The Say It Out Loud grant, recently awarded to NIU’s Counseling Adult and Higher Education department, was created to encourage communities in Illinois to start talking about mental illness. The grants will fund the statewide project by the same name...
After working in the city clerk’s office for six years, Diane Wright accepted an appointment as the new DeKalb City Clerk. Prior to working in DeKalb, Wright lived in Landcaster, Ca. and worked in the city government there for 15 years. “When my husband...
Student motorcycle riders can now their revv engines together at a new club for bikers. NIU Moto was recognized as an official group last semester around October 30, said Adam Bennett, sophomore mechanical engineering major and president of NIU Moto....
A public hearing was rescheduled to March 19 to determine if Lord Stanley’s Class A Liquor License should be revoked, suspended or if the licensee should be fined, according to a notice of hearing and charges. According to Feb. 13 Northern Star blotter...
Thursday At 8:52 a.m., a DeKalb police officer on patrol observed a car driving west on Hillcrest and the driver was not wearing a seatbelt. The officer initiated a traffic stop in the 900 block of North Annie Glidden Road. The driver, Cesar Mejia, apologized...
Thursday At 1:13 a.m., Caelan A. Rivera, 18, of Crystal Lake, was found to unlawfully be in possession of cannabis at Douglas Hall. Rivera was arrested and late released on individual bond. At 11:58 p.m., officers responded to Lot P after receiving a...
The Board of Trustees (BOT) voted to approve all the university’s recommendations, including increasing the room and board rate, increasing student fees and approving the proposed salary guidelines. The university requested the BOT approve an aggregate...
At a 9 a.m. Board of Trustees meeting today, the board will vote for or against increasing student fees, room and board rates and various salaries, among other items. According to the Board of Trustees agenda, the university is requesting the Board approve...
Gas prices are increasingly becoming the biggest threat to the economy, said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. With the U.S. unleaded gas average at $3.58 a gallon, prices on petroleum have risen 25 cents since the new year. According...
Today, feminists walk the sidewalks of NIU - and they’re not afraid who knows it. To kick-off Women’s History Month, the Women’s Studies Program is sponsoring its seventh annual sticker day. Everyone on campus is welcome to stop by their office...
NIU was the birthplace of an Internet phenomenon, and it’s called “God Hates Checkered Whiptail Lizards.” Featuring some great zingers like “It’s Adam and Eve, not Checkered Whiptail Lizards and Eve” and a bald eagle crying, the zine humorously...
Jack Arends Hall, or the Visual Arts Building as it is more commonly known, holds two former faculty members at heart. Jack Arends, former head of the art department, was the reason for the Visual Arts Building’s existence, said Visual Resources librarian...
