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Upcoming events: week of Sept. 2

Upcoming events: week of Sept. 2

By Northern Star Staff | September 1, 2019

MondayJonamac Orchard grand opening weekend: Jonamac Orchard will be opening its weekend activities. The corn maze will be open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and apple picking will be open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the rest of the season.TuesdayNIU Esports club open...

Brass bugle on American flag with room for your type.

Army Field Band comes to the Egyptian

By Northern Star Staff | June 24, 2018

DeKALB — The U.S. Army Field Band and Soldiers’ Chorus is returning to DeKalb for a patriotic performance just after the Fourth of July.The group’s continued tradition of providing free performances to the public will take place at 7:30 p.m., July...

Prior to the civic unrest that halted their tour, Donna Schultz Xidis and Toney Xidis pause for a photo outside of temple of Karnak in Luxor, Egypt.

DeKalb couple describes Egyptian protests first hand

By Daniel Ciamprone | February 22, 2011

DeKALB | Thousands marched through the streets of Alexandria with chants of, "We love Egypt!" "We are Egyptians!" and "We love our country!" This was followed by tear gas and in some cases live ammunition, all of which was happening right below the hotel...

US considers requests to freeze Egyptian aides’ assets

By Jim Maahs and The Associated Press | February 14, 2011

The Obama administration is examining requests from Egypt’s new government to freeze the assets of top aides to ousted President Hosni Mubarak, a senior U.S. official said Monday. The official told reporters at the State Department that the administration...

Americans need to support Egyptian protesters

Americans need to support Egyptian protesters

By Jessica Jenks | February 8, 2011

I always get concerned that Americans are ethnocentric. According to a recent poll by the Pew Research Center, 52 percent of Americans claimed to have heard little or nothing about the anti-government protests in Egypt. I absolutely think that Americans...

NIU Study Abroad Office: No NIU students are currently in Egypt

By Kim Skibinski | January 31, 2011

DeKALB | As protests in Egypt reach the one week mark, the Study Abroad office reported that no NIU students are in the country. Anne Seitzinger, Study Abroad office director, said if a country issues a travel warning, some students cannot study abroad...