DeKALB | Some NIU students are expressing their dismay for the recent price increase of the NIU OneCard from $15 to $20. "I think the price should be whatever it costs to make the card plus whatever it costs to hire a desperate, unemployed computer science...

Christina Hensel and Jordan Mueller taught students how to take a step toward physical fitness at the Step 'n' Strength fitness class Monday. The Step 'n' Strength class is offered at the Campus Recreation Center on Mondays and Fridays from 4:45 p.m....

Mark "The Knife" Faje - the self-proclaimed world's most-dangerous comic - will be performing his act today at 9 p.m. in the Holmes Student Center's Duke Ellington Ballroom. Admission is free. Faje considers himself a professional. His act, which includes...

DeKALB | Hungry non-Neptune Hall residence hall students looking to eat lunch at Neptune Hall will find their appetites unfulfilled and perhaps their Huskie Bucks account a little lighter. Between 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., only Neptune Hall students with...

DeKALB | Senior philosophy major Reid Bruce would have arrived to an empty room Tuesday night hadn't he received a voicemail earlier in the day telling him his night class was canceled. Bruce got word from one of his friends that all NIU classes after...

DeKALB | Students who have noticed select fire extinguishers on the first floor of DuSable Hall seem to not have been serviced since the 1970s need not worry. Although the main goal of all fire extinguishers is the same, not all extinguishers are created...

DeKALB | While riding in a police car, many questions a three-year-old might ask may arise: "What do those buttons do?" "Why did you do that?" "What did they do?!" Unless, of course, you're taking a ride in the back seat. The Northern Star tagged along...

DeKALB | With several snowfalls already this semester, the NIU Grounds Department has been sufficiently occupied clearing sidewalks and parking lots. It gets ready for incoming snow by checking the weather radar and weather notices on campus from meteorologists....

DeKALB | A proposal made last Monday by the Bush administration would increase how much money students can borrow for college. If the proposal goes through, undergraduate students could annually borrow up to $30,500, up from the previous cap of $23,000....

DeKALB | The Student Association Senate struck down two amendments to the Senate bylaws and approved several procedural changes. The Senate rejected a proposal to eliminate campaigning as a group or on a party ticket. Another amendment would have prevented...

DeKALB | Thato Masalela saw a change in students when the topic of HIV and AIDS was discussed Wednesday for National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. NIU Health Enhancement held a panel discussion with more than 80 students in attendance to provide information...

DeKALB | Like it or not, Wednesday is Valentine's Day, with students either ignoring the supposedly conjured holiday or scrambling to buy chocolate and roses for loved ones. According to the History Channel's Web site,, Valentine's Day is based on Saint...