By Michael Stoll, Sports Reporter
| February 13, 2023
DeKALB – Showing Valentine’s love applies to more than just the people you’re close to. Furry friends need it too.
This week’s Tail’s pet of the week is a 1-year-old smart, lean, and tall pup named Jinx. She’s extremely athletic, energetic...
DeKALB — Gas prices in Illinois continue to fall since last week with prices dropping by 7.9 cents per gallon. The average price at the pump is set at $3.51 per gallon statewide according to GasBuddy.
Compared to last month's prices, gas in Illinois...
By Bridgette Fox, Written Managing Editor
| February 13, 2023
DeKALB – The winners of the Northern Star’s 2023 Valentine’s best meet-cute story as voted by editors and readers, are Nicholas Duka and Cecilia Lucente, two second-year graduate students studying clinical mental health counseling.
HOW...
DeKALB – NIU will hold its annual moment of reflection for the students lost to the mass shooting on Feb. 14, 2008: Gayle Dubowski, Catalina Garcia, Julianna Gehant, Ryanne Mace and Daniel Parmenter.
Five bells will toll at 3:06 p.m. Tuesday to pay...
CORRECTION: This piece has been updated to clarify that the graduation application date of Feb. 14 is for graduate students. Feb. 1 was the deadline for undergraduates.
The Spring term might have just started, but graduation dates and deadlines are...
DeKALB – NIU Nutrition Coaching is hosting a Huskies in the Aisles grocery tour at Hy-Vee to teach students about effective and healthy grocery shopping.
Nutrition instructors will guide the free one-hour tour for planning out nutritious meals and...
DeKALB – What originally began as a group of faculty providing high-demand textbooks has expanded into a task force of librarians and staff working with professors to replace course materials with more affordable and accessible sources.
Dee Anna...
By Michael Mollsen, Former Written Managing Editor
| February 7, 2023
DeKALB – Through the NIU Library, the Northern Star’s older issues, dating back to 1899 (the first year the Northern Star began printing), are being digitized and will be available for the public to read online later this year.
Before the old print...
DeKALB – The DeKalb Planning and Zoning Commission approved the special permit for the location of a cannabis dispensary, Excelleaf Dispensary, at a public hearing.
The dispensary location was approved for downtown DeKalb at 305 E. Locust St, formerly...
The saying is good things come in small packages, whether it’s in threes or pairs, five perky puppies are the perfect playmates to open your home to and for this Tail’s Pet of the week.
Penelope, Percy and Poindexter are the featured puppies...
DeKALB — Gas prices in Illinois have fallen over the past week by 6.3 cents per gallon. The statewide average at the pump is now $3.59 per gallon according to GasBuddy.
In regards to previous prices, gas in Illinois is 21.6 cents higher than last...
DeKALB - Amid growing concerns of what it's calling NIU’s inactivity toward racism and lack of diversity on campus, the Student Government Association has proposed a petition to shed light on student concerns.
The proposed petition was co-authored...
