DeKALB | The 2016 NCAA volleyball season begins Friday for the Huskies as they host Iowa, Loyola and DePaul for the annual NIU Invitational at Victor E. Court.The Huskies will face DePaul at 7 p.m.The tournament will continue Saturday with NIU versus Loyola...
DeKALB | NIU subscribed to an extended maintenance program for its information technology equipment rather than replacing the out-of-date systems, potentially causing the IT department to increase its debt.NIU was unable to spend the money required to...
By Northern Star Editorial Board
| August 29, 2016
NIU did not practice inclusion when it hand picked which parking permit prices would increase this fall because the justification for increasing certain permit prices is not applied equally.Reserved parking permits will see a $172 price increase, if the...
The House Café, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, posted a sign on its door stating "Closed for renovations. New ownership." Brian Fausett, former co-owner of The House Café, declined to comment on the new ownership.
DeKalb | The NIU Police department expanded its services to offer students food, mats and clothing 24/7.FoodThe department bought food like canned goods, water, peanut butter, cereal, shampoo samples, cheese and crackers and soup to give to anyone...
DeKALB | DeKalb will host its 39th annual Corn Fest this weekend in downtown DeKalb on Lincoln Highway between First and Fourth Streets.Corn Fest is ran by volunteers and features festival-style events including carnival rides, food vendors, the Beer...
The car stolen from the Sycamore double homicide was recovered yesterday near Lincoln Park Zoo.Patricia A. Wilson, 85, and her son Robert J. Wilson, 64, were found dead by a family member at 16058 Old State Road in Sycamore, Sullivan said. The family...
Louis Zmich, vice president of NIU CAUSE and senior marketing major and social entrepreneurship minor, talks about volunteering events that NIU CAUSE participate in like the Huskie Student Food Bank Wednesday in DeKalb. Zmich wears an NIU CAUSE T-shirt which he designed with The House Press, 263 E. Lincoln Highway.
DeKALB | Football season is approaching with a showdown on the road on Sept. 3 against University of Wyoming. With the season so near, the Northern Star decided to ask senior quarterback Drew Hare some questions about the season and himself.Q: Is it difficult...
DeKALB | Women’s soccer (0-1-1) took its talents to Milwaukee, Wis. on Sunday as it faced off against the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (2-0-0) at Engelmann Stadium, taking a 3-1 loss.NIU started the game quickly as sophomore forward Taylor Sarver...
Beyond the Wall moves its 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. poster sale inside the Holmes Student Center because of weather conditions.Tomorrow's sale will be held in the MLK Commons if weather permits.The proceeds from the poster sale go to Student Involvement and Leadership...
Libraries that are open 24/7 sound far-fetched, but there are already several in DeKalb.Although the library is open 24/7, no one can go inside. Little Free Library, a global program, is a free book exchange where people can take-a-book and leave-a-book...
