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Store owner DJ Bhatt signs off on a copy job for a customer.

Grocer brings Indian café to city

By Ashley Dwy | September 16, 2019

By adding an Indian grocery store and the Khana Khazana café to Gurukrupa Indian Grocery and Copy services, 1005 W. Lincoln Highway, current owner DJ Bhatt hoped to incorporate all-vegetarian food to DeKalb’s culture.Gurukrupa Indian Grocery and Copy...

Renovations to the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., were postponed two additional weeks following concerns regarding expansion into Palmer Court.  

Egyptian Theatre renovations see postponement to achieve compromise

By Kierra Frazier | February 28, 2019

Renovations to the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., were postponed two additional weeks following concerns regarding expansion into Palmer Court.

 

 

Targeted ads may be the price of using social media

By Noah Thornburgh | January 31, 2019

Social media companies are set on consolidating their user bases, which means targeted advertisements will get more intrusive as more user data is funneled to advertisers. Facebook is planning to merge three of its subsidiary messaging platforms by 2020,...

Covenant "Covie" Falana, junior and business major from Bolingbrook, will be featured in the NBC Show "Titan Games," starring Duane "The Rock" Johnson this season. 

Student to make appearance on NBC’s new show “The Titan Games”

By Taher Zeitoun | January 28, 2019

Covenant "Covie" Falana, junior and business major from Bolingbrook, will be featured in the NBC Show "Titan Games," starring Duane "The Rock" Johnson this season. 

Papa John’s takes a different direction with new marketing campaign

By Sarah Fischer | October 7, 2018

Papa John’s pizza franchise has become a popular topic after sudden talk about altering its iconic logo.Not only may they modify the overall font of their emblem, they plan to omit the apostrophe in Papa John’s as well. The change may seem insignificant...

MaryAnn Lorenz (left) and freshman fashion student Dominique Sella (right) attend the NIU “Work Day to Runway” show April 7.

Professor sheds light on fashion career

By Cris Rojo | May 7, 2018

MaryAnn Lorenz (left) and freshman fashion student Dominique Sella (right) attend the NIU “Work Day to Runway” show April 7.

Initiatives proposed to boost enrollment

By Northern Star staff | December 1, 2016

DeKALB | President Doug Baker announced the creation of the Division of Enrollment Management, Marketing and Communications which aims to make the enrollment process more efficient.In the report, Baker responded to recommendations regarding Program Prioritization,...

Politicians are walking advertisements

By Cody Laplante | January 27, 2013

“Yes We Can.” This was the phrase plastered across televisions in 2008. These three words were at the center of Barack Obama’s first presidential campaign. However, do these words give the voting population any indication as to the policies Obama...

Gilbert Hall enters its design phase in Spring 2011 and is expected to be reopened for student residency by Fall 2013. Gilbert Hall has not been used as residence hall since its closing in 1995.

Gilbert Hall Revisited

By Kyla Gardner | February 27, 2011