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Gabby Crabtree

Gabby Crabtree, News Editor

Gabby Crabtree is the news editor at the Northern Star. She is a first-year and a communication media studies major.

Gabby is a percussionist, plays in NIU's Steelband and is a member of NIU Signing Huskies, an ASL club at NIU.

 

All content by Gabby Crabtree
The DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 W State St. sits under a blue sky with the American flag and the Illinois flag in front of it. Saturday the Walk to End Child Abuse will walk from Sycamore High School to the court house. (Northern Star file photo)

Annual Walk to End Child Abuse to happen Saturday

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
April 26, 2024
A cartoon person stands addressing people. On Friday, the Student Government Association will host the State of The Student Government Association. (Northern Star graphic)

Student Government Association to address the student body

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
April 25, 2024
Barsema Hall stands with a sign that says College of Business. At 5 p.m. on Wednesday in Barsema Hall, Pi Sigma Epsilon will host its Career Olympics event. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)

Pi Sigma Epsilon to host Career Olympics

By Gabby Crabtree and Emily Beebe
April 23, 2024
A group of students stand across from the Stevenson South entrance. Stevenson Tower A residents were cleared to go inside at 2:03 p.m. (Gabby Crabtree | Northern Star)

Stevenson Tower A experiences an electrical fire, hot water restored

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
April 19, 2024
Huskie buses sit parked in the Huskie Line bus barn. On Sunday at Francis Road in Virgil Township near Illinois Route 38, police responded to a car crash involving a Huskie Bus. (Gabby Crabtree | Northern Star)

[Photo] Driver collides with NIU Huskie Bus in Virgil

By Rachel Cormier, News Reporter
April 17, 2024
Keg & Kernel, located at 106 E. Lincoln Highway, sits open on Wednesday night. Keg & Kernel has announced it will be permanently closing April 28. (Gabby Crabtree | Northern Star)

[Photo] Keg & Kernel to close its doors

By Emily Beebe, Assistant Editor
April 17, 2024
A crowd gathers around the NIU letters at the MLK Commons in support of Palestine. On Monday, the Students for Justice in Palestine put together a walkout. (Gabby Crabtree | Northern Star)

NIU students host a walkout for Gaza

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
April 16, 2024
The Student Government Association sign hangs on a wall in the Holmes Student Center in the OASIS pit in 2022. SGA is hosting a special election on Wednesday for 10 open legislative seats. (Northern Star File Photo)

SGA to hold special election

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
April 14, 2024
Students paint and relax during the Solar New Year event Thursday at the Asian American Resource Center. Students celebrated Solar New Year by watercolor painting and writing four accomplishments from the past solar year. (Gabby Crabtree | Northern Star)

AARC paints for Solar New Year

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
April 12, 2024
Ethan Pesavento, a sophomore operations management and information systems major stands smiling. Pesavento won treasurer for the Student Government Association with 114 votes. (Courtesy of Ethan Pesavento)

Student Government Association Treasurer announced

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
April 11, 2024
A whiteboard with a list of Student Wellness Week activities written on it sits in the Holmes Student Center. April 8 to 12 NIU is hosting Student Wellness Week events for students to relax. (Gabby Crabtree | Northern Star)

[Photo] Student Wellness to host Spring into Wellness Week

By Kayla Martin, News Reporter
April 8, 2024
Ja’kobe Jones, SGA presidential candidate, speaks at a podium during the March 22 SGA debates. Jones won the SGA presidential ticket with 1,124 votes. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)

SGA announces election winners

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
April 5, 2024
Illinois State Police carry a U.S. flag during Deputy Sheriff Christina Musils funeral service. There was a procession that took place after the funeral service. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)

Sheriff’s Deputy Christina Musil laid to rest Thursday

By Emily Beebe and Gabby Crabtree
April 4, 2024
A laptop sits with RAMP’s homepage open. RAMP is a center for independent living for people with disabilities. (Gabby Crabtree | Northern Star)

[Photo] RAMP offers assistance to people with disabilities

By Kayla Martin, News Reporter
April 1, 2024
Present Perfect Modeling Organization strikes a pose during their performance at the Women’s History Month Showcase. Four Poets, One Mic hosted multiple different student organizations to help celebrate Women’s History Month on Thursday. (Gabby Crabtree | Northern Star)

Showcasing Women’s History Month through different talents

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
March 29, 2024
A graphic reading “STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION VOTING” shows the date and place of SGA voting. Students can vote in the SGA elections online until Wednesday. (Northern Star graphic)

