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Gabby Crabtree

Gabby Crabtree, Former News Editor

Gabby Crabtree is the news editor at the Northern Star. She is a second-year student 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
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, Former 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, Former 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, Former News Editor
April 11, 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, Former News Editor
April 4, 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, Former News Editor
March 21, 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, Former News Editor
March 21, 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, Former News Editor
February 28, 2024
A margarita sits on the counter at Rosita's in DeKalb. Rosita's, 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
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, Former News Editor
February 12, 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, Former News Editor
January 31, 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, Former News Editor
January 30, 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, Former News Editor
January 23, 2024
Financial aid coordinator Sadie Barge sits behind a desk Tuesday in the lobby of NIU's 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, Former 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, Former News Editor
January 16, 2024
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