The book shelves in English professor Keith Gandal's office are crowded with acclaimed works by the likes of Shakespeare, Melville and Chekov. Filling the empty spaces between those literary titans are copies of books he has written, one of which is acclaimed...

ORIENTATION AND FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE reminds freshman students to complete the freshman survey sent to NIU e-mail accounts for a chance to win a $1,000 scholarship. For more information contact Denise Rhode 815-753-6781. DETLA SIGMA THETA, ALPHA KAPPA...

It's 9:23 a.m.; class starts in seven minutes and the warm glow of a packed Huskie bus swoops past the frigid stop too full to let another passenger load on board. Many students rely on the Huskie Bus Line to get to class, and that number increases as...

Nov. 15 • At 11:04 p.m., a victim reported someone took a printer and a bag of miscellaneous items that were left unattended in the locker room of the Convocation Center. Case is closed. Nov. 18 • At 1:45 p.m., University Police witnessed...

The Campus Activity Board received $25,000 and knows how to use it. During the Student Association's Senate meeting Nov. 9, CAB was approved to receive $25,000 in supplemental funding. "It helps definitely because having $25,000 added on helps us to program...

The range of time people devote to "World of WarCraft" can be astounding. For some, game-playing is casual. Kevin Stone, junior applied mathematics major, said he plays the game for two to four hours a day. However, since the release of the new expansion...

Students will not receive an "F" if instructors fail to submit their grades by the assigned deadline. The Northern Star reported Thursday that Faculty Senate President Paul Stoddard said that doing this will enforce timely submissions from instructors....

Jessamine Cooke-Plagwitz teaches the class Integrating Technology into the Foreign Language Curriculum, where some of her students include a firefighter, a three-headed dragon and Darth Vader. Cooke-Plagwitz is among many teachers who are making the transition...

DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INC. is hosting the fifth annual Mr. Crimson & Cream Pageant and Ball, "The Renaissance Man" from 7 p.m. to 12 a.m. in Altgeld Hall. The cost is $5 in advance and $7 at the door. For more information contact Glenda Nelson...

University Plaza has upgraded its security. Residents received a new proximity identification card that has a microchip in it which allows residents to enter or exit the building, said Keith Deal, director of operations for the University Plaza. The new...

WOMEN'S STUDIES PROGRAM is hosting their fourth annual "Crafty Women" holiday gift sale from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 103, Reavis Hall. Proceeds will benefit the Mothers Memorial Scholarship Fund and the Austin Sawicki Scholarship Fund. Items on sale...

The word of the day is: "meh." On Monday, publisher HarperCollins continued the trend of looking to popular culture for its newest terms by adding the word "meh" into its 30th anniversary dictionary. According to the dictionary, "meh" is "an expression...