The Student Association Senate approved Romeo Jackson as SA director of Cultural Affairs and Rachel Jacobs as SA director of Academic Affairs on Sunday.Jackson’s goals in their new position revolve around topics such as expanding Title IX to cover discrimination...
The following was taken directly from the NIU Police Department. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. The NIU Police Department provides police reports online at niu.edu/publicsafety/.Friday1. At 11 p.m. Feb. 10,...
History will be made this year at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago as NIU will play against the University of Toledo in the “Huskie Chi-Town Showdown,” the first football game ever played in the baseball stadium.The game will take place Nov. 9 and will...
The Editorial Board feels it would have been more cost-effective if NIU Athletics gave one student free tuition for the spring 2016 semester rather than rewarding 86 students who met the Mission 6 initiative requirements.The Mission 6 prize-eligible students...
President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One and departs Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield on Wednesday. Obama returned to his political birthplace with a plea to a joint session of the Illinois General Assembly for better politics. Gov. Bruce Rauner has said the state is in a slow death spiral because Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan cares more about protecting a privileged political class.
Jan. 271. At 5:51 p.m. Dec. 22, deceptive practices were reported to have occurred at 20 N. 4179th Road, Mendota. This case was suspended Jan. 27.2. At 11 p.m., possession of cannabis 30 grams and under and possession of drug equipment were reported to...
I was reading Thursday’s Northern Star article, “Free tuition initiative fails,” and felt disappointed about the cancellation of the free tuition raffle.I am a user of NIU’s Red-Black Rewards app and am currently listed number one on the app for...
I want to comment on a few quotes in the Feb. 4 edition of the Northern Star attributed to Morris White, assistant athletic director for marketing and game experience.White seems to blame students for why Athletics’ promotional campaign offering students...
Men’s basketball (15-3, 4-1 MAC) overcame a seven-point halftime deficit to defeat Central Michigan (9-9, 2-3 MAC) 75-70 on Tuesday night.Neither of the Huskies’ first two home games reached attendance of over 1,000 people, but the last two games...
The Bowling Green Falcons defeated the Huskies 34-14 in the MAC Championship game on Friday. [View the story "Huskies fail to come back as Falcons win the MAC, 34-14" on Storify] [<a href="//storify.com/NorthernStarNIU/huskies-fail-to-come-back-as-falcons-win-the-mac-s"...
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