NIU Honors Program will host a 5K Fun Run 9 a.m. Saturday at Hopkins Park. Same-day registration will be held before the race 8:15 to 8:45 a.m. and will cost $20 per person.This fundraiser is donating proceeds to Birthday Boxes, which provide children...
Campus Dining Services will celebrate National Homemade Cookie Day 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today in all of the dorm dining halls.The NIU bakery will have plenty of fresh cookies prepared for anyone who wants to join. Toppings and frosting will be available...
Rapper Chelsea Chanel Dudley, who goes by the stage name Chanel West Coast, will perform 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. tonight in the Novak Room inside Fatty's Pub & Grille in DeKalb.The show opens tonight with DJ Toxic at 9 p.m. The show will feature music by...
Scot Schraufnagel, chair of the political science department, who specializes in U.S. Congress, Political Parties, Elections and U.S. Presidency said the Sept. 26 debate ended up being a rehash of former policies.with research published such as “Candidate...
DeKALB | DeKalb City Council members discussed making the fine for possessing cannabis cheaper during a Monday City Council meeting at the DeKalb Municipal Building, 200 S. Fourth St.Chapter 52 of the DeKalb Municipal Code states that no person shall...
DeKALB | The Illinois Board of Higher Education approved NIU’s request to renovate the first floor of the Holmes Student Center at its meeting Tuesday.The Illinois Board of Higher Education approved the first phase of the renovation at St. Xavier University...
DeKALB | The DeKalb County Clerk’s Office is preparing for an injunction passed by a federal judge Tuesday that bans same-day registration at polling places on the Nov. 8 Election Day in Illinois.An appeal has been filed against the injunction, which...
DeKALB | Chemistry and biochemistry professor Tao Xu and a student research team are collecting data for a research project at NIU about converting light into electricity in an eco-friendly way.The project uses perovskites, a photovoltaic mineral with...
NIU operating staff council will host the Giving Project 12 to 1 pm. Thursday in the Holmes Student Center Glidden Room.This event will give people the opportuniy to make projects and gifts for people in need. For more information, contact Pam Roesner...
NIU officials received approval to spend roughly $2.28 million during the next five years to upgrade the school's computer systems, according to a Sept. 28, 1984 Northern Star article.The computers were to have been obtained through a five-year purchase...
