Artist Gabriel Akagawa exchanges chair massages for people's personal nature stories as a means to share a similar bond with people as they do with nature. "For me, this is a kind of a gift and a conversation through body and touch and I'm giving that...

THE NIU VETERANS CLUB will host a memorial service for SFC Julianna Gehant at 11 a.m. at the Veteran's Memorial Flagpole. For more information, contact Jennifer Webster at [email protected]. THE NIU ART MUSEUM will trade free massages for nature stories...

NIU Relay For Life has a new home for 2008. The event made a move this year from the Campus Recreation Center to the Convocation Center. Lynn Mielke, publicity chair for the Relay For Life Committee, said the event needed a bigger venue after last year,...

Commuters, campus staff and traditional students all took advantage of the sandwich fixings, cookies and lemonade made available by Commuter and Non-Traditional Student Services as part of its Comrade Week. Events every day this week were aimed at showing...

Students looking to compete in bike racing can make their way over to the Student Recreation Services. Tour de Kalb allows participants to attend any of the 11 cycling classes offered each week, and each time a participant cycles through a class, they...

While the future of Cole Hall received significant conversation time on campus, Faculty Senate also discussed other elements pertaining to the Feb. 14 shootings Wednesday. The February 14 Scholarship Fund has received more than $200,000 in donations from...

"You'll always have a special place in our hearts," said a message on a banner at Columbine High School in Jefferson County, Colorado, talking about the NIU campus shootings. The Rocky Mountain News is reporting that the school has created a banner to...

THE COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES will host Mediterranean Cuisine, "Mesogeios," from 11 to 12:30 p.m. at Ellington's. For more information, contact Emily Toth at 815-756-8755. THE CENTER FOR LATINOS AND LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES will host a lecture...

The general education program at NIU could receive a tune-up due to a proposal to thoroughly review the program. The proposal to the provost's office comes from the Curricular Innovations Task Force -- a part of the Strategic Planning Task Force -- and...

The gentlemen of Sigma Nu are pleased to announce our 2nd Annual Powder-puff "Flagsnatch" Football Tournament. Our annual philanthropy event will take place on Sunday, April 27 from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Teams will consist of 8 to 12 ladies with 7 players...

Most students do not find themselves attempting cartwheels during class time. In KNPE 209L: Tumbling, however, that is exactly what students do. KNPE 209L is designed to teach physical education students the basics in tumbling. In addition, students also...

THE COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES will host "Lemon Grass Lounge: Thai Cuisine" at Ellington's from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For more information, contact Emily Toth at 815-756-8755 or [email protected]. THE ELOGEME ADOLPHI CHRISTIAN SORORITY will host...