DeKalb has resumed its search for two NIU student interns after the Illinois budget impasse left it with less state funding.The city budget, when reviewed last month, was determined to be able to accommodate the internship positions as they were both...
Students signed a banner in support of It’s On Us and painted their pinky nails pink in support of sexual assault and violence survivors during the Student Association’s Demonstration Day.Demonstration Day, held Tuesday in the Holmes Student Center,...
The DeKalb County Community Foundation will award the James and Marjorie Lehan Scholarship to graduates at DeKalb and Sycamore High Schools beginning in spring 2016.The Lehan family has provided healthcare to patients in DeKalb County for the last 70...
The first vehicle, a HuskieLine bus, drives down the Lucinda Avenue extension Wednesday during a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 1,495 feet of new road. The event marked the conclusion of a year-long project that began with the demolition of Douglas Hall...
NIU students will hold a candle light vigil Thursday for the victims of recent terror attacks in several countries.More than 300 people have died in terror attacks this year in Beirut, Kenya and France, the latter of which occurred Friday. Anne Seitzinger,...
The Student Association may soon begin test runs of a modified HuskieLine bus route that will add the Lucinda Avenue extension to the Barsema Express.The Lucinda Avenue extension, a project that concludes with a ribbon cutting Wednesday at 2 p.m., extends...
Communication professor Laura Vazquez is creating a documentary to capture the social justice issues members of CourtWatch fight against domestic violence cases.CourtWatch is a group of volunteers who attend DeKalb county domestic violence court cases...
NIU will hold a grand opening of the Lucinda Avenue extension, a stretch of road that connects Lucinda Avenue to Stadium Drive West, Wednesday.The event will mark the conclusion to a year-long project to help create what NIU President Doug Baker has called...
Gov. Bruce Rauner has temporarily suspended accepting Syrian refugees in the wake of the attacks in Paris that have claimed more than 120 lives.“Our nation and our state have a shared history of providing safe haven for those displaced by conflict,...
The Student Association Senate held a closed hearing Sunday to discuss the impeachment of SA Vice President Reggie Bates.SA Senate Speaker Dillon Domke confirmed the purpose of the meeting, but declined to say why Bates faces impeachment.Bates was elected...
File folders sit in a filing cabinet. A proposal given at a Board of Trustees committee meeting would allow NIU President Doug Baker to appoint a FOIA officer and deputies who would gather information for FOIA requests.
The Black Student Union was awarded $1,575 in supplemental funding Sunday to cover costs for its members to attend the National Black Student Union Conference.
The annual conference will be held Friday to Sunday at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater campus, and will focus on addressing the recruitment, retention and graduation of black students, according to the National BSU’s website.
BSU President Timi Adeboje said the amount would cover registration and rooming for five representatives to attend the conference, while transportation would be covered by the group’s current funds.
The Student Association Senate approved the funding in full.
