The Gender and Sexuality Resource Center will hold a lecture entitled Masc4Masc today at 6 p.m. in the Holmes Student Center, Sky Room.The lecture will address issues of toxic masculinity in today's society in order to analyze and deconstruct damaging...
The following was taken directly from the NIU Police Department. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. The NIU Police Department provides police reports online at niu.edu/publicsafety/.
April 12
1. At 5 p.m. April 6, theft $500 and under was reported to have occurred at Grant North. This case was suspended April 12.
April 13
2. At 12:22 a.m., criminal damage to property was reported to have occurred at Lot D. This case is open.
3. At 10:39 a.m., unlawful use of a weapon was reported to have occurred at Stadium Drive. This case was closed by exception.
4. At 6:30 p.m., burglary was reported to have occurred at Stevenson South. This case is open.
5. At 8:30 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported to have occurred at Neptune East. This case was closed by exception.
April 14
6. At 12:01 a.m. April 8, harassment through telephone was reported to have occurred at Grant North. This case was suspended April 14.
7. At 7 p.m. Feb. 1, domestic battery was reported to have occurred at Stevenson North. Bacarii D. Crocket, 19, of Chicago, was charged at 3:39 a.m. April 14.
Rep. Bob Pritchard (R-Hinckley) talks about the likelihood of there being no Illinois budget before July 1, 2015, at the Board of Trustees meeting on June 18, 2015.
The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law.
April 10
• Casey M. Zelko, 20, of DeKalb, was charged with consumption of alcohol as a minor.
• Jerrvon Ewing, 22, of DeKalb, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol.
• Jovon Young, 22, of Aurora, was charged with no driver’s license.
• Dana L. Boyd, 28, of Sycamore, was charged with retail theft.
April 11
• Cortez Wraggs, 21, of Chicago, was charged with obstructing identification and resisting a peace officer.
• Arricka S. Kizer, 25, of DeKalb, was charged with illegal insurance card.
April 12
• Mercedes E. Foster, 26, of DeKalb, was charged with possession of cannabis.
• Michael N. Thornhill, 28, of DeKalb, was charged with manufacturing/delivery of cannabis more than 500 grams, manufacturing/delivery of cannabis more than 500 grams near a school, manufacturing/delivery of cannabis 30-500 grams, manufacturing/delivery of controlled substances, possession of drug paraphernalia, two counts of possession of cannabis, two counts of possession of controlled substance and conspiracy to sell to a minor.
April 13
• James S. Mayes, 31, of DeKalb, was charged with two counts of criminal trespassing to land and two counts of domestic battery.
• Dwaine B. Hampton, 18, of DeKalb, was charged with two counts of domestic battery.
• Latrell L. Hightower, 19, of DeKalb, was charged with two counts of domestic battery.
A campus-wide study done by freshman business major Jenee Carlson has found that 96 percent of respondents said they had been food insecure one or more times this semester, and 45 percent of respondents said they had been aware of another student being...
Leaving behind a husband and three children to pursue her education in America, Swahili Teaching Assistant Mary Okeyo is raising money to bring her husband from Tanzania to her graduation at NIU.Miki Grace, president of Delta Sigma Theta, began a GoFundMe...
Grant Towers and Neptune Hall upgraded their community adviser count to two people per floor, according to an April 20, 2010, Northern Star article.Michael Stang, former executive director of Housing and Dining, said Grant and Neptune had too many students...
The College of Law will hold its first featured speaker presentation as part of its Embracing Diversity series at noon Thursday in Swen Parson Hall, room 188.Professor Christine Rienstra-Kiracofe, the featured speaker, will discuss de jure and de facto...
For Sexual Assault Awareness month, Affirmative Action and Equity Compliance will host an event part of the Real Talk series called "Behind the Lyrics" from 7-9 p.m. April 27 in Stevenson Towers South, Room 185.At the event, attendees will discuss...
The Northern Star will be hiding the medallion above somewhere around campus to be found by students and locals. Go to bit.ly/1NlDwoY to see the clues.
Orders are now being accepted in the NIU Press Spring Book Sale until tomorrow.Almost 200 titles priced at $2, $3, or $5. You can purchase the books through a local campus bookstore, online or by calling 800-621-2736 to place your order with their distribution...
A tour of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Muirhead Farmhouse will take place from 1-5 p.m. May 1 at 42W814 Rohrsen Rd. in Hampshire. The tour will be hosted by the Central Community School District 301’s Middle School and High School’s Music and Performing...
