Northern Star StaffDeKalb | The Jazz Ensemble will play its final performance of the year 8 p.m. Thursday in the Holmes Student Center’s Duke Ellington Ballroom.The show will feature bassist and Mack Avenue recording artist Rodney Whitaker.Board of...

The Secretary of State Office services will be on campus 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday in the Holmes Student Center.The services include driver’s license and state ID card renewal, replacement and correction, vehicle stickers, NIU collegiate plates, organ/tissue...

Gina LorussoBack in the day when Disney Channel movies were actually cool, my two best friends and my sister were obsessed with “The Cheetah Girls.”Naturally, when the movie came out in September we instantly knew what we were going to be for Halloween....

How am I going to afford this?The Scholarship Office hoped to answer that question with a presentation Wednesday at the Holmes Student Center. The event was held to help incoming students find and apply for scholarships.Scholarship Office Director Anne...

Athletics will induct its 31st class into the Hall of Fame.On Oct. 11, seven people will be inducted into the hall of fame at 7 p.m. at the Duke Ellington Ballroom inside the Holmes Student Center. Former head football coach Joe Novak, NFL veteran and...

 Students can explore the possibility of studying in foreign lands at Wednesday’s study abroad fair.The fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center.Students planning on attending will ask questions...

NIU is out to help all the students who have had trouble settling on a major.The Exploring Majors Fair will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 24 in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center.More than 700 students attend the fair each...

A new menu is available at Ellington’s as they reopen for the semester today. The restaurant is run by students of family, consumer, and nutrition science (FCNS) class 320. The restaurant has more than 100 reservations for today. A three-course meal...

The Sam Hight Sextet will play 8 p.m. Mondays at the Holmes Student Center Diversions room. The sextet had a recent lineup change. The members of the Sam Hight Sextet are Bobby Cooper on trumpet, Andy Czarnecki on guitar, Sam Hight on alto saxophone,...