DeKALB | NIU is giving prospective freshmen a chance to enroll "on-the-spot." Prospective freshmen who visit NIU on Saturday will have the option to have their application fee waived, academic record reviewed by admissions staff, and receive an immediate...
By Jacqueline Evans and Kyla Gardner
| January 31, 2011
DeKALB | The position of president pro tempore was a point of contention among the members of the Student Association Senate during its Sunday night meeting. Ryan Smith was removed from his position by Speaker of the Senate Jeremy Peters on Friday, and...
DeKALB | Sentencing for Zachary Isaacman was pushed back after his newly-appointed attorney asked for a continuation during a hearing Thursday. Isaacman, 23, a former NIU student, was arrested on Feb. 19, 2010 after shooting another student in the leg....
A major snow storm is expected to hit the Northern Illinois region early this week. According to the NIU weather page, the Northern Illinois region is expected to get 2 to 4 inches of snow starting this afternoon and is expected to last until early Tuesday...
By Jim Maahs and Allyson martin
| January 28, 2011
DeKALB | Funding for the Stevens Hall renovation plan was abruptly halted Wednesday when an Illinois appellate court ruled the bill unconstitutional. NIU President John Peters announced the news at a University Council meeting Wednesday afternoon. Projects...
DeKALB | NIU is giving prospective freshmen a chance to enroll “on-the-spot.” Prospective freshmen who visit NIU on Saturday Feb. 5 will have the option to have their application fee waived, academic record reviewed by admissions staff, and receive...
DeKALB | Salsa dancing and a lecture on diversity intertwined Thursday night in the Diversions Lounge at the Holmes Student Center when speaker Stan Pearson visited NIU. Pearson is a bilingual salsa dancer who uses an interactive workshop entitled S.A.L.S.A....
Two million dollars. That's how much money Parking Services brought in for 2010. If you break that number down to days, they made $5,479.50 a day. "Parking Services does not receive money from the university or from the state of Illinois," said Kristin...
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. Tuesday At 3:49 p.m.,...
Students who commute to NIU may have difficulty adding or dropping a course within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. As of Wednesday afternoon, the college was unable to receive faxes from outside the university, said Jill Boersma, director of...
The Chronicle of Higher Education recently reported on the findings of the book, Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses, which comments on college graduates, stating that "more than a third of college seniors are no better at crucial...
The role of women in the in the military was discussed Wednesday evening by a duo of former and current military members who are part of the NIU community. The discussion, titled "Man Up: Rethinking Masculinity in the Military" was held in the Illinois...
