Sept. 13 • Criminal damage to state supported property at 1:21 p.m. at the Pay Lot on 201 Carroll Ave. Case is pending investigation. Sept. 14 • Theft over $300 at 2:12 p.m. at Douglas Hall. Case is pending investigation. • Criminal...

Here is the method of how not to train for a marathon. Step one: drink too much beer and eat ¾ pound hamburgers with Cajun potato salad. Step two: spend spare time helping your friend buy a car. Step three: do not get enough sleep and get sick. This...

Errors contained within the Senate Campaign packet caused miscommunication and may have misinformed the public and potential candidates. According to the scheduled time line distributed in candidate packets Sept. 11 and 12, the tentative publishing date...

GLOBE will host a meeting tonight at 7 p.m. in Davis Hall, Room 217. For more information, contact Betsy at 630-347-0628. THE ANIME ASSOCIATION will host an anime showing tonight from 6 to 9 p.m. in Cole Hall. For more information, contact Michael Wright...

For students who have never had to share a room before, college can be a rude awakening. Dissension between college roommates was given national attention recently when a University of Arizona freshman allegedly stabbed her roommate to death over a supposed...

Students in residence halls dispute the limitation of smoking on campus. According to the NIU smoking policy, smoking is banned in all buildings, including the residence halls. Smoking is allowed outdoors and in designated smoking areas adjacent to buildings...

J.D. Bowers will hold a signing session for his new book Sept. 29. Bowers, assistant professor of history, released his latest publication, "Joseph Priestley and English Unitarianism in America" in May. Bowers wrote the book over a 10-year period, six...

Sept. 12 Possession of Cannabis 30 grams and under at 12:40 a.m. at Central Park. Case cleared on refusal to cooperate. Theft over $300 reported July 27 at 12:42 p.m. in Montgomery Hall. Case administratively closed Sept. 12. Battery at Lincoln Hall reported...

Fraternity recruitment is underway on campus. The 13 members of the Interfraternity Council are currently looking for interested males to join their chapters. Fraternity recruitment is a year-round informal process, in that there is no informational meeting...

About 50 percent of sexually active men and women will be infected with HPV at some point in their life, according to the United States Center for Disease Control. "Many people can have the disease without any symptoms," said Carol Sibley, coordinator...

According to the U.S. News and World Report recent college rankings, NIU has been categorized in the fourth tier among national universities for the year 2008. U.S. News and World Report has been ranking colleges since 1983 on a system of tiers. These...

For students, the internet is starting to replace the classroom. Thanks to the online course server of Blackboard, professors are able to post class notes and assignments for students on the Internet. The service's impact on the instructor-student relationship...