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Rugby starts season with alumni weekend and hockey adds a second team

By Ed Rietveld | August 23, 2011

Men's rugby ready to start season After going 6-0 last year in regular season play and 1-1 in the playoffs, the NIU men's rugby team is ready to start its 2011 season.The Huskies return 12 of 15 players from last season, giving them a chance for another...

Police say Cortland shooter found dead; victims’ injuries are not life threatening.

By Kyla Gardner | July 26, 2011

Cortland | Two Cortland residents suffered non-life threatening gunshot injuries Thursday night before the shooter, Michael L. Sebourn, killled himself, according to a DeKalb County Sheriff's Office Press Release. Police were summoned to the house at...

NIU on enrollment decrease

By Jessica Sabbah | April 27, 2011

Chicago resident Craig Thompson is a junior at Marist High School and has began his college search. He is looking for a college that is semi-close to home and somewhere he can have an enjoyable college experience. Thompson is just one example of the thousands...

Status hearing held for Orozco

Status hearing held for Orozco

By Dave Gong | April 27, 2011

One of the men charged in the April 5 shooting of NIU linebacker Devon Butler appeared in court Wednesday for a status hearing. Former NIU student Mark Orozco is charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery with a firearm, aggravated discharge of...

Allan Barsema was one of 10 who won Purpose Prize

By Amy Kreeger | November 21, 2010

Allan Barsema, senior research associate for the Center of Government Studies, was one of 10 nominees who won the Purpose Prize. The award is given to honor making an extraordinary impact on the community in an encore career. There were more than 1,400...

Students make paper planes during STEMfest Saturday at the NIU Convocation Center. STEMfest celebrates science, technology, engineering and mathematics with hands-on activities, exhibitions and more.

STEM Festival brings interactive science experience to NIU

By Shadonna Merriweather | October 25, 2010

What turned out to be a morning full of heavy rain, dark clouds and ankle high puddles settled into an afternoon that kids could not resist. NIU’s Haunted Physics Laboratory metamorphosed into Spooky Science Saturday and was geared toward teaching little...

Irony in using death penalty on alleged baby murderer

By Letter Writer | September 12, 2010

I just wanted to comment on the storytitled "<a href="https://northernstar.info/from_ap/nation_world/article_35888710-0c04-54ce-b47f-3876db1224db.html">Prosecutorsto seek death penalty in Stockton case" which appeared in theNorthern Star on Wednesday.This...