 finalists in the...

DeKALB | Greek members from all four councils are hosting a week of activities in celebration of Greek Week today through Saturday. "Greek Week is a joint effort to raise community awareness about the many things Greek life has to offer," said Kristen...

Two Student Association senators were removed from their positions this week. Steven Le and Yahpri Maxwell were removed from the senate due to an excessive number of absences, with both tallying six absences each. Due to weather and holiday cancellations,...

NIU has never given time off for Easter and Good Friday, nor does it plan to any time soon. "I do not envision Good Friday becoming an off day," said Paul Stoddard, executive secretary for NIU's University Council. "Good Friday and Easter are strictly...

Dining Services is cutting back on trans fats in the dining halls. Almost all deep-fried products are now cooked with trans-fat free, soy-based oils, said Kenneth Whitney, university chef for Dining Services. Foods such as doughnuts and scrambled eggs...

The Residence Hall Association's hall improvement budget isn't used for all repairs in the residence halls and there are many different hall improvement projects on the list. The RHA's hall improvement budget totals $18,870. The money for the budget originates...

The idea of global warming among the general public used to be just something that was only read about in textbooks, dramatized in movies and discussed on the Discovery Channel. But the increasingly popular theory among experts that oceans could flood...

Playing the guitar like a rock star no longer requires hours of practice and painful callouses. The video game "Guitar Hero" lets users play a variety of songs without the practice a real instrument requires. Josh Pickle, a sophomore elementary education...

The air reeked of grease at a McDonald's in Elk Grove. It was 8:30 a.m. and still quiet as Lisa Gianpetro began to sing for her mom, a cameraman and FOX News reporter Nancy Loo. Gianpetro, a junior elementary education major, sang on live TV last Wednesday...

NIU President John Peters is calling on faculty, staff and students to support a Higher Education Lobby Day. The Lobby Day, which is slated for April 25 in Springfield, is designed to raise awareness in the state government about issues important to state-funded...