Thank you, Northern Star, for raising rape awareness. I am a victim of being raped at Illinois State when I attended there my first semester of freshman year. I was at a fraternity party where I was given too much alcohol and three former friends raped...
No, it’s not a showing of the gritty Vietnam-era film your dad always wants to watch with you during Christmas break. And no, it isn’t an Atlanta-based experimental noise band. It’s an alternative rock band from Rhode Island with a predilection...
Of course the word “cat” has a “k” and two “t”s. You probably also could go for two boxes of doughnuts right about now. And maybe, just maybe, you would still play in a baseball league just for the snow cone. Comedian Brian Regan will perform...
Time travel is still impossible, but the School of Theatre and Dance is doing the best it can. Siècle de Ballet, French for “Century of Ballet,” runs 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the O’Connell Theatre in the Stevens...
At its last meeting of the semester, Faculty Senate discussed the academic summer session, a grade change proposal and online teaching evaluations. One of the most highly debated topics of the night was the academic summer session. Faculty Senate President...
Drew Veskauf was prepared to graduate this semester, before he discovered something was going to prevent him taking up his cap and gown. The journalism and history major met with his academic advisers and discovered he needed two more classes, and one...
While the semester is ending for college students, learning opportunities are only beginning for junior high and high school students. Starting June 1, NIU will offer numerous summer camps for junior high and high school students. The camps are set up...
The role of DeKalb City Clerk might change, based on the outcome of a referendum to be held in November. The position is an elected official, but the referendum will decide if the position will change to be appointed by the city manager, according to...
Those looking to add something different to their home or try out a new type of shopping have the opportunity through local businesses and vendors. Antique shops, like Sycamore Antiques, 320 W. State St., in Sycamore, carry a variety of antique items,...
After finding out that he’s retiring, Larry Bolles said students stop by his office almost every day with one pleading request: “Please don’t go. What are we going to do without you?” “That tells you that you must have done something right,”...
The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Tuesday At 5:40 p.m., DeKalb police were dispatched to the...
The following was taken from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. Tuesday At 10:10 a.m.,...
