NIU professors and students, high school teachers and community members volunteered to judge students’ projects at the 51st annual Regional History Fair. The fair featured projects, performances and documentaries created by students from more than 25...

The Own It! Embrace Your Beauty fashion show brought students together for a night of entertainment and information sharing. More than 400 people attended the second annual Own It! Embrace Your Beauty fashion show, which was hosted by the Women’s Resource...

Students were disappointed with the news that a planned Olive Garden will no longer be built in DeKalb. “Darden [Restaurants] has told us that their 2013 plans for 36 new stores have been cut to 15 stores,” City Manager Mark Biernacki said in a news...

Two of DeKalb’s four mayoral candidates spoke to the Student Association (SA) Senate Sunday about the importance of voting in the upcoming election. Candidates Mike Verbic and David Jacobson were the first two of a four-speaker series to visit the SA...

The following was taken directly from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. Thursday At...

Broken watches and skateboards—broken or not— took on new lives as pieces of artwork at Small Town (SMLTWN) Skate Shop, 229 E. Lincoln Highway. SMLTWN hosted its sixth annual skateboard-inspired art show on Thursday. The show featured more than 40...

Health class. I don’t know about you, but those two words bring me back to scenes of an overcrowded classroom as a teacher leads discussions on exercise, drugs and--of course--sex. According to the National Conference on State Legislatures, 22 states...

View City Blotter 2/27-3/2 in a larger map The following was taken directly from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at...

It’s probably the first time there has been a video game with a cyborg ninja and a robot dog as the main characters. “Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance” is a spin-off title from the Metal Gear series in which the player controls Raiden. Raiden is currently...

SPAY ILLINOIS will host a low-cost pet vaccination clinic on from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on March 23 at the DeKalb Animal Shelter, 16173 Base Line Road in Genoa. The clinic will offer vaccines for lyme disease, bordetella, rabies and leptospirosis, according...

Lewis Black didn’t hesitate for a second to say that “we the people” are the problem with the United States and its politics. Black performed 9 p.m. Saturday at the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St. He touched on topics like healthcare, social...

The Northern Star's editors give you the scoop on what's inside the day's newspaper. In today's edition: University Council Meeting Star Wars Day at DeKalb Public Library Men's Basketball Recap Chessick Center Update And more...