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...
The Student Association Senate passed a resolution to approve NIU Progressive Learning in Undergraduate Studies, a general education reform program, Sunday.Brandon Phillips, a member of the NIU PLUS task force; Anne Birberick, vice provost of Academic...
A woman used red paint to vandalize trees and cement in the Martin Luther King Jr. Commons Friday, according to witnesses.Two witnesses, who did not wish to be identified, said they saw the woman shouting at passersby about students wasting their time...
Megan Sieg is using her pre-veterinary and research skills in a project that explores Alzheimer’s disease.The senior biology and psychology major will graduate in December and will pursue a doctorate in neuroscience. Sieg said she is in the middle of...
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.Tuesday1. At...
At least 720 students voted in the Student Association Senate elections on Tuesday and Wednesday, a slightly smaller turnout than last fall’s 750.Joe Palmer, SA Public Affairs director, said the SA will receive an official number for turnout by today....
The NIU Police Department is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the whereabouts of three suspects involved in a reported aggravated battery that occurred 12:02 a.m. Saturday at the 800 block of Lucinda Avenue near Neptune West.The victim...
David Kraft, Nuclear Energy Information Service director, will provide a presentation about the hazards of nuclear energy at 7:15 p.m. Oct. 14 in the Holmes Student Center, Heritage Room.The presentation, called Exelon’s Nuclear War Against Renewable...
