Students eating in Dog Pound Deli in Douglas early afternoon Wednesday were optimistic about rescuing their cars from the post-blizzard tundra. Elizabeth Howard, freshman nursing major, was looking forward to making a trip to Wal-mart, 2300 Sycamore Rd.,...
DeKalb is in the middle of a bona-fide blizzard. "This is not a snow storm, this is a true blizzard," said NIU meteorologist Gilbert Sebenste. "It will go down as the worst ever in modern history." The accumulated snowfall from Tuesday and Wednesday's...
The Illinois Supreme Court temporarily blocked a ruling by an appeals court Tuesday that threw out a $31 billion capital construction program. The capital bill included $22 million in funding to renovate the NIU Stevens Building and $2 million to plan...
The Center for Black Studies has postponed its program featuring speaker Pat Reid Merritt, who was scheduled to give a lecture at the Regency Room in the Holmes Student Center Thursday. The new date will be announced on a later date. The Miss Black and...
By Allyson Martin and Alex Fiore
| February 2, 2011
Snow-mania was topped off Wednesday night with a "Massive Snowball Fight." Byron Anderson created a Facebook event for the fight with help from his friends. He said the idea was spontaneous, and that he did not expect the response the group page got....
DeKALB | Students eating in Dog Pound Deli in Douglas early afternoon Wednesday were optimistic about rescuing their cars from the post-blizzard tundra.Elizabeth Howard, freshman nursing major, was looking forward to making a trip to Wal-mart, 2300 Sycamore...
By Allyson Martin and Alex Fiore
| February 1, 2011
DeKALB | Stay indoors, keep warm, and thank the snow for no classes. The National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning for all campus locations Tuesday and will extend through afternoon today. Due to the hazardous conditions, NIU cancelled classes...
DeKalb | Students, faculty and staff are invited to provide information regarding the annual Ombudsman review through March 1, according to an NIU press release. The NIU University Affairs Committee of the University Council will conduct the review of...
DeKALB | William P. Curl has been indicted for the murder of NIU student Antinette "Toni" Keller. Bill Engerman, DeKalb County first assistant state's attorney, said that Curl was indicted by a grand jury on five counts of first degree murder, one count...
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. Jan. 28 At 11:32 p.m.,...
DeKALB | NIU is the only university in Illinois or the Mid-America Conference that offers unlimited free printing, a benefit that students will enjoy for some time to come. The Computing Facilities Advisory Committee was considering implementing a fee...
DeKALB | As protests in Egypt reach the one week mark, the Study Abroad office reported that no NIU students are in the country. Anne Seitzinger, Study Abroad office director, said if a country issues a travel warning, some students cannot study abroad...
