NIU President Doug Baker and Chicago NAARPR member Larry Redmond meet with members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority following their police accountability event Thursday. Around 50 people gathered to express their feelings on DeKalb and Chicago police discrimination...
Escape the cold on your way to class. Walking through buildings is a great way to warm up between classes. If you have time, stop by the art museum located by the west entrance in Altgeld Hall.
President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One and departs Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield on Wednesday. Obama returned to his political birthplace with a plea to a joint session of the Illinois General Assembly for better politics. Gov. Bruce Rauner has said the state is in a slow death spiral because Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan cares more about protecting a privileged political class.
Redshirt freshman Austin Eicher wrestles Kent State’s Mack McGuire during their match Friday at the Victor E. Court. Eicher lost the match by a decision of 4-3.
Correction: The Northern Star incorrectly reported that Keisha Dyson, director of Marketing and Communications at Governors State University, said Governors State University cannot plan for summer 2016 and fall 2016 without a reasonable operating budget.Dyson...
DeKalb Barbs Forward A’Jah Davis wins the tip-off to signal the beginning of the 2016 First National Challenge between DeKalb and Sycamore high schools Friday at the Convocation Center. The First National Challenge, formerly known as the Castle Challenge,...
By Infographic by Nick Bosshart
| January 31, 2016
The IHSA football championships’ economic impact on DeKalb was $800,000, which is $200,000 less than what was projected. The money came from indirect and direct speding on hotels, food, gas, facility rental, tent suppliers, catering and other services...
PassNew bus app makes travel more simpleETA Spot is a free app that students can use to track the HuskieLine bus system. The new app is replacing the old HuskieLine tracking app and hopefully it will be more accurate.The introduction of this app is a...
DeKalb Police Chief Gene Lowery shows security footage from the December 2014 Black Lives Matter protest during Monday’s City Council meeting at the DeKalb Municipal Building, 200 S. Fourth St. The ordinance declares it to be a violation of city code for a person to fail to obey a command of a sworn peace officer or fail to disperse after a reasonable effort is made to advise the participants that the assembly is unlawful and must disperse.
The Residence Hall Association will hold a grand opening for the New York City Lounge 7-9 p.m. Feb. 18 in Grant Towers.Free food, music, pool and pingpong, among other recreational games, will be available for attendees. To mark the grand opening, students...