SGA’s virtual ballot box is available now

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
March 26, 2024
Olivia Rodrigo stands on stage in a silver outfit during her March 12 performance in St. Louis. Rodrigo has released five new songs on Friday. (Gabby Crabtree | Northern Star)

[Photo] Olivia Rodrigo spills 5 new ‘GUTS’ songs

By Sarah Rose, Assistant Lifestyle Editor
March 24, 2024
A mock-up single dorm in Neptune North sits with a bed, mini fridge and a desk. The Board of Trustees approved a funds request to convert 150 single beds into double dorms. (Rachel Cormier | Northern Star)

Neptune to turn single dorms into doubles

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
March 22, 2024
Linh Nguyen, inclusive teaching coordinator for the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (from left), Kanjana Thepboriruk, associate professor of World Languages and Cultures, T. Ajewole Duckett, associate director of the Center for Black Studies discuss womanhood. Katy Jaekel, director of the Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality, mediated the event. On Wednesday a panel was held to celebrate Women’s History Month at NIU. (Gabby Crabtree | Northern Star)

NIU hosts Women’s History Month panel

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
March 21, 2024
A podiums with a microphone sits behind red lettering reading “Student Government Association Debate.” SGA to host a debate for students running for president, vice president, treasurer and student trustee on Thursday. (Northern Star graphic)

SGA executive board candidates to debate on Thursday

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
March 21, 2024
A “HUSKIES VOTE” sign sits in the Holmes Student Center. Democrat Amy Murri Briel won the 76th district democratic primary election. (Gabby Crabtree | Northern Star)

[Photo] Amy “Murri” Briel wins 76th District in primary

By Rachel Cormier, News Reporter
March 20, 2024
Water shoots into the old Illini Tire Co. building as firefighters look at the damage. At 11:02 p.m. on Tuesday, firefighters and emergency crews arrived to a structure fire at 1031 W. Lincoln Highway . (Sean Reed | Northerner Star)

BREAKING: Firefighters respond to structure fire on Lincoln Highway

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
March 20, 2024
Letters reading “DUKE ELLINGTON BALLROOM” hang on a wall in the Holmes Student Center. The Illinois Supreme Court will hear two oral arguments on Thursday at NIU. (Northern Star file photo)

Illinois Supreme Court hearing oral arguments at NIU

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
March 19, 2024
A crowd of people protest in support of Palestine. Protesters flew Palestinian flags and waved signs at Memorial Park on Sunday. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)

Pro-Palestine supporters rally at Memorial Park

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
March 4, 2024
A shelving unit in Huskie Books and Gear sits holding medications. Students can battle sickness at NIU with home remedies, medications and Health Services. (Gabby Crabtree | Northern Star)

Health experts recommend home remedies

By Gabby Crabtree and Nolan Morrissey
February 29, 2024
Water seeps into the carpet of Patterson Hall East, even side. At 1:10 a.m. Thursday, residents were rushed out of their dorms due to flooding. (Gabby Crabtree | Northern Star)

BREAKING: Flooding forces residents out of dorms

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
February 29, 2024
The Amazon Hub sits on the ground floor of the Holmes Student Center around the corner from Huskie Books & Gear and the Depot C-store. The locker can be added to your address book on Amazon by selecting the aventura locker and opened with a unique code once delivered instead of shipping to your home or dorm. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)

Amazon Hub comes to Holmes

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
February 28, 2024
Sycamore resident Steve Holliday takes his first sip of his margarita from Rosita’s, located at 642 E. Lincoln Highway. Rosita’s sells Mexican food along with a selection of alcoholic beverages. (Gabby Crabtree | Northern Star)

IN PICTURES: DeKalb celebrates ‘National Margarita Day’

By Gabby Crabtree and Sean Reed
February 23, 2024
A poster with a QR code to a petition for an Indigenous Resource Center at NIU hangs up on the bulletin board in Einstein’s Bros. Bagels. The petition lasts until February 29, 2024, and asks NIU to create a resource center to add onto the verbal acknowledgements the college makes. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)

Students petition for Indigenous Resource Center

By Rachel Cormier and Gabby Crabtree
February 22, 2024
A margarita sits on the counter at Rositas in DeKalb. Rositas, along with the restaurants below, are great places to get a drink in DeKalb. (Gabby Crabtree | Northern Star)

[Photo] Margaritas, happy hours, great times

By Caleb Johnson, Lifestyle Writer
February 22, 2024
George Middlemist, vice president and chief financial officer discusses NIUs budget for the 2024 fiscal year between NIU President Lisa Freeman (left) and Dennis Barsema, board secretary of the NIU Board of Trustees. NIUs Finance, Audit, Compliance, Facilities and Operations Committee approved the universitys quarterly financial projections on Feb. 15. (Rachel Cormier | Northern Star)

