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A banner reading “HAPPY NEW YEAR” hangs on a column in the Asian American Resource Center. The 2024 Lunar New Year is Saturday and NIU’s Asian American Resource Center is celebrating this week. (Kayla Martin | Northern Star)

Roaring into 2024 with the year of the dragon

By Kayla Martin, News Reporter | February 6, 2024

DeKALB – The Lunar New Year is coming up Saturday as the year of the dragon, with different celebrations happening around campus originating at the Asian American Resource Center.  The Lunar New Year is a holiday celebrated by billions of people...

Duke Ellington Ballroom is filled with different tables and students learning about different organizations at NIU. The Involvement Fair will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on January 17th and 18th in the Holmes Student Center’s Duke Ellington Ballroom.  (Cheyanne Quintanilla | Northern Star)

NIU to hold its Spring Involvement Fair

By Victoria Wakeford, News Reporter | January 16, 2024

DeKALB -  The first week of the spring semester brings the 2024 Spring Involvement Fair, which will be lined up with many organizations looking to reach out to NIU students.  The Spring Involvement Fair will be held from 11 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday...

Nam Pham, freshman illustration major, showing Circus Club members a performance act. (Northern Star | Caleb Johnson)

Clown around with NIU’s unofficial circus club

By Caleb Johnson, Lifestyle Writer | April 25, 2023

DeKALB – People pranced and bean bag balls littered the floor as a small crowd gathered on Thursday in studio room A at the Campus Recreation building for the unofficial Circus Club meeting. The club meetings themselves have no formal structure since...