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...
DeKALB — Men’s tennis was handed its first loss in over a month Saturday in a close contest against DePaul University which ended 4-3 in favor of the Blue Demons.
Despite the loss, Head Coach Patrick Fisher expressed his appreciation of his team’s...
DeKALB — In its run-up to a share of the Mid-American Conference West division title and a top-four seeding in next week’s MAC Tournament, it had been a while since the men’s basketball team had a night where everything went wrong.
That caught...
DeKALB — Hockey’s inaugural D1 season came to a close after losing 6-3 to the Maryville University Saints on Friday night in round one of the Midwest College Hockey playoffs.
After beating Maryville in a shootout in the regular season finale, NIU...
