Staff Writer DeKALB | The DeKalb County Sheriff's office is holding an auction for used squad cars and forfeited vehicles Saturday. The vehicles, which come mainly from the DeKalb and Sycamore police departments and the county sheriff's office, will be...

"Take Back the Night," hosted and sponsored by the Women's Rights Alliance, took place Tuesday night. The protest against sexual assault and night-time violence is an annual event held each October at NIU. The event began with a march starting at Welsh...

Staff Writer DeKALB | Susan Mini, chair of NIU's Department of Physics, received a $1.4 million grant through the National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation Program. The grant is designed to improve the equipment for research and training...

Student fees may rise $150 a semester due to renewal of the Academic Program Enhancement and Instructional Technology Surcharge. The Board of Trustees' Finance, Facilities and Operations Committee recommended and passed the program for renewal, said Nancy...

It came at the end of a letter. As NIU's associate professor of law, Marc Falkoff, read the letters written by his clients, who happen to be two detainees in Guantanamo Bay detention facility, he noticed poems attached at the end of them. Intrigued, Falkoff...

The Holmes Student Center's Pheasant Room has had a facelift. The restaurant, which has been known by its former name since 1962, has been rechristened Ellington's as of its opening Monday. Donning new logos, fresh paint and reupholstering, the dining...

The DeKalb Police Department arrested two Rockford residents while investigating an alarm Sunday morning at Zimmerman's Scrap Yard, 301 Industrial Drive. Police responded to the scrap yard after an alarm sounded about 1:14 a.m. and, with the assistance...

Take Back the Night, hosted and sponsored by the Women's Rights Alliance, took place Tuesday night. The march began at Welsh Park on Russell Road and ended at the East Lagoon. "We had such a good turnout. There was more involvement with sororities and...

The University Police violated parts of the Clery Act in 2005, according to a report released by the U.S. Department of Education. When called on Tuesday afternoon, University Police chief Donald Grady declined to comment, stating he was not aware of...

The DeKalb County Sheriff's office is holding an auction for used squad cars and forfeited vehicles Saturday. The vehicles, which come mainly from the DeKalb and Sycamore police departments and the county sheriff's office, will be auctioned off at 10...

Present Perfect Modeling Organization (PPMO) had its annual pre-show Friday. The student-run group organizes fashion shows on campus throughout out the year. "We have four shows a year," said Sebrina Burgess, a mechanical engineering major and a PPMO...

The DeKalb Fire Department responded to a structure fire early Sunday morning at 1400 Twombly Road. The fire department arrived at the apartment building at 3:49 a.m., when the first crews found smoke in the first-floor apartment with no flames visible....