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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

Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity promoting their organization at the Feb. 2 involvement fair to attract new members.

COVID-19 stress causes decrease in student engagement

By Ally Formeller, Columnist | February 28, 2022
NIU clubs and organizations are struggling to recruit new members and getting current members to participate.
Julia Dixon is vice president of National Society of Black Engineers, member of Society of Women Engineers, member and recording secretary of “Zealous” Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta and Ambassador of Center for Black Studies.

Engineering student shows off leadership skills in extracurriculars

By Joey Trella, News Reporter | February 27, 2022
Engineering student Julia Dixon is vice president of National Society of Black Engineers, member of Society of Women Engineers, member and recording secretary of “Zealous” Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta and Ambassador of Center for Black Studies. 
The Center for Black Studies offers a Black Studies minor and several programs for Black students. The center creates a safe space for NIU's diverse student body for the past 50 years.

Associate Director: ‘If you don’t have a diverse faculty, you can further systemic racism’

By Parker Otto, Columnist | February 25, 2022
NIU has a diverse student body but does not have the staff to match it. A more diverse staff would make college life more comfortable for students and more welcoming.
NIU was a subject of a phishing scam Tuesday that targeted over 9,000 student email addresses after two accounts were compromised.

Phishing scam hits NIU email server

By Wes Sanderson | February 24, 2022

DeKALB— Two student email accounts were at the root of a phishing attack that saw more than 9,000 emails being sent through the NIU Office 365 server Tuesday, according to NIU DoIT and NIU Communications. The emails sent to students solicited...

Jacob Burg stands in front of the NIU letters at the MLK Commons. Burg is Deputy Speaker of the Senate, Chair of the Board of Elections, and acting Election Commissioner in SGA.

SGA Deputy Speaker works hard to improve NIU community

By Ellie Craighead, News Reporter | February 24, 2022
SGA member Jacob Burg uses his life experiences to work with different committees to create new projects to make DeKalb a better place.
Hand holding or showing identity card. Five establishments violated the law by selling tobacco to a minor and were issued ordinance violations for the “Sale of Tobacco to a Minor.”

Local tobacco retailers receive ordinance violations

By Northern Star Staff | February 24, 2022

DeKALB — The DeKalb Police Department conducted a tobacco compliance check to determine if local tobacco retailers are complying with local minimum-age tobacco laws. The city of DeKalb has announced the results of tobacco compliance checks conducted...

Governor Pritzker announced $30,000 housing aide. In order to qualify for the assistance fund, homeowners must have been impacted by the pandemic after Jan. 21, 2020, or if the hardship began before Jan. 21, 2020, and continued after.

Governor JB Pritzker announces housing assistance fund

By Northern Star Staff | February 24, 2022

Governor JB Pritzker praised his administration for working quickly to protect homeowners during the pandemic when he announced the $30,000 housing aide for Illinois homeowners. “My administration worked more quickly than any other state in the country...

Gas price update for Feb. 23.

Weekly gas update: Feb 23

By Northern Star Staff | February 23, 2022

Illinois Gas Update With tensions rising overseas, Illinoisians are continuing to see the effects as they fill up at the pump. Gas prices in Illinois have risen 2.4 cents per gallon this past week, now averaging $3.70 per gallon according to GasBuddy....

A gloved hand holds a COVID-19 nasal swab test. While the IDPH still recommends that everyone get vaccinated and boosted, the IDPH has begun the use of a COVID-19 treatment drug.

IDPH begins use of COVID-19 treatment drug

By Northern Star Staff | February 22, 2022

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health has begun the use of a COVID-19 treatment drug: bebtelovimab. The FDA authorized the use of bebtelovimab on Feb. 11 and the intravenously injected drug is now one of several COVID-19 treatments...

Joyce DeFauw sitting at a sports game. At 89 years old, she is NIU's oldest student.

NIU’s oldest student set to graduate after 72 years

By Elisa Reamer and Jaylen Conwell | February 22, 2022

DeKALB — The university experience for many students is a seamless transition from high-schooler to college graduate in four to five years, but for others, the journey is unconventional. Joyce DeFauw started her journey at NIU in 1951 and is now currently...

Home page of Navigate Student system. The software  encourages student success and connections between faculty and students.

Navigate Student encourages student success

By Elisa Reamer, News Editor | February 18, 2022

DeKALB — NIU launched Navigate Student on Feb. 15 to encourage student success, make it easier for students and faculty to connect and improve graduation rates. Students can access Navigate Student through the App Store, Google Play or the web.  The...

A gloved hand holds a COVID-19 nasal swab test. While the IDPH still recommends that everyone get vaccinated and boosted, the IDPH has begun the use of a COVID-19 treatment drug.

IDPH confirms over 20,000 positive COVID cases this week

By Northern Star Staff | February 18, 2022

The Illinois Department of Public Health stated that, in the past week, 20,896 new cases of COVID-19 emerged in Illinois. Since Feb. 11, there have been 417 deaths and the statewide positivity rate is 2.4%.  Illinois COVID-19 cases were at their highest...

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