Guiding your classmate to safety after a grenade has left them blind is not part of a typical day for most college students.However, NIU's ROTC program has students simulating these and other situations every Thursday.Sgt. 1st Class Frederick Harris,...
Kishwaukee Community Hospital is still growing, despite the city's shrinking population.Currently, the hospital is expanding the emergency room with six new treatment bays as well as the OB unit with four second floor maternity suites."Since opening the...
Sycamore Fire Chief Mark Kessler announced Thursday he plans to retire March 31.According to a press release, Kessler was hired by the Sycamore Fire Department in 1985 as a firefighter. He rose through the ranks, holding the titles of lieutenant and assistant...
Luis Felipe Hernandez-Palmeros, 21, of DeKalb died early Sunday morning when his Hyundai rear-ended a semitrailer and trailer at the intersection of West Lincoln Highway and Normal Road.According to a press release from the DeKalb County Coroner's Office,...
Name: Liandro "Li" Arellano Affliation: Republican Hometown: Dixon Occupation: Small business owner/Soldier - U.S. Army Reserves Qualifications: Self-employed business owner/entrepreneur Platform: Balance Illinois budget, end corruption in state government...
The Student Association will host informational tables from noon to 4 p.m. Feb. 20 and Feb. 22 in the Stevenson resident hall.The tables will have two surveys, the Student Satisfaction Assessment and General Transit Feedback Survey. There will also be...
The Northern Star took home 16 individual awards and an honorable mention in general excellence Sunday at the Illinois College Press Association convention.Several current and former staff members won individual awards for their contributions to the paper....
The following was taken from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. Wednesday At 3:35...
The King Is Dead.And so is Banquo, so is Cawdor and so is everybody else. Why all of this death?Because the NIU School of Theater and Dance's production of Macbeth has hit the stage.Long proclaimed as Shakespeare's bloodiest, most brutal play, Macbeth...
I wish I could bring some comfort and relief to Linze Griebenow ("Theory of Higher Education Doesn't Match Reality") and her "emotionally and mentally exhausted" classmates. Unfortunately, what she says about the job market is quite right, and she's in...
Apparently, an angry article about unemployment and student debt is "morale-crushing propaganda."Ms. Howard says that she works "one job that pays for less than a quarter of [her] housing." If this is so, then she is either going to be over $40,000 in...
