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Daniel Eiland, sophomore electrical engineering major, talks about the police report he filed regarding the racial slurs he was called off-campus Thursday. He said he remained calm when four men in a silver pickup truck called out racial slurs at him, saying Eiland doesn’t belong in their town.

Racial slurs prompt report

By Madison Kacer | November 14, 2016

Daniel Eiland, sophomore electrical engineering major, talks about the police report he filed regarding the racial slurs he was called off-campus Thursday. He said he remained calm when four men in a silver pickup truck called out racial slurs at him, saying Eiland doesn’t belong in their town.

Student represents peers in IBHE

By Leah Nicolini | August 1, 2016

Stephanie Torres Celis, junior public health major, is Latino, female and a community college graduate, which she believes will make her perspective unique to the Illinois Board of Higher Education this fall.Celis is one of two student representatives...

Lianne Abellar (left), freshman pre-elementary education major, and Minnika Hoggsterom (right), sophomore biological sciences major, talk about Promoting Leadership through Unconditional SisterHood, an organization for female empowerment. The organization was approved at the Student Association Senate meeting Sunday in the Holmes Student Center, Sky Room.

SA rejects bill for more contact with new organizations

By Leah Nicolini | May 9, 2016

Lianne Abellar (left), freshman pre-elementary education major, and Minnika Hoggsterom (right), sophomore biological sciences major, talk about Promoting Leadership through Unconditional SisterHood, an organization for female empowerment. The organization was approved at the Student Association Senate meeting Sunday in the Holmes Student Center, Sky Room.

Dillon Domke (left), Student Association Senate speaker, shakes the hand of Christine Wang, SA Senate speaker-elect, as Domke formally swears Wang in as speaker Sunday at an SA Senate meeting in the Holmes Student Center, Sky Room.

SA OKs 4 executive nominations

By Leah Nicolini | May 9, 2016

Dillon Domke (left), Student Association Senate speaker, shakes the hand of Christine Wang, SA Senate speaker-elect, as Domke formally swears Wang in as speaker Sunday at an SA Senate meeting in the Holmes Student Center, Sky Room.

Student email to change to Outlook

By Leah Nicolini | May 5, 2016

Information Technology is changing students’ email accounts from Gmail to Microsoft Outlook starting May 31.Microsoft Outlook, also called Exchange Online in the Office 365 platform, is the email service NIU employees use, and Information Technology...

SA Senate approves environmental affairs committee

By Leah Nicolini | May 2, 2016

The 24 Senators at the Student Association Senate meeting Sunday approved the committee on Environmental Affairs.The SA Senate represents and acts on behalf of student interests across campus and is responsible for the appropriation of funds to SA recognized...

Christine Wang, SA Senate speaker-elect, speaks with Sergeant-at-Arms Senator Timothy Brandner about the senate's discussion on Senator Tristan Martin's proposed bill at a meeting on Sunday in the Holmes Student Center, Sky Room.

SA plans to make students more aware, interact with organization

By Leah Nicolini | April 28, 2016

The Student Association leadership elected for the 2016-17 academic year said they will work to make students more aware of the SA.The purpose of the SA is to voice student concerns to the university administration, according to its website.Fifteen students...

Christine Wang, SA Senate speaker-elect, speaks with Sergeant-at-Arms Senator Timothy Brandner about the senate's discussion on Senator Tristan Martin's proposed bill at a meeting on Sunday in the Holmes Student Center, Sky Room.

SA Senate postpones 2 bills

By Leah Nicolini | April 25, 2016

Christine Wang, SA Senate speaker-elect, speaks with Sergeant-at-Arms Senator Timothy Brandner about the senate's discussion on Senator Tristan Martin's proposed bill at a meeting on Sunday in the Holmes Student Center, Sky Room.

The construction of Peace Road will include a bike path that extends from Lincoln Highway to Macom Drive.

DeKalb to add bike path

By Leah Nicolini | April 14, 2016

The construction of Peace Road will include a bike path that extends from Lincoln Highway to Macom Drive.

Coding club designs sexual assault survivor help app

By Leah Nicolini | April 11, 2016

An NIU-built sexual assault help app will be released in the fall and Safe Passage expects the app to reduce the 6,500 calls it received on its 24-hour hotline in 2015.Four students from Tech Bark, an NIU coding club, teamed up with Kristen Myers, director...