The Student Association (SA) Senate met Sunday in the Holmes Student Center Sky Room to discuss issues in the structure of undergraduate council committees and lack of student participation in SA elections. According to Senate Speaker James Zanayed, the...
Gov. Pat Quinn, NIU President John Peters, students and community members came together Thursday to remember the lives lost Feb. 14, 2008. They presented memorial wreaths at 3 p.m. at the Forward, Together Forward Memorial Garden outside of Cole Hall....
Thomas Wheat, 76, a former NIU professor, died Friday in Venice, Fla. The first of his family to attend college, Wheat earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education at the University of St. Francis in Fort Wayne, Ind. He received his doctorate...
Senior accountancy major Danielle Pisterzi died Saturday following a car accident on the Tri-State Tollway. “She had a smile that could light the whole room,” said Katrina Collins, a friend of Pisterzi’s and a pre-physical therapy major. “I know...
Victim Advocacy Services will host One Voice: A Program of Expression from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the Diversions Lounge of the Holmes Student Center. The program is being held in recognition of January as Stalking Awareness Month. Students will be able...
Kid Cudi, a Brooklyn-based rapper, will be performing March 29 at the Convocation Center. Special guest artist is still to be determined. Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. Friday. NIU students get a $5 discount with a valid OneCard, according to the event’s...
Andrew Rifkin, a former NIU police officer, has filed a lawsuit against NIU. Paul Palian, NIU director of media and public relations, said it is not appropriate to comment on pending litigation. In 2011, Rifkin was accused of sexually assaulting a student...
Correction: Seth Peritz did not say, "Student credit hours went down and it affected our budget so we cut routes." Also, the 4R and 4L buses will continue to run the same route as in the fall 2012 previous semester because construction is ongoing at Grant...
“It was a great experience. We gave it our all and our fans were incredible.” That’s what junior quarterback Jordan Lynch had to say to all the NIU students, alumni, professors and DeKalb residents who lined up in the cold to welcome the Huskies...
The Student Association (SA) Senate welcomed a new speaker at a meeting Sunday. SA Senate Speaker Austin Quick, who’s served in the SA since 2009, passed the torch to former Senator James Zanayed. He was sworn into his new role by John Jones III, SA...
NIU and Goodwill Industries of Northern Illinois have teamed up to hold a donation drive that will run until 15. Donations of clothing, linens, computers and computer accessories, shoes and cell phones, among other things, can be dropped off in the blue...
Two bills of interest to higher education passed at the 97th General Assembly and were sent to the governor for his approval, according to an Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) memo. One bill that was passed extends grant funds and the existence...
