Update: The Northern Star has added a sentence to clarify that the data is presented the way it was received from the University and are tracked for EEOC reporting.
DeKALB – NIU’s staff and faculty are 66% white, according to ethnicity demographics...
Editor’s note: This article will be updated daily from April 7 to April 11 to include the latest treasure hunt clues.
The annual Northern Star Treasure Hunt will begin on April 7.
Hidden somewhere around campus will be a Northern Star paperweight....
DeKALB – The Student Government Association (SGA) repassed all bills from their March 21 meeting following an Open Meetings Act (OMA) violation and passed an additional bill defining major changes to student organizations' constitutions at their meeting...
DeKALB – At NIU there are 970 students who are from countries outside of the U.S.
Among international students, 44% are from India.
The following table lists all countries international students are from along with the number of students...
Last October, federal law enforcement rescued 190 dogs from the Oklahoma residence of Johnson, leading to what is thought to be the largest dog fighting case from a single person in U.S. history.
First arrested on March 20, the NIU alumnus was charged...
DeKALB – After 25 years in the walls of the Peters Campus Life Building, it is time to open the Northern Star’s time capsule.
Initially sealed in April 2000, the time capsule will be opened at 4 p.m. April 16.
Members of the Northern Star...
DeKALB - NIU’s CFO said university divisions have begun the process of categorizing their expenses by priority level at the Faculty Senate’s meeting on Wednesday.
BUDGET PROCESS AND TIMELINE
University officials provided an update on the progress...
DeKALB – The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office, in cooperation with state and local law enforcement, made one DUI arrest and 10 suspended or expired registration citations on St. Patrick’s Day.
The Percentage column is the percentage of total...
DeKALB- NIU’s Rebuilding Democracy Lecture Series will host Naomi Klein on April 2 as the final guest speaker for the 2024-2025 lecture series. The event will take place at 5 p.m. CST and will be held over Zoom.
Naomi Klein is an award-winning author...
DeKALB – A student group at NIU plans to launch a weather balloon into the upper stratosphere from NIU’s football field in the first week of May.
The group, Proxima Centauri Alpha, consists of 16 members despite being started this semester and...
DeKALB – Construction for the roundabout at the intersection of Lucinda and Normal is set to begin this summer, with a contract approved for construction services at Monday's City Council meeting.
ROUNDABOUT AT LUCINDA AND NORMAL
The roundabout...
