By Michael Stoll, Sports Reporter
| October 20, 2022
DeKALB – NIU Outdoor Adventures is hosting a Halloween Campfire event from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Oct. 31 at the West Lagoon. The night will feature many different fall festivities, including a bonfire, scary stories, hot drinks, a costume contest with...
DeKALB – The second monkeypox vaccine clinic will be held from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Monday at the Health Services Building. This clinic will provide the second dose to those who received the first dose at the clinic that took place on Sept. 26.
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With midterm elections approaching, youth voter turnout will impact ever changing issues.
The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement estimates that 50% of 18- to 29-year-olds voted in the 2020 presidential election,...
DeKALB – Early voting for the 2022 election will be available in the Holmes Student Center in the Glass Gallery Lounge from Oct. 24- Nov. 3 even if you're not registered to vote in DeKalb County.
If you plan on taking advantage of this opportunity...
With Election Day approaching on Nov. 8, political campaigns in the state of Illinois will continue to escalate through the end of the month and beyond. Join the Northern Star in comprehensive election coverage, from local races in DeKalb to the gubernatorial...
The Student Government Association passed a bill Friday afternoon ensuring that those applying to the senate cannot apply more than twice in a school year.
Prior to the bill being passed, there were no limits to the amount of times that a student could...
DeKALB – An NIU student died at approximately 1 p.m. Friday at Patterson Hall, located in the Fanny Ruth Patterson Complex, according to an official university statement sent to the Northern Star.
The student’s name has not been confirmed by the...
By Caleb Johnson, Lifestyle Writer
| October 14, 2022
NIU STEAM’s annual STEM Fest will be held Oct. 15. STEM Fest is a festival dedicated to the fields of technology, engineering, science and mathematics. The event will be held in the MLK Commons, Founders Memorial Library, the Holmes Student Center and...
By Sean Reed, Multimedia Editor
| October 13, 2022
DeKALB – A display organized by the non-profit Active Minds, Send Silence Packing, took place from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Tuesday, featuring over a thousand backpacks spread across the MLK Commons to represent the amount of college students who die...
NIU’s Nature Writing course is giving students the opportunity to explore their passions of both nature and writing in an outdoor class.
This is the first semester that the class has been offered at NIU. The class is held outdoors and is hosted at...
DeKALB – An NIU staff member was struck by a 2L Huskie Line bus at approximately 3:55 p.m. Wednesday, at the bus turnaround between the Holmes Student Center and Neptune Hall.
An ambulance with paramedics from the City of DeKalb Fire Department...
NIU will be replacing the legacy phone system on campus with Microsoft Teams Voice later this year.
The legacy phone system, which was installed over 35 years ago, has supported NIU’s communication needs for decades. However, the current phone switch...
