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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

Bargaining fails; staff plan march

Bargaining fails; staff plan march

By James Krause | November 16, 2017

Operational staff members are planning to march on campus Monday after months of negotiations between their union and the university have failed to produce a bargaining agreement.The event is set to take place outside of Altgeld Hall at noon. Employees...

St. Francis Game Rescheduled for Thursday

By Northern Star Staff | November 13, 2017

DEKALB – The NIU Men’s basketball game against St. Francis has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. on Thursday, November 16 at the Convocation Center. The game was originally scheduled for Friday, November 10 but was postponed due to condensation on the...

SA approves female empowerment club

By Jessie Kern | November 13, 2017

The Student Association approved the National Association of Colored Women’s Club, a national organization with the motto “lifting as we climb” to encourage women to build up one another.The organization, which was founded in 1896 in Washington,...

Shamira Williams, freshman non-governmatal organization studies major, speaks during the Family Matters No Shame Campaign event Oct. 23, which aimed to destigmatize mental health issues. The campaign is one of multiple campus initiatives meant to provide mental health support. 

Mental health services sees client spike in students

By Michael Urbanec | November 13, 2017

Shamira Williams, freshman non-governmatal organization studies major, speaks during the Family Matters No Shame Campaign event Oct. 23, which aimed to destigmatize mental health issues. The campaign is one of multiple campus initiatives meant to provide mental health support. 

Aram Han Sifuentes explains to students and staff attending the Wednesday protest banner workshop how to apply letters and designs to the protest banner.

Students craft protest banners

By Michael Urbanec | November 9, 2017

Aram Han Sifuentes explains to students and staff attending the Wednesday protest banner workshop how to apply letters and designs to the protest banner.

University Ombudsperson addresses the University Council Wednesday, discussing the need for better counseling on campus and how her office has tried to help students feeling stress because of recent gun violence.

UNIVERSITY COUNCIL | Stevens Building to be ‘nearly complete’ in February

By James Krause | November 9, 2017

University Ombudsperson addresses the University Council Wednesday, discussing the need for better counseling on campus and how her office has tried to help students feeling stress because of recent gun violence.

Can you hear me now?; Professors talk lasting effects of earbud use

By Lindsey Salvatelli | November 9, 2017

DeKALB — It’s a common sight: students shuffling around college campuses, lugging their 50 pound backpacks with their eyes glued to their phones and earbuds in place. The earbuds, and the music they’re processing, offer a distraction from the discomfort...

Annie Glidden North Revitalization task force sets focus on poverty and crime

By Jessie Kern | November 9, 2017

DeKALB — Members of the Annie Glidden North Revitalization Task Force expressed a need to prioritize crime and poverty as the underlying issues contributing to the area’s complications, such as poor lighting and poor property conditions during their...

David J. Getsby Informational Talk

By Northern Star Staff | November 6, 2017

The Art History division of NIU’s School of Art and Design is having David J. Getsby, the Goldabelle McComb Finn Distinguished Professor of Art History at the Art Institute of Chicago, here to talk about, “The Emotional Nature of the Number of Inches...

The information for this graphic comes from a Sept. 2 New York Times article. 

H | DeKalb combats the deadliest drug in the U.S.

By James Krause | November 6, 2017

The information for this graphic comes from a Sept. 2 New York Times article. 

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