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.Aug. 28• Patricia E. Hammond, 42, of DeKalb, was charged...
The Board of Trustees will meet to vote on a proposed $388 million budget today.The Board of Trustees Finance, Facilities and Operations Committee approved the budget in a Aug. 27 committee meeting, according to a Sept. 1 Northern Star article. The proposed...
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/.Friday• At 12:15 a.m., possession...
Insane Inflatable 5K will hold a five km race Saturday at the Convocation Center.The inflatable 5K is a mixed terrain 5K with an inflatable obstacle course throughout the race, according to Insane Inflatable 5K’s website. The race will be held in starting...
City Council postponed an ordinance that would prohibit smoking on streets and sidewalks touching NIU in support of the Smoke-Free Campus Act.The Smoke-Free Campus Act, which has been in effect since July 1, does not allow smoking in indoor and outdoor...
An Illinois agency has announced it is no longer able pay for state employee insurance claims without a state budget, a decision that could leave nearly 150,000 people to pay out of pocket for health care costs.The Illinois Department of Central Management...
The rezoning of University Village was approved by the City Council with a 5-3 vote Monday after more than two hours of discussion.The request proposes to rezone the property, 722 N. Annie Glidden Road, in order to ensure funding from the United States...
A website recently released by the U.S. Department of Education does not rank NIU in a list of top 10 Illinois universities with the highest paid graduates.CollegeScorecard.ed.gov compiles information on every college and university in the country. The...
The Student Association Senate will meet Thursday to fix an oversight in election policy changes from the spring semester.The SA Senate intended to change the number of Senators who can be elected per district from eight to 10 an April 12 SA Senate meeting....
After a heated discussion among both the City Council and those in attendance, the council voted to move the University Village rezoning project forward Monday.The ordinance will rezone University Village, 722 N. Annie Glidden Road, to ensure funding...
The Northern Star asked students about their perceptions of young adult voting.In the 2012 presidential election, 45 percent of 18 to 29 year olds, an age group that cast 15.4 percent of the total vote that year, voted, according to the United States...
Wesley Andrew, sophomore music performance major, holds a sign that reads "I love cock" Monday in the Martin Luther King Jr. Commons in response to Campus Ministry USA members protesting against sodomy, among other things. "I think these guys are absolutely ridiculous," Andrew said . "I think God made us the way they are, and if they can't deal with that then they need to get over it."
