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Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

Dorm room registration begins

Dorm room registration begins

By Northern Star Staff | February 7, 2017
The Student Association Senate held a meeting Feb. 22, 2016 in the Holmes Student Center, Sky Room.

No Shame Campaign offers bracelet-making night

By Northern Star Staff | February 6, 2017

The Student Association Senate held a meeting Feb. 22, 2016 in the Holmes Student Center, Sky Room.

SA Senate approves new club

By Morgan Fink | February 6, 2017

DeKALB — A new video game design club was approved in a 24-0 vote at a Jan. 29 Student Association meeting and will give students an opportunity to become involved in a field that is growing on campus.Robert Kondratowicz, Video Game Design Club president...

NIU offers preferred names on MyNIU

By Lindsey Salvatelli | February 6, 2017

DeKALB — Students like Ronan Kaiser are now able to have less anxiety about being misidentified when attending their first day of class, thanks to the name-change option on MyNIU.Last November, students were given the option to formally submit their...

Mindy, an undocumented student at NIU, poses in a Reavis Hall classroom. At least 213 undocumented students go to NIU, according to data from a Freedom of Information Act request.

Not From There: The undocumented series part one

By Keith Hernandez | February 6, 2017

Mindy, an undocumented student at NIU, poses in a Reavis Hall classroom. At least 213 undocumented students go to NIU, according to data from a Freedom of Information Act request.

Live model drawing free for students

By Northern Star Staff | February 6, 2017

DeKALB | Students can join open live model drawing for free.Courtesy of contributions from NIU Alumna, class leader Dan Grych and the Drawing Group, open live model drawing will run from 7 to 10 p.m. every Wednesday in Jack Arends Hall, Room 400. The...

Enrollment decreases 5.5 percent

By Northern Star Staff | February 6, 2017

DeKALB — Spring 2017 enrollment rates show a 5.5 percent decrease from spring 2016 enrollment numbers with 1,022 fewer enrollments.This semester’s total enrollment is 17,497, a decrease from the 18,519 enrolled in spring 2016, according to data provided...

Nazanin Zinouri was unable to return to her home in South Carolina because of President Trumps temporary ban on immigration after visiting family in Iran. 

Alumna stranded in Middle East

By Lindsey Salvatelli | February 2, 2017

Nazanin Zinouri was unable to return to her home in South Carolina because of President Trumps temporary ban on immigration after visiting family in Iran. 

Officials expect grant funding

By Clarissa Hinshaw | February 2, 2017

DeKALB — NIU leaders are looking at ways to help students if state lawmakers don’t fund Monetary Award Program Grants, although NIU leaders are confident funding will be passed.For the second year in a row, Illinois is starting a new year without...

Eugene Marshall, Kappa Alphi Psi president, poses with the fraternity’s cane. He said Kappas are dedicated to uplifting society.

Divine Nine makes NIU comeback

By Morgan Fink | February 2, 2017

Eugene Marshall, Kappa Alphi Psi president, poses with the fraternity’s cane. He said Kappas are dedicated to uplifting society.

New coffee vendor gets SA approval

By Morgan Fink | January 26, 2017

DeKALB — A Just Brew is opening up shop on the main level of the Holmes Student Center today and will serve craft-brewed coffee to students on a budget.Its mission is to serve quality coffee on campuses at donation-based prices. This means that if a...

Former interim CFO Nancy Suttenfield speaks about NIU's budget proposal during a Board of Trustees Finance, Facilities and Operations Committee meeting Sept. 1, 2014 in Altgeld Hall.

No trial date for lawsuit against NIU

By Keith Hernandez | January 26, 2017

Former interim CFO Nancy Suttenfield speaks about NIU's budget proposal during a Board of Trustees Finance, Facilities and Operations Committee meeting Sept. 1, 2014 in Altgeld Hall.

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