DeKALB | Finals week is finally here. Since the pressure of studying for exams may seem overwhelming, here are a few tips for making sure you're ready for test day. 1: As tempting as it may be, don't cram everything in the night before. According to the...
DeKALB | During a September weekend in 1988, NIU's Late Night Ride Service provided transportation for seven people. The next weekend, it transported four. Last weekend, from April 29 to May 1, the service provided rides for 1,159 people. In a September...
DeKALB | The Feed'em Soup Community Project teamed up with The Church in DeKalb, 122 S. First St., to provide food for more people, according to a press release. With this partnership, Feed'em Soup is going to have a bigger kitchen, which means more food...
DeKALB | A motorcycle accident occurred in front of Neptune Hall around 1:55 p.m. Tuesday. The motorcyclist was heading west on Lucinda, when he saw a driver, Chris Woeppel, across the intersection inch forward off of Russel Road. DeKalb Police Lt. Carl...
Since fall 2006, NIU has seen a decline in enrollment by about 5.8 percent. Although NIU is not the only four-year Illinois public institution to suffer a dip in enrollment between fall 2006 and fall 2010, other schools have grown over the past four years....
DeKALB | Draped in his Superman t-shirt, surrounded by thousands of tourists and so nervous he forgot everything he planned to say, Theo Plothe took out the wedding ring he had been carrying in his pocket for days and asked his girlfriend, Amber Buck,...
DeKALB | The smell of dead fish has recently filled the air by the East Lagoon with many washed up on shore. Mike Saari, director of the NIU physical plant, said the main cause of this is when a body of water, such as the lagoon, thaws out during the...
DeKALB | Kristen Myers, sociology professor and LGBT studies coordinator, was awarded one of the highest honors at the 17th annual Pride Awards Dinner on Friday. Myers was given the Eychaner Award for faculty and staff members who have...
DeKALB | After a 10-year manhunt, the U.S. military and President Barack Obama confirmed Sunday night Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda, had been killed in a firefight in northern Pakistan. In a speech delivered shortly after the news broke, Obama...
DeKALB | Though students from out of town do not pay for room and board or dining plans, many do have to spend more of their money on one thing the rest of the student body does not – gasoline. Gas prices have been skyrocketing over the past months...
DeKALB | The Student Association Senate allocated $100,000 to the Campus Recreation Center to update and purchase equipment during its final meeting of the academic year Sunday night. The money is coming from the Student Association’s General Reserve...
