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SciFi throwback video games still fly high

By Josh Alfrey | September 24, 2013

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The NIU letters sit in the MLK Commons near the Holmes Student Center. Dr. Alexander Garivaltis, an associate professor in the Economics department died April 8. (Northern Star file photo)

NIU mourns the death of economics professor

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An NIU Police car sits parked on Feb. 26 outside of Barsema Hall. Crimes such as domestic battery and criminal sexual assault were reported in June on NIU’s campus. (Northern Star File Photo)

NIU crime log, July 2025

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NIU crime log, June 2025

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A fall 1993 edition of the Northern Star shows NIU Athletics Hall of Fame running back LeShon Johnson running up the field. Johnson was convicted of six felony counts after violating the dog fighting prohibitions of the federal Animal Welfare Act. (Northern Star Archives)

Former NIU football star LeShon Johnson guilty of federal dogfighting charges

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Sophomore Sean Carroll reaches out of bounds to reset at the center of the mat at the match against Purdue University on January 12. Opinion Columnist Colton Peterson argues that AEW is no longer elite. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)

AEW is no longer elite

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