Adrian Smith reads a personal speech Thursday night at the Holmes Student Center's Duke Ellington Ballroom during a speech and concert performance. Thursday's event celebrated the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and marked a close to the campus-wide Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Service week.
Police are investigating the attempted assault of a female student who was showering when a man in a ski mask touched her arm, according to an NIU safety bulletin.At 4:57 a.m. Sunday, an attempted assault on a female student was reported to have occurred...
NIU is looking for a student to be a featured presenter for its TEDxNIU Talks in April.The TEDx Talks will focus on "hidden superheroes" and will feature presentations from 9/11 first responder Tim Brown, motivational speaker Dale Spencer and author...
Campus Activities Board is hiring for two positions, according to a post on its website.Open positions include a coordinator for Educational Leadership and a marketing intern/coordinator.The coordinator for Educational Leadership will run the committee...
The following was taken directly from the NIU Police Department. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. The NIU Police Department provides police reports online at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety.Monday1. At 9:17 p.m.,...
The DogHouse, which raised more than $20,000 through Kickstarter to become NIU's first food truck, hopes to open in April.In a message posted to Instagram, the truck's management team, which is composed of three alumni, said it has begun purchasing meetings...
Some Faculty Senate members questioned how NIU will implement a policy presented Wednesday to make the campus smoke-free.The Smoke-Free Campus Act, which goes in to effect July 1, prohibits smoking in indoor and outdoor areas of college campuses in Illinois....
NIU’s Department of Student Involvement and Leadership Development is using random compliance checks to ensure student organizations are following regulations that limit the size of off-campus parties, alcohol consumption and the length of parties, among other things. The random compliance checks started this semester.
Freezing rain and the overcast from which it arrived will clear up by the end of the week.DeKalb is experiencing the last remnants of a weak 10-mile wide storm system, said NIU meteorologist Gilbert Sebenste. The end-of-the week break from the rain may...
Northern Lights are looking for ambassadors for the 2015-16 academic year.Applications for the position are open to undergraduates. Ambassadors work with other students, faculty and staff to "assist with retention, engaged learning, fund development,...
After a month-long recovery from a shooting, an alumnus resumed his job Monday morning at a Waco, Texas, TV station, where his coworkers had planned a surprise.“All of my coworkers … during a commercial break, they all pulled out these yellow shirts...
Blake Grigsby, junior digital cinema major at DePaul University, brightened students’ day during finals week by asking random passersby to slow dance in the Holmes Student Center.Grigsby, who runs a YouTube channel, said that although he has help from...
