DeKALB – Students played games, ate at food trucks, spun around on carnival rides and tried to not fall off a mechanical bull at the end of the semester carnival event hosted by the Campus Activities Board on Friday.
From 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday...
Editor's Note: This is part of a larger series, "Looking back at the Class of 2020" that asks 3 senior graduates about their experience graduating during COVID-19 and how they feel graduating now.
DeKALB – Four years after a global pandemic that...
What did your senior year look like before the pandemic?
“I feel like I made the most of my college experience as much as I could. I did like a lot of sports, I did band, I did the pit orchestra for the musical — I was in a lot of clubs.”
Do...
What did your senior year look like before the pandemic?
“When you're an athlete, you're seeing your soccer season and your senior night and, like, people celebrating you and stuff, and there was just really none of that, it was just, I never really...
What did your senior year look like before the pandemic?
“One of my assistant band directors, he used to go to the YMCA which is where I would go to the gym like every evening. And so I'd see him there occasionally and he was like, ‘hey, do you...
Editor’s note: This article was last updated at 12:35 a.m.
DeKALB – At 12:25 p.m. Thursday, student protesters began to gather at the MLK Commons stairs with snacks, chalk, posters, Palestinian flags and sunscreen.
The protest started marching...
Correction: This video was taken down at 12:00 p.m. and reuploaded to remove incorrect information, according to a statement from NIU, regarding an alleged meeting between NIU representatives and Pro-Palestine protesters.
In Students for Justice in...
DeKALB – NIU President Lisa Freeman announced at Wednesday’s University Council meeting that, barring any other issues, financial aid packages should be sent out to first-year students by the end of next week and to returning students within the next...
Correction: This piece was updated at 11:58 a.m. to remove incorrect information, according to a statement from NIU, regarding an alleged meeting between NIU representatives and Pro-Palestine protesters.
DeKALB – NIU student protesters plan to...
DeKALB – As DeKalb has seen a flood of new drivers on its streets, statistics show that car accidents have risen 126% since 2013.
DeKalb Police Department Commander Steve Lekkas provided background on the notable car crashes and traffic statistics...
DeKALB – NIU’s Penguin Players is a group that provides adults with disabilities the chance to perform a musical. The adults with disabilities are paired up with NIU students who act as mentors. Next semester will mark Penguin Players’ 10th year...
DeKALB – On Monday, 43 students marched through NIU’s campus past DuSable Hall and down Lucinda Avenue, chanting “free, free Palestine” and “if we don’t get it, shut it down.”
Students gathered at 2:30 p.m. around the Balance of Equality...
