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The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

NIU moves game against BYU at SeatGeek Stadium back to Huskie Stadium

NIU Football’s game against University at Buffalo has been rescheduled

By James Krause, Reporter | June 22, 2020

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...

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals students stand Thursday in front of the Supreme Court after the Supreme Court ruled to block actions to end DACA.

Supreme Court rules to block efforts to end DACA

By Northern Star Staff | June 18, 2020

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...

A desk with a 2020 Goals checklist

Fill in the blank: What I will do after quarantine ends

By Opinion Staff | June 17, 2020

Fill in the blank: Once the stay-at-home restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic are eased and Illinois moves into phase four of its reopening plan, I want to…   Jack Baudoin : Visit the people I care about I am a very social person....

NBA Board of Governors approves to resume 2019-20 season July 31

NBA to officially resume 2019-20 season

By Jarrett Huff, Sports Editor | June 4, 2020

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...

Open ears, open eyes, closed mouths: The duties of white America after police brutality protests

By James Krause, Contributor | June 1, 2020

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...

Taken during NIU’s production of "Troilus and Cressida." Paris (Vincent Juarez) is dancing with the face that launched a thousand ships, Helen.

The show must go on for theatre students

By Parker Otto, Senior Reporter | April 23, 2020

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...

Business support group to hold webinar series

Business support group to hold webinar series

By Northern Star staff | April 3, 2020

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...

Donating blood provides much-needed resource for community

Donating blood provides much-needed resource for community

By Sam Malone, Editor in Chief | April 1, 2020

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...

Women's basketball says goodbye to five seniors

Women’s basketball says goodbye to five seniors

By Quentin Wilson, Senior Reporter | March 31, 2020

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...

The 2019-20 men's basketball team will be one of NIU's biggest "what ifs"

2019-20 men’s basketball team will be one of NIU’s biggest ‘what if’s’

By Mike Knapp, Reporter | March 17, 2020

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...

Brit Wilson takes home individual MAC Championship

Brit Wilson takes home individual MAC Championship

By James Krause, Senior Reporter | March 9, 2020

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...

SGA candidate profile: Brad Beyer

SGA candidate profile: Brad Beyer

By Northern Star Staff | March 9, 2020

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...

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