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NIU live mascot Mission III smiles for the camera in front of the Holmes Student Center on Oct 9, 2023. Mission III will finish a friendly competition with Western Illinois University live mascot Colonel Rock "Ray" IV on Saturday before NIU football's season opener against WIU. (Northern Star File Photo)

“Goodest Boy in Illinois” challenge ends Saturday

By Northern Star Sports Staff | August 29, 2024

DeKALB – With Saturday’s intrastate rivalry football game between NIU and Western Illinois University just around the corner, the battle between the schools’ live mascots nears its final stages. Since Aug. 16, NIU’s Mission III and WIU’s...

CampusDealin.com offers coupons for local businesses

By Lauren Dielman | February 1, 2012

Tim Dalrymple, junior business marketing major, came up with the idea for his website, CampusDealin.com, after he tried a similar coupon website."We realized this was actually a good business," Dalrymple said.CampusDealin.com offers coupons for at least...

WIU falls to women’s basketball

By Katie Leb | November 16, 2010

DeKALB | Notch win number two for Kathi Bennett. In an Illinois rivalry game, the NIU women’s basketball team took down Western Illinois 73-65 Tuesday night in Macomb. “It’s always nice to beat a directional school when you’re one of them,”...

The cost of free printing on campus

By Jalen Cobb | September 12, 2010

DeKALB | The printers on campus are available for students to print unlimited number of pages, but some students have noticed the limit of functioning printers and the limited number of pages per job they're allowed to print. Cindy Phillips, director...