DeKALB | DeKalb has a variety of activities planned for Mother's Day celebrations this year. At the Midwest Museum of Natural History, 425 W State St., mothers and grandmothers receive free admission to the museum from 12 to 5 p.m on May 8. Bethany Donovan,...
DeKALB | We've almost reached the end. Seriously, guys, there's like one week left and then finals. As many of you go home for the summer, study abroad or move on to bigger and better things, take one last opportunity to do something cool in the Dirty...
If you're losing steam in the last few weeks of the semester, you may just need a new study location and a healthy dose of caffeine. Follow the Northern Star through its weekly installment of the best places to study on campus and around DeKalb. Several...
DeKalb | Courtney Crombleholme, Amanda Irions, Ashley Michels, Brianna Lynn Pursell, and Karen Stoutenburg were recognized by Northern Illinois University's Presidential Commission on the Status of Women by receiving the annual Outstanding Women Student...
DeKalb | The Women's Resource Center will be holding a cell phone drive starting today and going through May 13. HopeLine drive is in conjunction with Verizon Wireless and all cell phones collected will be recycled and sent to domestic abuse and rape...
The Grad Sport Society is having a 5K race (3.1 miles) titled "5K The Night Away" ... It's a night race taking place the 29th of April where you race around the campus ... It will be a nice event ... You will receive a 5K t-shirt n goodie bags win, lose,...
DeKALB | The Faculty Senate Resources, Space and Budgets committee presented a report to the Senate during its Wednesday meeting on budget priorities if the state continues to defer on its payments to NIU. "CRSB created a statement of what the financial...
Tonight, all you people 21 and over drop what you're doing and head out to Otto's, 118 E. Lincoln Highway, for some good, old fashioned rock ‘n' roll featuring AM Taxi. AM Taxi blends old school punk with mainstream rock sensibility and just a dash...
DeKALB | The Asian American Association combines fashion with a good cause. AAA's annual fashion show will be held tonight at 6 p.m. in the Carl Sandburg Auditorium as a part of Asian Awareness Month. This year's theme is "Full House." Proceeds from this...
DeKALB | It's hard to keep music interesting. Jet Edison, a Colorado-based quartet, strives to keep its music fresh and energetic. The band's sound has been described as "genre-defying," according to drummer Alex Johnson. "We're kind of a genre-blending...
Aaron Brooks' column, "The US needs to cut defense spending and condense the military," was out of touch and uninformed. His argument essentially amounted to: "the U.S. spends more money than everyone else; therefore, we should spend less."What Brooks...
DeKALB | Most of the land in DeKalb is farmland, and therefore much of the city's revenue comes from crops and property taxes. There is, however, a predator aimed at disrupting this, and worse yet, is invisible to the naked eye. The corn nematode is a...
