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NIU food truck to open Saturday

By Alexander Chettiath | April 9, 2015

The DogHouse, an alumni-owned food truck, will debut Saturday at the Huskie Bowl and Communiversity Block Party.The DogHouse is operated by alumni Keith Otis, Elliot Echols and Jordan Delegal. They plan to move to a student-operated food truck as their...

DogHouse DeKalb co-founders Jordan Delegal (left), Elliot Echols and Keith Otis prepare food at the 2014 Homecoming football game. 

Students get glimpse of DogHouse, NIU’s 1st food truck

By Northern Star staff | February 24, 2015

NIU has been given a glimpse of its first food truck via Instagram.The DogHouse, an entrepreneurial project started by three NIU alumni, raised $20,000 by Nov. 25 through Kickstarter to purchase NIU’s first student-run food truck. DogHouse co-founder...

NIU’s 1st food truck, DogHouse DeKalb, hopes to open in April

By Northern Star staff | January 22, 2015

The DogHouse, which raised more than $20,000 through Kickstarter to become NIU's first food truck, hopes to open in April.In a message posted to Instagram, the truck's management team, which is composed of three alumni, said it has begun purchasing meetings...

DogHouse DeKalb co-founders Jordan Delegal (left), Elliot Echols and Keith Otis prepare food at the 2014 Homecoming football game. 

DogHouse DeKalb plans to buy truck after raising $20K

By Sabreena Saleem | November 30, 2014

The owners of The DogHouse DeKalb are preparing to purchase their food truck after getting more than $20,000 pledged through their Kickstarter campaign.The food truck, which would be NIU’s first and which would serve cheese sandwiches, had 36 days to...

The founders of the DogHouse DeKalb, which would be NIUs first food truck, stand with NIU President Doug Baker (in red) at Homecoming in October.

DogHouse DeKalb gets $10,000 pledge, is $3,000 short of goal with 5 days to go

By Northern Star Staff | November 20, 2014

The DogHouse DeKalb, which is using a Kickstarter to fund what would be NIU's first food truck, received a $10,000 pledge today.The "large" pledge -- which makes up half of the $20,000 sought by the Doghouse DeKalb -- was more than DogHouse co-founder...