By Brandon Clark, Senior News Reporter
| October 25, 2023
A joint announcement between Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health revealed 40 organizations across Illinois will receive their part of $9.5 million in state funding to support initiatives that expand mental health resources...
DeKALB – The new staple of lunchtime at NIU, Food Truck Wednesdays, will be having its final day this week for the Fall semester.
The final planned day for Food Truck Wednesday will be 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Wednesday. Food trucks will be parked...
By Brandon Clark, Senior News Reporter
| October 24, 2023
DeKALB – If you’ve second-guessed your sanity after seeing a small dog rolling down Lucinda Avenue, you can cancel your psych evaluation – it’s no hallucination. It's Hero, the skateboarding dog.
Hero’s owner, Gin Chiu, is an NIU graduate...
DeKALB – George Middlemist has taken on the role of vice president of Finance and Administration and chief financial officer at NIU. Middlemist spoke to the Northern Star about his journey to becoming chief financial officer and the goals he has for...
By Rachel Cormier, Assistant News Editor
| October 24, 2023
DeKALB – NIU can expect to purchase the land for its Greek Life Center in March, while final construction is planned to end by 2025.
The NIU Foundation, which will purchase the property between the intersection of West Hillcrest Drive and Blackhawk...
DeKALB – For a lot of students at NIU, their focus is on school and getting to the next step in life; but Jada Samuels, a junior majoring in business, is doing both at the same time.
Samuels runs a small business called Jada Juice. Jada Juice sells...
By Brandon Clark, Senior News Reporter
| October 22, 2023
DeKALB – The Student Government Association elected its 2024 Spring Board of Elections on Friday.
After SGA President Olivia Newman failed to appoint an election commissioner by the deadline, the SGA had no choice but to nominate candidates without...
DeKALB – Sycamore’s 62nd annual Pumpkin Festival will be taking over downtown Sycamore in the upcoming week.
The Pumpkin Festival will run from Wednesday through Sunday with events scheduled throughout the week.
The festival will begin at 5...
The State of Illinois invested $21 million into the Clean Energy Contractor Incubator Program, in hopes to improve Illinois’ climate change efforts.
The Climate and Equitable Jobs Acts program, Clean Energy Contractor Incubator Hubs, focuses on improving...
By Devin Oommen, Senior News Reporter
| October 20, 2023
Editor’s note: The intention of this article is to give insight into how academics at NIU are reacting and responding to the conflict. This article does not reflect the opinions of Northern Star staff.
DeKALB – As the death toll passed 5,000...
DeKALB – DeKalb’s Citizens’ Environmental Commission are now accepting nominations for the 2023 P.R.I.D.E. awards.
Not to be confused for LGBTQ+ Pride, the P.R.I.D.E. awards are dedicated to People Responsible for Improving DeKalb’s Environment.
The...
