The Northern Star's editors give you the scoop on what's inside the day's newspaper. In today's edition: SA Senate Meeting Recap Brian Posehn Comedy Show Coverage Women's Softball Recap Mikimoto Review And more...

Provost Raymond Alden created the General Education Visioning Task Force (GEVT), which will team up with the General Education Committee to make revisions to the NIU General Education program. The task force is composed of faculty, administration and...

View City Blotter 2/6-2/9 in a larger map The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. Wednesday At 1:28 a.m.,...

View Campus Blotter 2/7-2/9 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...

The Study Abroad Office hosted a fair Thursday in the Holmes Student Center gallery. The fair consisted of several tables with information on the more than 80 countries NIU offers as study abroad locations. According to Study Abroad Director Anne Seitzinger,...

The Secretary of State’s offices and driver service facilities state-wide will be closed Tuesday in observance of Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, according to a Friday news release from the Secretary of State. All driver service facilities will reopen...

Chapter 50 of the city of DeKalb’s municipal code established a Citizen Environmental Commission and with the help of the commission, the city of DeKalb has worked to be more environmentally aware and sustainable in a variety of ways. “We instituted...

Hair Cuttery, 2350 Sycamore Road, will be hosting a “Cut-a-Thon” fundraiser on Feb. 24 to benefit Feed ’em Soup, 122 S. First St. The fundraiser will run from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Hair Cuttery and all proceeds will benefit the non-profit, according...

The registration for the Explore Government & Politics in Washington, D.C. is coming to an end on Feb. 18. Political science professors Artemus Ward and Matthew Streb will lead a spring break seminar in Washington, D.C., to study politics and network...

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and it makes me reminisce on all the relationships of the past--especially the relationships that made me dream of having that something special with someone. Ah, to be young and in love and star in a ’90s...

Six musicians between the ages of 12 and 16 will perform at the annual Honors Recital on Saturday. The six will receive a $250 talent scholarship from the NIU Community School of the Arts. This scholarship was established in 1996. The money for the awards...

Mikimoto Japanese Steakhouse, 826 W. Lincoln Highway, is sure to please any Japanese food lover. It offers a hibachi grill and a sushi bar. The atmosphere of the steakhouse is atheistically pleasing. It is decorated with fancier-looking light brick walls...