Northern Star

DeKalb community rallies for reproductive rights

By Sean Reed | May 7, 2022

Residents paint fire hydrants through Paint-a-Plug Program

By Joey Trella, News Reporter | May 3, 2022

DeKalb's Citizens Community Enhancement Commission offers a program in which DeKalb residents can paint fire hydrants around town.

Blackboard’s new feature lets students see grade average in classes

By Parker Otto, Columnist | May 3, 2022

Blackboard offers a new pie graph option under the Grades page to let students see how their grades compare to their classmates.

Graduate student encourages people to become organ donors

By Abby Byer, News Reporter | May 2, 2022

Andrea Harden, a graduate student, encourages everyone to become an organ donor after she saw the loss of her son save so many other lives.

Huskie Closet offers free clothes for students

By Joey Trella, News Reporter | May 2, 2022

Huskie Closet in the Chick Evans Field House allows students to pick free clothes and offers volunteer opportunities.

Students clean up DeKalb during NIU Cares

By Joey Trella, News Reporter | May 2, 2022

NIU students and DeKalb organizations went around cleaning up campus and surrounding areas on April 29 for NIU Cares Day.

Alumna listed on Crain’s Chicago Business 40 Under 40 List

By Abby Byer, News Reporter | May 1, 2022

Stephanie Gorecki attended NIU from 2007-2010 to earn her master's of business and is now honored as a leader in the business field.

Sephora at Kohl’s DeKalb grand opening Friday

By Elisa Reamer, News Editor | April 28, 2022

Sephora will be opening inside of Kohl's, 2070 Sycamore Road in DeKalb on Friday and will be laid out like a storefront Sephora.

NIU to discontinue motorcoach bus system

By Parker Otto, Columnist | April 28, 2022

NIU will retire its motorcoach busses and begin outsourcing for their transportation needs due to lack of drivers available.

Facebook parent Meta expands Illinois data center in DeKalb

By Associated Press | April 27, 2022

DeKALB — Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is expanding a data center in northern Illinois and says more than 200 operational jobs will be based there once complete. The company announced the expansion Wednesday. The company announced its initial...