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Convocation Center to hold logo design contest

By Northern Star Staff | September 9, 2012

The Convocation Center will hold a logo design contest to celebrate its 10 year anniversary, according to a Convocation Center press release. The contest will give participants the opportunity to design a logo for the center’s anniversary campaign....

Blotter 9/5-9/8

By Northern Star Staff | September 9, 2012

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. Sept. 5, 2012...

New Residence Hall has positive reaction

By Erin Kolb | September 9, 2012

The New Residence Hall Complex has been gaining a positive reaction from students. The still-unnamed residence hall offers students services and features that separate it from other residence halls. Students are able to use a fitness center, study with...

West Nile found in DeKalb County man

By Northern Star Staff | September 6, 2012

A 59-year-old DeKalb County man has been reported as infected with West Nile virus, the first human case in the area. "This is not unexpected, due to the fact that there have been cases diagnosed throughout Illinois and the United States and we know the...

Allegations of misdeeds revealed

By Felix Sarver | September 6, 2012

Allegations of misconduct behind the resignation and retirement of two former NIU employees came to light in the Chicago Tribune Wednesday. Former Convocation Center Director John Gordon and Robert Albanese, former associate vice president of Finances...

Campus Blotter 9/6

By Northern Star Staff | September 6, 2012

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. Sunday •...

Quick talks about issues on campus at Faculty Senate meeting

Quick talks about issues on campus at Faculty Senate meeting

By Meghan Connell | September 5, 2012

Austin Quick accompanied by Kelsey Shockey speak on behalf of the Student Association at Wednesday's Faculty Senate meeting in the Holmes Student Center. Quick talks about many issues on campus, including the need for an updated recreation facility and...

Faculty Senate voices concerns about enrollment, faculty retirements

Faculty Senate voices concerns about enrollment, faculty retirements

By Felix Sarver | September 5, 2012

Concerns about student enrollment and faculty retirements were raised at the first Faculty Senate meeting of the fall semester Wednesday. Faculty Senate President Alan Rosenbaum said he heard from faculty and people on campus “catastrophic statements”...

Predictions for the year's biggest popularity contest

Predictions for the year’s biggest popularity contest

By Shelby Devitt | September 5, 2012

I stopped believing MTV’s Video Music Awards were a legitimate representation of the art of the music video in 2003 when the video for Missy Elliot’s “Work It” beat out the video for Johnny Cash’s powerful rendition of “Hurt” in the Video...

This piece is the Khon Mask from the Ramayana Play, a papier-mâché/glass piece from Thailand. This piece was feature at the Transnational Identity gallery in Altgeld Hall.

Southeast Asia shown through art

By Beth Schumacher | September 5, 2012

This fall, the Hallcase Gallery at the NIU Art Museum in Altgeld Hall is home to the Transnational Identity: Performing Arts of Southeast Asia exhibit. In connection with the Southeast Asian studies conferences happening this fall on campus, the Hallcase...

Professor’s dance company to perform in Chicago, NYC

By Sarah Contreras | September 5, 2012

New York-based creative think tank COLLECTIVE BODY | DANCELAB breezes back to Chicago next week to kick off its third season of dance and performance.Founded by NIU’s own Brian Carey Chung, assistant professor of ballet, COLLECTIVE BODY | DANCELAB came...

Loan options debated for new police station

By Ludwig Gerdes | September 5, 2012

On Aug. 30, the DeKalb City Council gave an initial vote in favor of a $12.25 million loan needed for the construction of a new police station and renovations to existing fire departments. The new police station will be at 700 W. Lincoln Highway, across...