NIU President Doug Baker has started the search for a chief diversity officer, a position created to better accommodate NIU’s diverse student body and staff.Before making the decision to create the position, members of Baker’s administration looked...

Outdoor Adventures led students to the lagoon for winter revelry Wednesday at its Winter Wonderland event.Outdoor Adventures started the event last year to market its spring events.At the Winter Wonderland, students had the opportunity to ice skate at...

Three members of the faculty were each given the National Endowment for the Humanities Award and they are looking to put the grants that came with it back into the NIU community through their upcoming projects.The recipients were Jennifer Kirker-Priest,...

Doug Baker enters his second semester as NIU president after using his first months on the job to put into motion plans he hopes will improve the university’s infrastructure.Since Baker’s Nov. 13 inauguration, he has met with officials from Sycamore...

The Northern Star spoke with Kaitlyn Cosentino, junior early childhood education major, whose passion is to teach children and travel the world.Northern Star(NS): Why did you choose the major that you did?Kaitlyn Cosentino(KC): I’m really good with...

The plus and minus grading scale, implemented for the first time in the fall, received mixed reviews from students.In the previous system, a student who earned 91 percent would receive the same grade as another who earned 100 percent. Under the new scale,...

DeKalb | Huskies fans mourned the team’s Friday loss of the MAC title game at Ford Field.The game marked NIU’s fourth consecutive trip to its conference’s championship, and NIU’s victory over the Bowling Green Falcons would have meant a trip to...

Sophomore biology major Taylor McDonald hopes to skydive one day — if he’s not too busy procrastinating.Student Spotlight is a once-weekly series that highlights campus individuals.Northern Star: Why did you choose the major you did?Taylor McDonald:...