DeKALB — The Mid-American Conference announced Monday that the football team’s home game against the University at Buffalo Bulls has been rescheduled for Oct. 31 according to an NIU Athletics news release.
Originally scheduled for Election Day...
DeKALB — The Supreme Court made a ruling Thursday that would block efforts to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA program.
The ruling came after a 5 to 4 decision written by Chief Justice John G. Robert Jr.
President Lisa...
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DeKalb — After 227 days of no NBA basketball, the Association will return July 31 to resume the 2019-20 season after it was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The NBA Board of Governors voted to approve the league's 22-team format Thursday to...
Every time I visit my family in Georgia, we take the long and often tedious trip from Athens to Atlanta for a day to see the city. Every time, without fail, I’ll want to go to two places on Marietta Street: the CNN Center and the College Football Hall...
Being a student of NIU’s School of Theatre and Dance means fully committing to performing in front of an audience. In spite of campus being closed because of concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vincent Juarez, sophomore acting student, continues to devote...
DeKALB — DeKalb County UNITES, a local small business support group, is running a live webinar series called “Getting Ready for Recovery.” The webinars will be Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays through the service Zoom.
The first webinar will...
A global pandemic could lead to a second local health crisis if residents don’t consider continuing or beginning to donate blood, as the world battles COVID-19.
While residents are self-quarantining and adapting to social distancing as a result of...
DeKALB — Women’s basketball will say goodbye to five seniors after seeing their season ended in the first round of the Mid-American Tournament.
“This group is special,” Head Coach Lisa Carlsen said. “Many are a part of that first recruiting...
It wasn’t supposed to end this way.
Over the last two months, the men’s basketball team accomplished things that hadn’t happened here in DeKalb for a while. They won a share of the Mid-American Conference West Division for the first time since...
DeKALB — Redshirt sophomore Brit Wilson secured a pair of takedowns Sunday in the final period to lock up NIU’s first individual Mid-American Conference Wrestling Championship since 2011. Wilson was crowned champion at 184 lbs., while the Huskies...
The following is the response to a Northern Star questionnaire sent to all SGA candidates. Answers have been lightly edited for clarity and consistency.
Brad Beyer is running for a senator position in District 4.
Q: What’s your major, year in...
