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Alumni spotlight

By Northern Star staff | October 6, 2016

Kevin Strom, founder and CEO of GlobeChat, shares his experience at NIU for the Alumni spotlight.

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Banners of different video game series hang inside the NIU Esports Arena in Altgeld Hall. Lifestyle Writer Alex Lockwood explores five big updates coming to NIU Esports this fall. (Ethan Rodriguez | Northern Star)

5 highlights to look forward to in NIU Esports

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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, 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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NIU redshirt sophomore quarterback Josh Holst (15), redshirt junior tight end Jake Appleget (80) and redshirt junior left tackle Evan Malcore (54) lead players onto the field at Huskie Stadium during a Play Now game in “EA Sports College Football 26.” NIU is rated 70 overall, tied for the third-lowest overall rating in the game. (Skyler Kisellus | Northern Star)

NIU earns low marks in ‘EA Sports College Football 26,’ but poor ratings could pay off

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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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The Northern Star is the student-produced, independent media at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois, and is a limited public forum whose content is determined exclusively by its student editors. Information presented on this website and in its print products is not controlled by NIU administration, faculty or staff. The Star publishes online at northernstar.info and sends out its newsletter Mondays through Fridays while class is in session during fall and spring semesters.

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