As a slideshow played showing pictures of Steven Agee II, some students started crying when the last two slides appeared. "We will never forget 11-23-11...and though we must say goodbye we will never forget you," they read. More than 600 members of the...
You can eat, use your cellphone and talk out loud in the labs located at every residence hall, but sometimes these freedoms come at the cost of disturbing others. Senior accountancy major Antwoinette King said the people in Residential Technology (ResTech)...
Standing in Kishwaukee Memorial Hospital early Wednesday morning, Larry Bolles said he could see how much senior sociology major Steven Agee II meant to some people at NIU. As news spread of Agee's fatal shooting, which occurred at a party at 809 Edgebrook...
While many NIU students already take advantage of the Huskie Bus Line, even more are expected to use the buses this winter. "Usually we get a higher ridership in the colder weather," said Al Davis, General Manager of the Huskie Bus Line. The colder weather...
A Naperville man was sentenced to 10 days in DeKalb County Jail after pleading guilty to charges of the attempted cyber-stalking of a female NIU student. According to a Nov. 23 Naperville Sun article, Travis Edwards, 25, was originally charged with felony...
UPDATE: 1:45 p.m. Wednesday DeKalb Police have arrested a suspect in the early-morning slaying of NIU student Steven Agee. Chaz Thrailkill, 19, of Markham, Ill., was arrested at 10:42 a.m. in the 1100 block of Varsity Boulevard, Chief Bill Feithen said...
With Thanksgiving break right around the corner, the urge to binge is high. For some, staying healthy during break can prove to be difficult. Jason DaCosta, senior exercise science major, said most students fail to stay true to their workouts during vacation...
By Hailey Kurth & Juliana Leprich
| November 22, 2011
Thanksgiving break starts Wednesday, which means many students will leave DeKalb for the holiday. With a majority of its population gone, NIU shuts down a lot of its facilities. This may leave some students who decide to stay in DeKalb for the holiday...
In this Nov. 12 file photo, fans in the student section react after Nebraska defeated Penn State 17-14 in an NCAA college football game in State College, Pa. Penn State was playing for the first time in decades without former head coach Joe Paterno, after...
Amanda Owens, senior sociology major at Northeastern Illinois University, said she forgot colleges have slogans. "Can you tell me what [the university slogan] is?" Owens said. Northeastern's slogan is "Learn in the City, Lead in the World." Recently,...
When Jon Hohnstadt heard that Penn State students knocked over a news van while protesting the firing of football coach Joe Paterno, he said he understood how they felt. Hohnstadt said it's great to have free press, but when something negatively impacts...
The following was taken from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. Saturday At 10:54 p.m.,...