NIU to increase tuition, housing, student health insurance

By Rachel Cormier and Gabby Crabtree
February 16, 2024
Multiple different foods sit on a counter with a Mardi Gras table cloth. NIU Dining Services put on a Mardi Gras Fat Tuesday lunch. (Victoria Wakeford | Northern Star)

A taste of Mardi Gras at Holmes

By Gabby Crabtree and Victoria Wakeford
February 14, 2024
Baskin-Robbins and Dunkin’ Donut’s building sits with advertisements for their Valentine’s Day specials hung on their windows. Multiple restaurants in DeKalb are having special deals for Valentine’s Day. (Gabby Crabtree | Northern Star)

Sweet Deals on Valentine’s Day

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
February 13, 2024
People are sitting at a table and talking. DeKalb Chamber of Commerce held the 100th Annual Celebration Dinner Thursday at the Barsema Alumni and Visitors Center. (Gabby Crabtree | Northern Star)

DeKalb Chamber of Commerce celebrates centennial celebration dinner

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
February 9, 2024
MLK Commons sits empty surrounded by leafless trees. NIU’s AIM High Huskie Pledge adjusts a requirement to allow more students to qualify. (Northern Star file photo)

Huskie Pledge to modify gross family income requirements

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
February 8, 2024
Gustavo Casas (from left), Gabrielle Foreman, Tayyaba Ali and Shazor Kahn sit at a table while Ali gives a thumbs up to a person in the audience. The Young Trailblazers Panel brought four Generation Z CEO’s and entrepreneurs to talk to NIU students about their paths to success. (Gabby Crabtree | Northern Star)

Gen Z entrepreneur panelists talk inspiration, experience

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
February 2, 2024
An individual holds a pink pencil as they draw an anime character. NIUs Anime Association meets 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays in Stevens Building 170A. (Courtesy of Getty Images)

NIU Anime Association offers free snacks, games, anime

By Gabby Crabtree and Nolan Morrissey
February 2, 2024
McKenna O’Donnell, a junior mechanical engineering major, plays Overwatch on Wednesday in the Esports Arena. NASCAR Chicago Street Race is partnering with NIU Esports to put on the Rocket League Rev Up Saturday. (Josephine Dunmore | Northern Star)

Gearing up for the Rocket League Rev Up

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
January 31, 2024
The “Huskie Pride” sculpture sits atop wet sidewalk on a foggy afternoon in the MLK commons. NIU recently received a grant from the federal government to provide free mental health training too small businesses. (Northern Star File Photo)

NIU offers free mental health training for small businesses

By Kaitlyn Lee-Gordon and Gabby Crabtree
January 30, 2024
A participant in a Polar Plunge stands soaked in water. At 10 a.m. on Feb 17 at Huskie Stadium, the Special Olympics are hosting a Polar Plunge event where people will dive into a pool of water. (Courtesy of Special Olympics)

Special Olympics to bring Polar Plunge to NIU

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
January 30, 2024
Stephanie Richter, director of Teaching Excellence and Support speaks at Faculty Senate about AI Design Assistant. Jan. 24 Faculty Senate discussed professors using AI, changes to the Faculty Senate Bylaws and the search for a new executive vice president and provost. (Gabby Crabtree | Northern Star)

Faculty Senate talks AI, tenure and search for provost

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
January 25, 2024
The main entrance to Barsema Hall sits in its shadow Tuesday afternoon. The Young Trailblazers Panel will take place at 5 p.m. on Feb. 1 in the De La Vega Innovation Lab located in Barsema Hall. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)

Young entrepreneurs to host panel at NIU

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
January 23, 2024
Isabel Cambray, a senior illustrations major, shows off her table of vibrant artwork. The Welcome Back Brunch and Makers Market had multiple student run businesses showing off items they made to sell. (Gabby Crabtree| Northern Star)

Latino Resource Center hosts Welcome Back Brunch and Makers Market

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
January 23, 2024
Financial aid coordinator Sadie Barge sits behind a desk Tuesday in the lobby of NIUs Financial Aid and Scholarships Office. The office offers support for the newly-simplified FAFSA application that opened with the new year. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)

FAFSA updated for 2024-2025

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
January 18, 2024
Freshman computer science major Sebastian Santellanes pushes a dorm move-in cart down the icy sidewalk Monday toward the southern entrance of Stevenson Towers. As classes begin Tuesday, the National Weather Service has issued a wind chill advisory and expects a high temperature of minus 2 degrees on the first day back. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)

