The Northern Star is the all student-produced, independent media at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Ill.
The Northern Star covers NIU campus news, DeKalb city and county news, NIU Huskie sports and northern Illinois entertainment.
The newspaper publishes Monday through Friday during the academic
year and weekly during the summer sessions. Exceptions to publication are holidays, semester breaks
and exam periods. The Northern Star is a member of The Associated Press, Associated Collegiate Press,
College Newspaper Business and Advertising Managers, Illinois College Press Association, the DeKalb
Chamber of Commerce and several other professional journalism organizations.
The Northern Star offices are located in the Campus Life Building, Suite 130, DeKalb, IL 60115. Phone
(815) 753-0101 for news and editorial and (815) 753-0107 for business and advertising. Our e-mail address
is
editorinchief@northernstar.info.
The Northern Star's mission is twofold:
- To provide the NIU community primarily with coverage of news and events taking place at the
university, and secondarily with news pertaining to the city of DeKalb, Illinois and the nation.
- To provide a modern, laboratory-like setting, fashioned after commercial media, for all NIU
students interested in working in the various aspects of news media for the purpose of gaining
experience.
The Northern Star is a limited public forum whose content is determined exclusively by its student editors
at Northern Illinois University. Information presented in its newspaper and this Web site
is in no way controlled by NIU administration, faculty or staff.
Editorials reflect the majority opinion of the Editorial Board; columns reflect the opinion of the author,
not the Northern Star.
The Northern Star has a circulation of 15,500 Monday through Thursday, and 13,000 Friday. A single
copy is free. Additional copies are 50 cents.
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