Marathons are often used as fundraisers, but participants aren’t always known for their great athletic skills. Luckily, the NIU Community School of the Arts came up with the Performathon, a day-long fundraising event featuring concerts and art exhibits...
While some students might skip town for Cancun or flee the continent for a week in paradise, some printmaking students are etching their way down to New Orleans. This year, the Southern Graphics Council International (SGCI) will be held March 14 through...
Saturday At 2:08 a.m., a DeKalb police officer on patrol observed a 1995 GMC van traveling westbound in the 400 block of West Lincoln Highway in the curb lane and the driver appeared hunched over in his seat, not wearing a seat belt. The officer initiated...
I found the article by Colin Remes on loud music to be one-sided and not considerate of others. The loud music has nothing to do with what time of day you play it, but the level of the music. You play music for you and no one else. It should be played...
On Sunday, the Student Association Senate indefinitely postponed a resolution to gather student opinions on the ballot for the upcoming executive elections. The Senate debated what questions they should ask students on the ballot. The questions proposed...
Stage Coach Players will be holding auditions for the summer 2012 performance season from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 511 Russell Road. The shows for the season are Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, Forbidden Broadway...
Awwwwww, Freakalb. With a wonderful name like that, and the great listing of genres such as funk, psychedelic, reggae, groove and jam bands in between, I had to go check it out this weekend. A two day event spanning Friday and Saturday, there was more...
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...
