The Student Association Senate voted Sunday to support an interfaith space at NIU as part of a collaborative effort between the Senate and Better Together.Better Together, an organization approved by the Senate Nov. 7, is an interfaith association aimed...
Freshman Nicholas Partipilo said he’s got what it takes to be a political leader.Partipilo planned to use his math and science skills in engineering, but he decided to major in political science because of his interest in politics and history.Northern...
The DogHouse DeKalb, which is using a Kickstarter to fund what would be NIU's first food truck, received a $10,000 pledge today.The "large" pledge -- which makes up half of the $20,000 sought by the Doghouse DeKalb -- was more than DogHouse co-founder...
Jerome Rodgers, senior associate athletic director, sat in a circle at a group discussion Wednesday night and expressed his opinion that ignorance still exists, and not just when it comes to skin color.A group of about 12 faculty and students sat with...
Anthropology professor Dan Gebo will be named Illinois Professor of the Year at an awards luncheon today at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.The Professor of the Year award is given to one winner from each state in categories like community...
Matt Parks, senior director of Network and Communications Services, presented a cellular stipend policy proposal Wednesday to Faculty Senate, some members of which were skeptical of the proposal.The policy applies to NIU departments and employees that...
Students in a mechanism design and analysis class are creating a six-legged walking mechanism machine using 3-D printing.John Seper, senior mechanical engineering major, said teams of students spent at least two months completing their machine’s design....
Friday• At noon Nov. 1, identity theft was reported to have occurred at the NIU Police Station. This case was opened Friday.• At 11 p.m., illegal possession of alcohol by a minor was reported to have occurred at Stevenson North. This case was closed...
Matt Parks, senior director of network and communications services, will present a cellular stipend policy proposal today at Faculty Senate.The cellular stipend policy provides “a general guideline for the use of cellular stipends for university business...
A chill that took over northern Illinois early last week will be gone by Thanksgiving.An air mass that arrived in DeKalb Nov. 11, dropping the temperature from 60 to 35 degrees in three hours, will continue to produce a daily high of 20 degrees throughout...
A student was robbed by men with a weapon 9:25 p.m. Monday night near the 1200 block of Varsity Boulevard and North Annie Glidden Road, according to an NIU Police safety bulletin.The victim said he was approached by two males with a silver weapon who...
A man was robbed by men with a weapon 9:25 p.m. Monday night near the 1200 block of Varsity Boulevard and North Annie Glidden Road, according to an NIU Police safety bulletin.The victim, a student, said he was approached by two males with a silver weapon...
