One of NIU's own will be competing as a finalist in the Miss Illinois pageant. Callie Sears, a senior exercise science and nutrition major, will compete as a finalist in the Miss Illinois pageant in November. Sears has never competed in a pageant before,...

The Counseling and Student Development Center is hosting a Depression Screening Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today in the Lincoln Room of the Holmes Student Center. Students, faculty and staff will be able to take a brief written survey designed to screen...

The hundreds of animals being housed at the DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport and at Ollie's Parrot Perch in Creston are now officially property of the TAILS Humane Society. Barbara Munroe, the Rochelle woman accused of animal hoarding, agreed to give custody...

NIU students are now able to track the whereabouts of buses in the Huskie Bus Line online and on one of three 50-inch monitors on campus. Huskie tracks can be accessed online at http://huskietracks.niu.edu. All of the Huskie Buses are equpieed with transponders...

NIU and seven other state universities have collaborated to create a program to educate students and professionals on disaster preparedeness. The Illinois Innovative Delivery of Education Alliance - Homeland Security will allow students in enrolled in...

Every year, an unwelcome guest makes its way into NIU residence halls and literally bugs the residents. This year is no different, because Asian Lady Beetles are once again populating DeKalb. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Asian Lady...

On Saturday, Oct. 20, the first annual B.A.N.G. (Becoming a New Greek) seminar was held. The event was only for students pledging this semester, and active Greeks that had pledged in the spring of 2007. The point of the seminar was to try and have all...

An NIU study finds that soy milk is as effective as skim milk in promoting weight loss. The study was published in the October issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association. The research also should please vegans and others striving to avoid...

NIU recycles about half as much as it throws away, according to Waste Management. "We will pick up between six and seven tons of garbage a day," said Tom Sundstrom, district operations manager of Waste Management. "We will usually pick up three tons of...

Oct. 23 - Criminal damage to property at 8:55 a.m. at Lot 4. Case administratively closed. - Possession of stolen property at 3:23 p.m. at Lot 5. Case cleared on refusal to cooperate. - Possession of cannabis 30 grams and under at 10:40 p.m. at Grant...

The NIU ROTC ranger team placed first in the Humvee pull at the recent 2007 Northern Region ROTC 9th Brigade Ranger Challenge. The Humvee pull event consists of treating a cadet with three simulated wounds, then radioing a helicopter to pick up the wounded...

Editor's note: This is the third article in a three-part series concerning student representation on University Council. The first article explained that students are not receiving their full entitled representation on University Council through low representative...