An update on NIU’s Vision 2020 initiative was presented at the Board of Trustees meeting Thursday. The initiative, which was announced in 2010, set benchmarks for the university to meet by 2020. The overall achievement of the plan is to make NIU the...
Students can now wear sleeveless shirts in certain areas at the Campus Recreation Center. The new policy states full-back shirts with sleeves are still required in the cardio, weight, deadlift and plyometric rooms, said Recreation Services Coordinator...
NIU’s first robotics club is creating a buzz in the Engineering Building. The mission of the robotics club is to create a community for technically skilled and motivated students. The club also serves as a forum for the circulation and discussion of...
The leaders of newly founded student organizations M.O.V.E (Men Of Excellence, Vision, and Empowerment) gathered near the Liberty Bell in front of the NIU Convocation center after marching from the center for black studies. Co-founder Rasaan Akbar stated...
An article in the Chicago Tribune today focuses on former NIU employees Robert Albanese and John Gordon and the different reasons for their leaving. According to the article, Gordon, former Convocation Center director, allegedly had a Convocation Center...
DeKALB | Hold on to your kids. From September 10 to October 31, the department of kinesiology and physical education will hold their 20th annual motor development program for children in Anderson Hall 130. The program is an eight-week course where children...
DeKALB | Both students and professors find there are advantages and disadvantages to summer school at NIU. For Joe Cerniglia, junior public safety management major, going to summer school can make it easier for students to get their college degree more...
DeKALB | Football player Devon Butler, 20, received a knife wound in his upper chest after being involved in an altercation Sunday morning in the 800 block of Regent Drive, according to a press release from the DeKalb Police Department. At 3 a.m., Butler...
Mental health has been considered a taboo in some societies, but the Say It Out Loud campaign hopes to change that in Illinois. The Say It Out Loud campaign was created to shine a light to mental health. The goal of the campaign is to enable people to...
One of the more contested provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was the individual mandate. The mandate requires every American to get health insurance by 2014 or pay a penalty. Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a “crucial”...
When I was 7 years old, I was worried about something most other people my age wouldn't be thinking about: Is mom going to die? That was the question I asked my dad as he kissed me good night. He answered, "No honey, she's going to be fine." But something...
By Jessica Wells and Ryan Felgenhauer
| January 17, 2012
Ryan FelgenhauerCity EditorDeKALB | Some NIU students experienced problems accessing their class schedules through MyNIU Tuesday.Walter Czerniak, associate vice president of Information Technology Services said this is a campus-wide problem, but individual...
