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Faculty express concern over Illinois state bill

By Kierra Frazier | April 22, 2021

DeKALB – Faculty members are concerned about the future of four-year institutions in Illinois, including a state bill that would create bachelor degree programs at community colleges, sociology professor Símon Weffer said at Wednesday’s Faculty Senate...

15 additional students test positive for COVID-19 and one student recovers.

4 additional students test positive for COVID-19, 5 students recover

By Northern Star Staff | April 22, 2021

DeKALB — NIU announced Thursday that four students and no employees have tested positive for the coronavirus, and five students have recovered, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. As of Thursday, 81 students and two employees are currently COVID-19...

DeKalb Fire Department vehicle drives down Lucinda Ave.

Thursday morning fire causes $50K in damage

By Northern Star Staff | April 22, 2021

DeKALB – A structure fire early Thursday morning has left one DeKalb resident with sustained non-life-threatening injuries, according to a Thursday City of DeKalb news release. Around 12:07 a.m. Thursday, a neighbor noticed fire spreading up the...

5 more students test positive for COVID-19

25 additional students test positive for COVID-19

By Northern Star Staff | April 21, 2021

DeKALB — NIU announced Wednesday that 25 students and no employees have tested positive for the coronavirus, and four students have recovered, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. As of Wednesday, 82 students and two employees are currently COVID-19...

Littered plastic gloves lay on the ground outside the New Residence Hall Community Center in DeKalb on May 6th.

NIU advises students to leave campus early

By Northern Star Staff | April 21, 2021

DeKALB – NIU is advising on-campus students to return to their permanent residence and take their finals remotely after a rise of COVID-19 cases in students, according to a Wednesday email sent to students. On- and off-campus students are advised...

SGA Senate The Student Government Association Senate unanimously approved its first senator for the semester at Sunday’s meeting.

SGA Senate approves cabinet members for 53rd session

By Ashley Dwy | April 21, 2021

DeKALB – SGA Senate approved four members to join the 53rd cabinet at their virtual meeting on Sunday. Zachary Zilm, SGA director of organizational development, with a vote count of 17 in favor, zero against and one abstention, was approved to continue...

March cannabis sales totaled nearly $36 million, a portion of which will go toward communities impacted by the war on drugs.

Do you know where ‘4/20’ comes from?

By Brandon Montemayor | April 20, 2021

DeKALB — Tuesday is April 20, a day both smokers and non-smokers will recognize as the marijuana holiday “4/20,” an annual celebration where weed-smokers alike kick back and spark up.  Depending on where you’re from, there are all sorts of...

The Disability Resource Center, located at the Campus Life Building, Suite 180, is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Student resource offices adjust to new spaces amid COVID-19

By Bisola Bello, Reporter | April 20, 2021

DeKALB – Several student service offices had moved or were in the process of moving prior to the campus shut down due to COVID-19. Despite this, the resource offices on campus remain steadfast and dedicated to assisting students no matter the location,...

Two students recover

2 students test positive for COVID-19, 6 students recover

By Northern Star Staff | April 20, 2021

DeKALB — NIU announced Tuesday that two students and one employee have tested positive for the coronavirus, and six students have recovered, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. As of Tuesday, 61 students and two employees are currently COVID-19...

One additional student tests positive for COVID-19, ten students recover

16 additional students test positive for COVID-19, 21 students recover

By Northern Star Staff | April 19, 2021

DeKALB — NIU announced Monday that 16 additional students and no employees have tested positive for the coronavirus, and 21 students and one employee have recovered, according to the Campus COVID-19 Dashboard. As of Monday, 65 students and one employee...

Incoming SGA Senate speaker hopes to advocate for LGBTQ+ students

Incoming SGA Senate speaker hopes to advocate for LGBTQ+ students

By Elisa Reamer | April 19, 2021

DeKALB — Dallas Douglass, junior anthropology and women, gender and sexuality studies major, wants to fulfill his Speaker of the Senate position in SGA by serving the LGBTQ+ community on campus and changing the current roles held by certain positions...

Incoming SGA president aims to create safer campus

Incoming SGA president aims to create safer campus

By Yari Tapia, Lifestyle Writer | April 19, 2021

DeKALB – Incoming SGA president, Devlin Collins, junior nonprofit and NGO studies major, wants to create a safer campus for students. Collins joined SGA as a first-year student as a Senator. “I only stayed on for about a semester, but you know,...