The Northern Star Editorial Board stands with NIU’s decision on remaining a non-sanctuary campus.While on the surface, the idea of a sanctuary campus comes off as helpful, in actuality, there are no legal benefits or added protections for undocumented...
The Northern Star acknowledged earlier this morning its "pass or fail" polls were not up to our standards, so we took down the polls with this format immediately after realizing our error. We apologize for not meeting our standards. One of the polls,...
Anemic Panda, a local band formed in 2013, performs March 25 at The House, 263 E. Lincoln Highway. The House will reopen Oct. 14 after being closed for several months.
Last spring, the winner of the Northern Star Scavenger Hunt was Emily Majewski, sophomore elementary education major. The medallion was found under a white Spruce tree in Annie's Woods, 401 Lucinda Ave.
DeKalb | The Saturday opening of college football was capped off around 3:35 a.m. Sunday morning local time when NIU lost 40-34 in a thrilling, triple-overtime game versus the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming.The game ended when Wyoming’s sophomore...
DeKALB | The House Café, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, is set to reopen Oct. 1 as “The House” under the new management of Mark and Martha Robinson, owners of Martha’s Kitchen, 302 Van Buren St. in Malta.The Robinsons are both graduates of NIU’s music...
Athletic Director Sean Frazier was passed up by the University of Minnesota as a candidate for its athletic director position.The director of athletics oversees the entire athletics program in aspects like budget coordination, public relations, fundraising...
I am writing this column at the last possible minute, which should come as no surprise to those that know me.If I started this column weeks ago, or even days ago, I would not be able to fully speak on my experience at the Northern Star. It still baffles...
I have been looking forward to writing this column since I became an editor for the Northern Star. You would think this would be easy for me since I’ve been writing my whole life. However, nothing could be more difficult. There’s no easy way to say...
DeKalb | NIU faculty members have encountered a salary inversion, which occurs when new hires are offered higher wages than current faculty members, due in part to the lack of state funding at NIU.It has been several years since current NIU staff and...
