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April 2 University Council

April 2 University Council

By Gavin Weaver | April 3, 2014

NIU President Doug Baker discusses his trip to the State Senate, at which he and other university administrators testified about how a 12.5 percent or 20 percent budget would affect the university, during Wednesday’s University Council meeting in the...

What Not to Wear

What Not to Wear

By Gavin Weaver | February 6, 2014

Arial Grant, senior family and individual development major, acting as the “fashion police,” gives Jasmine Morris, senior rehab services major, a ticket for inappropriate interview attire at the What to Wear event Wednesday at New Hall. The event...

Northern Star wins six awards at ICPA

By Robert Baird | February 24, 2013

The Northern Star staff won six awards at the Illinois College Press Association (ICPA) awards ceremony on Saturday. ICPA awarded Illinois college newspapers based on judges’ reviews of publications that were submitted. The entries had to have been...

State of the University 2012

By Gavin Weaver | October 11, 2012

NIU President John G. Peters give his annual State of the University Address in Altgeld Hall Thursday afternoon.  In his speech he announced his resignation, effective in 2013, and discussed major improvements that NIU has made over the last several years.

(Students names from left to right on couch): Junior communications major Jordan Reed; Andy Vikre, junior political science major; and Delonte LeFlore, senior organizational and computer communications major, watch the first presidential debate from the New Orleans Room of Stevenson C Tower Wednesday night. The debate was between presidential candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama.

Students watch presidential debate

By Gavin Weaver | October 3, 2012

(Students names from left to right on couch): Junior communications major Jordan Reed; Andy Vikre, junior political science major; and Delonte LeFlore, senior organizational and computer communications major, watch the first presidential debate from the...

The Fair of Nations: Check it out

The Fair of Nations: Check it out

By Gavin Weaver | November 7, 2011

Will Pietrzak (left), sixth year psychology major, and Daniel Toon (right), sophomore mechanical engineering major, play a heated match of chess at the Fair of Nations at Grant South Monday night. The Fair of Nations celebrated diversity and offered activities...