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Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

Santiago Morales, a then-sophomore mechanical engineering major, bench presses 155 pounds in the free weights section on March 4, 2024, at the NIU Recreation Center. NIU Recreation will host RecFest from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday at the Outdoor Recreation Center. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)

At NIU’s Rec Fest returns with games, fitness and free tacos

By Jaxs Rihan, Lifestyle Writer | September 18, 2025

From 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday the Recreation Center will be hosting its fourth annual Rec Fest showcasing the center’s three facilities: the Rec Center, the Chick Evans Field House and the Outdoor Adventure Resource Center. The Rec center is free...

Renting a canoe is just one of the activities offered by NIU’s Outing Centre this summer

By Shelby Divett | July 25, 2011

DeKALB | Tippecanoe and rent one, too. At NIU, students have the chance to get out and have an adventure instead of spending the summer indoors. Outdoor Adventure, a branch of Recreation Services, is located in the Outing Centre inside the Rec Center,...

Outing Centre offers new adventures

By Shelby Devitt | July 21, 2011

Tippecanoe and rent one, too. At NIU, students have the chance to get out and have an adventure instead of spending the summer indoors. Outdoor Adventure, a branch of Recreation Services, is located in the Outing Centre inside the Rec Center, and students...

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