NIU offers classes for students off the DeKalb campus. Anne Kaplan, vice president of Administration and University Outreach, said NIU has campuses in Naperville, Hoffman Estates and Rockford. The classes at the off-campus sites are held mostly at night...

Colin Powell's endorsement of Barack Obama on Sunday during an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" made headlines nationwide. Endorsements, however, may or may not really matter in the election. Rebecca Hannagan, political science professor, believes...

NIU students gathered Wednesday evening in the Stevenson Smart Classroom where the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity held the panel discussion, "Is America Ready For A Black President?" Kappa Alpha Psi President Richard Washington, a senior major in industrial...

Oct. 18 • At 3:08 p.m., victim reported being punched in the face and head by an individual. The victim refused medical attention and did not want to file criminal charges. All parties were referred to Judicial Affairs. Oct. 20 • At 5:09 p.m.,...

While it wasn't super Tuesday, many candidates were pushing the vote. Democratic candidates and representatives for several offices came to King Memorial Commons Tuesday afternoon to rally NIU students to vote. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) was scheduled...

Museums outside of the art building also offer a display of intriguing historic creativity. Though Altgeld galleries and the Jack Olson Gallery are among the largest art galleries on campus, the anthropology department also offers a display of ancient...

The NIU-backed, $159 million proton therapy center poses no financial risk to the university, its director said Tuesday. "There is no financial tie at all between NIU and [the center]," said John L. Lewis, executive director of Northern Illinois Proton...

Carol Sibley, preventive medicine coordinator for Health Services, is frustrated. It has been nearly five months since the last meeting with the university. It has been at least two years since their last pay increase. But the employees of Health Services...

About a month into the fall season, average temperatures in DeKalb have dropped and the winter coats come out. Staff meteorologist Gilbert Sebenste projects that by the end of October, DeKalb will see the average high temperatures decline to 50 degrees....

Alan Zollman wants his students to know what to learn, but also how to learn. Armed with that skill, he said, they will be able to continue learning throughout their lives and hopefully reach the highest levels of our society. "We need more Bill Gates...

Alcoholism is a disease, right? Not so fast. It depends on how you define disease, according to Health Enhancement educator Steve Lux. "One of the reasons, I believe, alcoholism became viewed as a disease is to help destigmatize it, to help people get...

Oct. 18 • At 2 a.m., University Police referred an individual to Judicial Affairs for unlawfully consuming alcohol at the Recreation Center. • At 12:38 p.m., University Police referred an individual to Judicial Affairs for unlawfully consuming...