Dr. Skantha Skanthakumar spoke on behalf of Amnesty International Wednesday night at the Holmes Student Center, which hosted "Never Again!", a presentation about human rights and war crimes in Sri Lanka. Skanthakumar included how to get involved and...
DeKalb police officer Chad McNett offers prizes to children Wednesday as an initiative to ask questions about police work and safety at Lexi's Kid Corner, 122 S. First St. McNett hoped to make a good impression, especially on young kids, in order to familiarize...
Destroying friends in a video game is a timeless activity, and few games are as timeless as “Super Smash Bros.” and “Mark Kart 64.”“Mario Kart 64” and “Super Smash Bros.” were easily my two most played games growing up. There was rarely...
Lizabeth Roman, sophomore community leadership & civic major, Kathryn Voight, freshman history major, and Zharfan Irawan, accounting major, gather together Monday night to discuss their various research topics in their classes at the Founders Memorial...
Vicky Torres, Best Western general manager, spoke about the hotel inspection program the city is considering in preparation for the IHSA football championship and NIU Homecoming. Torres expressed concerns that the time limit set upon local hotels is...
Homegrown is a collaborative project by the staff of the Northern Star, the independent student newspaper at NIU. The project documents the life of planting, harvesting and beyond, in the land of some of the world’s finest corn: DeKalb, Ill. Click here...
When I started college, I felt the need to set goals for myself. I wanted to put effort into something like changing myself in some way or accomplishing something that would take lots of work, so I created my college bucket list. The name speaks for itself:...
Former Sycamore resident Nancy M. Beasley used her love of history to pen a book about the antislavery movement in DeKalb County. Beasley’s book, “The Underground Railroad in DeKalb County, Illinois,” is about the antislavery movement in DeKalb...
Organizers are optimistic about Corn Fest’s move back downtown. Corn Fest provides free music and entertainment to the DeKalb community to wrap up summer. This is one of the last free summer music festivals in Illinois as well as one of the oldest,...
The Looking Box art exhibition featured semester-long artwork projects presented by ARTD 469 (Problems in Photography) students. The exhibition was open Saturday at the Art Annex. Groups of photos taken by the 10 student artists were displayed during...
An incredible single-player narrative and solid-third person shooting action sets Spec Ops: The Line apart from other recent modern shooters. Background Spec Ops: The Line is a fictional third-person shooter that takes place in Dubai six months after...
Carlos Marmol has been quite the story this year with his unsettling outings for the Cubs this year. The only way Marmol will get back on track is to keep pitching, and that’s the Cubs’ plan. Marmol again struggled on Saturday, walking two and hitting...
