Clink! Clank! "Pierce, don't slash!" Three nights a week, a room in the Student Recreation Center is filled with the sounds of clashing steel and good-natured instruction. -Welcome to the NIU Fencing Club, where the members pretend to kill each other...

"Marisol," a new play, will be presented by the NIU School of Theatre and Dance. The play graphically details an urban apocalypse in the Bronx of New York City, so naturally, special effects will be involved. So just what types of special effects will...

The coaches don’t want to say it, or admit it’s true. And they definitely don’t want their players reading it. Attention players of the NIU men’s basketball team: Please refrain from reading on. The Huskies could go dancing in March. No, not polka...

Anxious fans awaiting the arrival of Ja Rule and company tonight may have to be a little patient when entering the Convocation Center. With the large crowd expected for tonight’s show, security will be at full force with one goal in mind. "We just want...

In honor of Black Heritage Month, B.R.O.T.H.E.R.S. will host a Tribute to Black Women at 8 p.m. on Thursday at the Holmes Student Center’s Clara Sperling Skyroom. "Tribute to Black Women is an event that recognizes minority women on campus that are...

Student Association President Kevin Miller denied the Northern Star’s Freedom of Information Act letter requesting material related to the Big Time Entertainment committee Tuesday. A FOIA letter was sent through campus mail on the morning of Jan. 30...

NIU President John Peters, DeKalb Schools Superintendent Brian Ali and School Board President Don Robinson presented projected figures of their respective schools Tuesday night at the DeKalb Growth Summit Meeting. Peters said student enrollment at NIU...

Two people were injured in an accident Tuesday night. The accident occurred when a car slammed into the front of a house on East Meadow Trail, just off of Bethany Road. In View Tom Reardon A car crashed into the front of a house on East Meadow Trail,...

Ron Daniels wants students to really learn their history during Black Heritage Month. Daniels, a social activist, former professor and co-founder of the Organization for Constitutional Rights, spoke to a small crowd in the Holmes Student Center’s Carl...

An upgrade to a heightened orange alert in national security calls for increased attention to unusual activity for the police and public alike. Lt. Matt Kiederlen of the University Police asks not only his officers but the general public to be more perceptive...

Even when freezing temperatures plague DeKalb, some NIU students are sleeping with their residence hall windows open. It isn’t because they want their room temperature to fall below zero, but instead to compensate for the streamline of hot air blasting...

Newly appointed Student Association Election Commissioner Andrew Nelms headed Monday’s executive candidate meeting. Those in attendance received packets containing, among other things, the SA election policy, the schedule of events and election positions....