![A mock-up single dorm in Neptune North sits with a bed, mini fridge and a desk. The Board of Trustees approved a funds request to convert 150 single beds into double dorms. (Rachel Cormier | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3017-1200x900.jpeg)
Neptune to turn single dorms into doubles
By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
| March 22, 2024
![The Illinois Supreme court begins the oral argument of People v. Flournoy on March 21 in the Duke Ellington Ballroom. NIU invited the Illinois Supreme Court to listen to two oral arguments to spread awareness of the judicial branch and how court proceedings differ at the highest level of review. (Rachel Cormier | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/img_3011_720.png)
The Illinois Supreme Court visits NIU
By Rachel Cormier, News Reporter
| March 21, 2024
![Linh Nguyen, inclusive teaching
coordinator for the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (from left), Kanjana Thepboriruk, associate professor of World Languages and Cultures, T. Ajewole Duckett, associate director of the Center for Black Studies discuss womanhood. Katy Jaekel, director of the Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality, mediated the event. On Wednesday a panel was held to celebrate Women’s History Month at NIU. (Gabby Crabtree | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_2989-1200x900.png)
NIU hosts Women’s History Month panel
By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
| March 21, 2024
![A podiums with a microphone sits behind red lettering reading “Student Government Association Debate.” SGA to host a debate for students running for president, vice president, treasurer and student trustee on Thursday. (Northern Star graphic)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_2986.png)
SGA executive board candidates to debate on Thursday
By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
| March 21, 2024
![A Ricoh printer sits in DuSable. NIU has switched from Canon printers to Ricoh. (Victoria Wakeford | Northerner Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_2855-1200x900.png)
NIU transitions to new printers
By Victoria Wakeford, News Reporter
| March 19, 2024
![Letters reading “DUKE ELLINGTON BALLROOM” hang on a wall in the Holmes Student Center. The Illinois Supreme Court will hear two oral arguments on Thursday at NIU. (Northern Star file photo)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_2758.jpeg)
Illinois Supreme Court hearing oral arguments at NIU
By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
| March 19, 2024
![A laptop sits with the CommonApp open. Illinois passed a bill to allow Illinois community college students to have automatic admission to any in-state, public university. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_2752-1200x800.jpeg)
Direct admission opens up to community college students
By Rachel Cormier, News Reporter
| March 18, 2024
![The NIU letters sit in MLK Commons. The Illinois Commission on Equitable Public University Funding is requesting a formula change to how funding is distributed to Illinois Public Universities. (Northern Star file photo)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_0619-1200x900.jpeg)
University funding changes proposed to General Assembly
By Brandon Clark, News Reporter
| March 18, 2024
![A flyer hangs on the wall of the NIU Parking Deck. Some NIU students do hair to make extra money while in school. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_1647-1200x800.jpeg)
Students create their own side hustles
By Kayla Martin, News Reporter
| March 8, 2024
![A wall reading My Pantry resides in Neptune Dining Hall marking the spot for students who need special food accommodations. NIU has prepared on-the-go meals for students that are allergen free. (Sam Dion | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/3-7-Neptune-Food-Accom-SD-2-1200x797.jpg)
Finding food accommodations on campus
By Rachel Cormier, News Reporter
| March 7, 2024
![Attendees clap after Tarek Khalil, an attorney and social activist, speaks during the “What’s happening in Palestine?” discussion. Questions from the audience were answered by the five guest speakers at the end of the panel that ran from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. (Tim Dodge | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_0618-1200x824.jpeg)
NIU organizations host panel on Israeli–Palestinian conflict
By Hannah Soukup, Assistant News Editor
| March 7, 2024
![Photography Manager Wade Duerkes (left) and Associate Director for Women and Gender Programs Sam Glaab-Lanigan sit at a table watching Janek Sunga, a graduate student majoring in political science, write on a postcard. The GSRCs Women’s History Month photo series and postcard project was open to all NIU students and students were photographed with their postcards for social media. (Victoria Wakeford | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/womenspostcardgsrc24.jpg)
GSRC hosts postcard and photo event for Women’s History Month
By Victoria Wakeford, News Reporter
| March 6, 2024
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