The campus group Humans vs. Zombies met Monday night to discuss the future of the organization. In the Holmes Student Center, Room 305, players and group managers discussed whether or not the campus-wide game would continue this semester. Humans vs. Zombies...

For many, the NIU slogan, "Forward, Together, Forward" may serve as a reminder of community togetherness during a time of tragedy. But students Amy Genova and Victoria Boland say that without students' voices being heard in the final decision on Cole...

After last year's Virginia Tech shootings, school officials there implemented a text-message alert system to notify students in case of an emergency. NIU does not currently have a similar system in place, but it has been discussed, along with other ideas...

Fourteen Virginia Tech students will be at NIU today to talk and listen to members of the NIU community. Jamie De La Ree, assistant department head of the electrical computer engineering department at Virgina Tech University, contacted Tricia Fisher of...

Spring graduate colloquiums changed Due to the recent tragedy on NIU's campus, many of the upcoming Spring 2008 Graduate Colloquium Speaker events have had to be rescheduled, canceled or had changes of time, location or other details. The listing as provided...

SIGMA LAMBDA GAMMA will host Miss Latina Informationals at 9 p.m. in the Holmes Student Center, Room 505. For more information, contact Lissete Aguirre at 847-962-0693. FCNS 320 STUDENTS will have a Tropical Paradise Menu from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Ellington's....

In an e-mail to the student body Tuesday, NIU President John Peters expressed a reconsideration of plans in regard to Cole Hall. "...we must engage in a campus-wide discussion about the future of Cole Hall," Peters said. On Feb. 27, Peters and Gov. Rod...

A new independent movie organization offers residents a chance to escape reality. Tom Bukowski, a community adviser and a communication graduate student who created the first-year organization, said he created it for two purposes. "One is to provide residents...

In the wake of the Feb. 14 shootings, there have been threats of violence on other school campuses, with some referencing other shootings. How these threats are handled is unique to each school and incident, but there may be some basic guidelines for...

PHI KAPPA SIGMA will host Greek Physique 2008 at 7 p.m. in the Holmes Student Center, Carl Sandburg Auditorium. For more information, contact Chris Pitelka at 708-287-0995. THE WOMEN'S STUDIES PROGRAM will host "This is What A Feminist Looks Like" Sticker...

NIU plans to build a proton therapy treatment center to treat cancer and make the university prominent in training staff in the field. The NIU facility will cost about $160 million and will occupy 13 acres bordering Fermilab at DuPage National Technology...

Proton therapy offers cancer patients an alternative treatment. Proton therapy is a form of radiation treatment that uses proton beams to treat cancer, according to an NIU press release. "Proton therapy is the most precise and advanced form of radiation...