Student Association Senator Yandi Farinango, 19, of Chicago, was charged with liquor consumption as a minor Friday.Farinango, elected in last week’s Senate election with 204 votes, serves the fourth district, which according to the SA Bylaws covers...
Students can submit original artwork that may appear on NIU President Doug Baker’s holiday card.Participants should feature the university during winter, holiday celebrations and general sensations surrounding the holidays, according to an NIU announcement....
Faculty and administrators will present their research on career satisfaction and gender in science, technology, engineering and mathematics faculty at today’s Faculty Senate meeting.Chris McCord, principal investigator and College of Liberal Arts and...
Victor E. Huskie has made it to the final round of a poll being conducted by the Chicago Tribune for a Mascot Hall of Fame nomination.The poll, hosted on the newspaper’s website at trib.in/1tPoxZs, has four contestants in the final round of public voting....
A Monday fire caused $1,200 in damages in Watson Hall.The DeKalb Fire Department responded to a fire alarm at 12:13 p.m. and encountered a fire in a restroom storage closet located on the north side of the building, according to a news release. Fire crews...
Raquel Chavez, Student Association vice president, is spearheading a sexual assault prevention campaign using her research and experience in the area.The SA announced its involvement with It’s On Us, a presidential task force that aims to work with...
The following was taken directly from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety.Friday1. At...
Prospective Army officers got a taste of their future careers while their leader neared the end of his own during a three-day training event this weekend.This year’s fall Leadership Training Exercise was the first of its kind for senior Cadet Jesspal...
More than 220 people have signed an online petition to return the campus’ student printing limit to $14.Amanda Shaffer, a senior elementary education major who posted the petition on Change.org, said many students have already used their $7 of printing...
Lesley Rigg, vice president for Research and Innovation Partnerships, is accepting nominations and applications until Oct. 13 for the 2015 Presidential Research Professorships.Up to three professorships are awarded to recognize faculty member accomplishment...
An official report from the OneCard office shows a turnout decline of 11 voters for Student Association Senate elections since last fall’s election.The report, issued Thursday, shows the SA Senate elections saw 739 registered voters: 382 voters on Tuesday...
(Left to right) Anne Birberick, vice provost of Academic Affairs; general education coordinator Michael Kolb and Brandon Phillips, a member of the NIU Progressive Learning in Undergraduate Studies task force, discuss a program to revamp NIU’s general...
