Members of the university addressed concerns and answered questions about the finals week campus threat at a panel Wednesday in the Carl Sandburg Auditorium. The panel, "Overcoming Violence on Campus: Updates on our Campus Alert and Where We Go from Here,"...

Harry Potter fans can flex their creative muscles by entering a contest to name the NIU Harry Potter conference. The conference will be held Nov. 14-16. Names should be e-mailed to [email protected] by Jan. 25. Mark Pietrowski, external programming...

The 19th annual Martin Luther King Jr. March for Peace and Justice this Thursday is expected to be the largest march to date, said Jessica Louis, president of the NAACP NIU chapter. The march, open to all in honor of Martin Luther King, will start at...

The NIU Community School of the Arts is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. The self-funded program was founded in 1988 and "brings many of the most talented teachers in the region together with children, teens and adults at all levels of ability,"...

Increasingly frequent recalls of products made overseas highlight the importance of safety in engineering. And within NIU's College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, some students work in the field of environmental health and safety; in other...

NIU political scientist Gary Glenn has been nominated by President Bush to serve on the National Council for the Humanities. During his career at NIU, Glenn received several awards, including the Presidential Teaching Professorship award, which recognizes...

ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INC. will host AKApturing Beauty at 7 p.m. in the Holmes Student Center Capitol Room. For more information, contact Timeca Jefferson at [email protected]. ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INC. will host their Centennial Celebration...

When it comes to DeKalb's history, it's not all about barbed wire and corn. An NIU art exhibit this month displays the history of NIU and of the DeKalb area using a collection of postcards and collectibles. NIU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences External...

Tuesday marks the 100-year anniversary of the founding of Alpha Kappa Alpha national sorority. NIU's chapter, Delta Omicron, has planned a week of events to celebrate the sorority's centennial. AKA's celebration week, titled "The Pink Print of Pearlfection:...

NIU juniors or seniors for the 2008-2009 school year may be eligible for a scholarship if they have been active in any Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender organizations or activities. Applications for the Joseph Harry Endowed Scholarship are due Friday,...

ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INC. will host an AKAtude Community Service event at Clinton Rosette Middle School from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For more information, contact Timeca Jefferson at [email protected]. The WOMEN'S STUDIES PROGRAM is hosting...

It's been nearly two weeks since the Illinois smoking ban took effect, but for some NIU students, it seems like nothing changed. "It doesn't seem like anyone's making a big deal about it," freshman business major Stephanie Bucz said. The Smoke Free Illinois...