Talk of pentagrams, Pagan ethics and witchcraft was heard in DuSable Hall Thursday, as the NIU Student Pagan Association held its first group meeting. The group's founder and president, anthropology graduate student Paul Herrick, said despite Paganism...

Thomas Krepel, current assistant to NIU's President John Peters, has been named Fairmont State University's 13th president. His appointment at the West Virginian university was confirmed Friday by the state's Higher Education Policy Commission with support...

March 26 At 9:59 a.m., a victim reported receiving offensive text messages on her cell phone at Grant South. The victim requested no action be taken against the offender, only to have the text messages stop. University Police advised the offender to not...

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for the DeKalb area beginning tonight at 7 p.m. lasting until 1 p.m. Sunday. Rain will begin this afternoon, eventually mixing with sleet and turning into snow, the weather report said. Snowfall...

The Recreation Center is launching new initiatives to get more students involved in its intramural sports program. Next fall, the Rec is starting a residence halls point race that will award halls for both participation and wins. The tally will run through...

There is yet another election to be had. On Saturday, the World Wildlife Fund is promoting "Earth Hour," which is the WWF's plea to people around the world to turn off their lights at 8:30 p.m. local time for an hour. The slogan for the event is, "Your...

March 25 At 12:28 a.m., a victim reported someone damaged his or her pickup truck when it was parked in Lot 27D. A long scratch was observed on the side. Case is pending. At 1:30 a.m., University Police on patrol were referred to a room in Lincoln Hall...

The Board of Trustees unanimously approved raises in student fees and room and board rates, along with a multimillion-dollar renovation of Grant Tower C, at its quarterly meeting Thursday. According to information from the board and compiled by the Northern...

At Wednesday's University Council meeting, President John Peters spoke about Gov. Pat Quinn's 2010 fiscal year budget and said that NIU could potentially receive $109.2 million. This comes from general state revenue funds and is an increase from the $107.4...

The room is quiet, the lights are warm and the show is about to begin. Tonight starts the performance of Steve Martin's comedy "Picasso at the Lapin Agile." The NIU School of Theatre and Dance will be performing the play in the Stevens Building Players...

Not many people can say they've been on TV, but for NIU alumnus Jimmy D'Ambrosio it has become a regular thing. At 9 p.m. today, D'Ambrosio will be featured on Bravo Channel's "Millionaire Matchmaker." The show picks two wealthy clients and gives them...

Room and board and student fee increases are among the university recommendations that will be voted on at this morning's Board of Trustees meeting. The increases will be for Fiscal Year 2010, which is from July 1, 2009 until June 30, 2010. If finalized,...