NIU students bundle up and move in

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
January 16, 2024
A blanket of snow covers the ground outside Altgeld Hall. NIUs campus operations will be virtual Friday Jan. 12 due to hazardous weather. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)

NIU’s campus moves to virtual operations Friday

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
January 11, 2024
Center for Black Studies Associate Director of Academics Ajewole Duckett, Ph.D. reads a libation statement. Duckett requested participants echo “ashay” every time she said it in the statement. (Gabby Crabtree | Northern Star)

Center for Black Studies brings taste of culture with Pre-Kwanzaa

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
December 8, 2023
Students sit at a table in the Center for Black Studies. A variety of food and board games were provided at the celebration of the ceremony. (Gabby Crabtree | Northern Star)

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An emergency call box sits on the walkway on an overcast day across from Huskie Stadium near NIU parking lot L. NIU is in the process of removing and dismantling its more than 80 emergency call boxes across campus. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)

‘NIU safe app’ continues to replace emergency call boxes

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
December 4, 2023
The Holmes Student Center sits under a cloudy sky in February. CABs first Winter Wonderland event will be taking place Monday. (Northern Star File Photo)

CAB to host first Winter Wonderland event

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
December 1, 2023
Students walk out of an NIU bus while it’s snowing. El Nino, a weather phenomena, can cause warmer and drier conditions during the winter. (Gabby Crabtree | Northern Star)

[Photo] Prepare for winter despite El Nino

By Michael Mollsen, Written Managing Editor
November 26, 2023
Slices of pumpkin pie sit ready to be plated by attendees of the International Thanksgiving Dinner event Monday. Instructors and their families were seated at tables, listening to the speakers within the Duke Ellington Ballroom within the Holmes Student Center. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)

NIU hosts 7th annual Thanksgiving with international community

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
November 21, 2023
Steam rises out of the top of Patterson Hall West on Nov. 13. A steam relief valve caused an emergency evacuation of Patterson Hall residents around 2 a.m. on Nov. 14. (Courtesy of Lydia Dunker)

Patterson Hall steam valve bursts, repairs finished

By Gabby Crabtree and Joseph Howerton
November 15, 2023
Michael Embrey, a DeKalb resident and Air Force veteran, speaks at the Veterans Day Ceremony at Memorial Park. Embrey recognized members of the crowd who have helped DeKalb earn the title of National Veteran City of the Year. (Gabby Crabtree | Northern Star)

Community gathers to honor veterans

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
November 11, 2023

Woman killed in DUI car crash

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
November 7, 2023
NIU law students partake in a game of craps. The SBA hosted a Casino Night at the Marshall Gallery in Swen Parson Hall. (Gabby Crabtree | Northern Star)

SBA hosts annual Casino Night

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
November 5, 2023
Snow falls on an NIU lamp post with Adams Hall in the background. The university saw its first snow fall of the year on Oct. 31. (Nick Glover | Northern Star)

First sign of NIU winter, Wednesday travel to be unaffected

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
October 31, 2023
Camp Kesem campers spray each other with paint bottles during a “messy game” activity. Camp Kesem is a six day overnight summer camp for kids aged 6 to 18 whose parents have experienced cancer. (Courtesy of Leah Tobben)

Kesem offers support to children of cancer patients

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
October 29, 2023
A police cars sirens flash their lights. Anthony Redd, a 40-year-old DeKalb resident, was arrested on felony charges of armed robbery, home invasion and unlawful restraint. (Courtesy of Getty Images)

Armed robbery suspect caught

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
October 28, 2023
George Middlemist, NIUs chief financial officer stands in front of Altgeld Hall. Middlemist spoke with the Northern Star about his career at NIU. (Courtesy of George Middlemist)

Chief financial officer by day, Broncos fan by night

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
October 24, 2023
Jada Samuels holds her checks for $7,000 from the University Pitch Madness competition. Samuels is the CEO of Jada Juice, an all-natural smoothie company. (Courtesy of Jada Samuels)

Young Black student balances business, college

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
October 23, 2023

A $21 million step toward clean energy in Illinois

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
October 20, 2023
A student lays her head on a table while the other student rests her head on her hand. An NIU alum recommends quality sleep over quantity of hours. (Getty Images)

NIU alum recommends quality sleep over quantity

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
October 16, 2023
Angela Nyam-Ochir, president of Fencing Club, gives instructions to members on what skills to focus on and practice in Monday night’s meeting. (Josephine Dunmore | Northern Star)

Unmasking NIU’s Fencing Club

By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
October 5, 2023
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