The NIU Recreation Center renovations have finally addressed the locker rooms’ glaring issues, but there is still a lot more work to be done.
From the dark stains on the carpet to ugly blue lockers that began rusting what looked like years ago, the...
DeKalb City Council approved over $700,000 in grants, split between community development and local 501(c)(3) nonprofits on Jan. 22. The investment into DeKalb’s community this year shows a strong continuance of crucial support from the city.
DeKalb...
While it is impossible for citizens to follow along with police officers every day, there are ways to follow what is going on in the community.
Police scanners are the one of ways police officers, dispatchers and other employees stay in contact when...
The Northern Star’s daily newsletter TLDR is not being delivered to Outlook emails, but the management board will continue to produce it despite this setback.
Northern Star staff and readers began reporting on Nov. 7 that their Monday and Tuesday...
NIU’s Student Government Association has failed students again by overthinking approval of another petition.
The SGA now has two failed petitions, proving its failure to help students.
A petition is the SGA’s highest form of authority; and...
Each Wednesday, an array of local food trucks lined Normal Road, selling delectable food and drinks that ranged from burritos to frozen custard to lemonade. Dozens of students could be seen eating in MLK Commons or huddled around the trucks.
This amount...
Not everyone understands the function of news or news organizations, so the Northern Star Editorial Board is outlining its functions and the capabilities of journalism.
The Society for Professional Journalism: “Members of the Society of Professional...
A new Victor E. Huskie statue was unveiled in downtown DeKalb. While a nice gesture, it's ugly.
The statue is a painted Victor E. mascot holding up the Huskie hand symbol. However, the statue isn’t even a 1:1 recreation. It is significantly shorter...
How did we go from carving turnips and frightening evil spirits to carving pumpkins and creating Jack-o'-Lanterns?
Halloween traditions, such as going around our neighborhoods asking for candy, dressing up in creative costumes and carving pumpkins...
If NIU doesn’t want students to leave on weekends, then it needs to give students a reason to stay.
NIU has a well-known reputation as a “suitcase” or “backpack” school – a university that is comprised of students that come to campus for...
On Sept. 25, the contract for the city of DeKalb to purchase the building that was once the first barbed wire factory was approved. At the same time, an insulting conversation about turning the building into a parking lot ensued.
The property at...
The Northern Star Editorial Board believes the School of Art and Design is making the right security decisions after another break in to the building this year. However, these changes should have been talked about after the first break in, not the third.
"On...
