After this album, more fans will be awaiting the return of Jay-Z than Christians anticipating the Second Coming. At first and second glance over the tracks, there are a few standouts, such as "What More Can I Say" and guiltless club banger "Dirt Off Your...

Clad in a worn Van Halen T-shirt, jeans and a trucker hat, singer-songwriter Jason Mraz showed a crowd of more than 1,000 his way of pronouncing DeKalb on Tuesday night in the Holmes Student Center’s Duke Ellington Ballroom. In between songs, Mraz joked,...

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will host a Thanksgiving Dinner today for underprivileged families. Tia Speat, coordinator for the dinner and vice president of NAACP, said the organization decided to host the dinner because...

University Police disciplined an officer after a student accused the officer of abusing power. The complainant, whose name the Northern Star has chosen to withhold, alleged the officer mistreated her and put her through undue stress when the officer stopped...

The NIU Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic is conducting free hearing screenings from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday at Golden Years Plaza, 507 E. Taylor St. Joe DeLorier, an audiologist at NIU, will direct a team of four graduate students from the department of...

NIU’s Division of International Programs lost a friend earlier this month when former administrative secretary Sally Saksa died on Nov. 4. In the weeks after her death, her friends at the division are starting up a scholarship fund in her name. Saksa...

The Student Association Finance Committee approved $15,717 for the new SA magazine, Huskie Highlights, with some senators raising questions of SA favoritism. “The SA is so quick to give ourselves money,” said Donna Dalton, SA senator and finance committee...

Dan Edwards, NIU’s scientific research glassblower, held his 13th annual glassblowing demonstration Tuesday night at Faraday Hall. Edwards created Christmas ornaments by hand in a lecture hall filled with students, adults and children. He used a propane...

NIU’s Campus Activities Board continues its fall lineup with singer-songwriter Jason Mraz, who will perform at 7:30 p.m. today at the Holmes Student Center’s Duke Ellington Ballroom. Tickets are $15 for NIU students with a valid OneCard, and $18 for...

Most NIU students have taken tests on a Scantron. Students probably also have filled out teacher evaluations on a Scantron sheet. But does anyone stop to think about where Scantrons go after they’ve been handed in? After students hand in their completed...

Students who have dreamed of going on dates with football players, volleyball players or cheerleaders may have a chance at the Residence Hall Association date auction. The Athletes Date Auction will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 25 at the Holmes Student...

Dan Edwards, NIU’s scientific research glassblower, will hold his annual glassblowing demonstration and sale at 7:30 p.m. today at Faraday Hall, Room 143. The event is sponsored by the NIU Chemistry Club. Edwards manufactures and repairs most of the...