1. Gas is cheap here.

2. Beer pong is an officially recognized sport at NIU.

3. The Holmes Student Center is a barn.

4. “Don’t drink the water!”

5. Residents commute to work by crop duster.

6. There used to be a horse slaughterhouse here. Oh, wait…

7. Those “bitter” people Barack Obama was talking about live here.

8. DeKalb is in Iowa.

9. Corn is used as currency.

10. NIU is a football school (Sorry guys.)