DeKALB | “It’s kind of like a taxi cab,” said an NIU student about the Late Night Ride Service. The LNRS vans will take anyone anywhere, no questions asked, free of charge. A caller only needs to provide their name, location and desired destination,...
DeKALB | Temperatures are expected to rise above freezing this weekend, bringing an end to the frigid temperatures seen for the past week, said NIU meteorologist Gilbert Sebenste. The cause of the recent single-digit temperatures and below-zero wind chills...
DeKALB | NIU alumni and current seniors came to the Third Annual Career Resources Network night Thursday to prepare for life after school. The event was planned by the Alumni Association, along with NIU Career Services, and was held at the Barsema Alumni...
NIU will gather Monday for the third anniversary of the Feb. 14, 2008 shootings. The presentation of the memorial wreaths will be held at 3 p.m. at the Forward, Together Forward Memorial Garden to honor those lost in the shootings and reflect upon the...
DeKALB | Students were able to earn a dollar for viewing a documentary on the horrors of factory farming Wednesday afternoon. The Vegetarian Education Group partnered with DeKalb County's Justice For Animals to share a stand in the Holmes Student Center...
Students may have bundled up with a mug of hot chocolate during last week's blizzard and subsequent frigid temperatures, but the NIU Police didn't have that luxury. "We had to deal with the cold and the wind just like everyone else," said Sgt. Alan Smith...
NIU got one step closer to implementing a plus/minus grading system Wednesday afternoon. "The [Faculty] Senate voted to recommend to make a change in the NIU grading system to the plus/minus system," said Faculty Senate President Alan Rosenbaum. The new...
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. Jan. 25 •...
Students may have bundled up with a mug of hot chocolate during last week's blizzard and subsequent frigid temperatures, but the NIU Police didn't have that luxury. "We had to deal with the cold and the wind just like everyone else," said Sgt. Alan Smith...
For the second year in a row, the state of Illinois owes NIU money. A lot of money. The state's debt to NIU of $77 million is worse than its debt at this time last year, according to a Jan. 25 Committee on Resources, Space, and Budgets Report. NIU President...
NIU got one step closer to implementing a plus/minus grading system Wednesday afternoon. "The [Faculty] Senate voted to recommend to make a change in the NIU grading system to the plus/minus system," said Faculty Senate President Alan Rosenbaum. The new...
Hall against hall, resident against community advisor. Residents from Neptune Hall went up against each other Tuesday night in a heated game of dodgeball. Neptune Hall Director Marlon Haywood is one of the members who planned the event, held at the Chick...
