NIU's past is coming to life. Michael Phillips, an NIU graduate student, is working on a four-hour documentary about NIU and the DeKalb area titled "Castle on a Barb." "This film is an homage to what Northern gives to people," Phillips said. The film...

For students not wanting to take the time to check their Z-ID mail, there is another option. Students are able to forward their student e-mail to their personal e-mail accounts. Although this feature has been available for some time, many students are...

ALPHA PSI LAMBDA will host "Movie Night" tonight from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Latino Resource Center. Alpha Psi Lambda will also have a meeting tonight at 9 p.m. in the Holmes Student Center. For more information, contact Martha Calvillo at 847-871-7355....

For NIU students, recycling is all about location, location, location. In the dorms, as well as throughout campus, separate recycling bins are readily available. However, many apartment complexes near campus do not offer recycling facilities to tenants....

Emergency guides are now available for students and staff that have just recently published. The purpose of these guides are for students to be prepared for any possible kind of emergency situation that could occur on campus. Thomas Krepel, Assistant...

Students seeking to change NIU found a new venue Tuesday night. Tuesday, as well as tonight, the Student Association, NIU's student government, will be hosting mandatory informational meetings for students interested in participating in the SA Senate....

Women interested in improving their financial skills may find use in an upcoming program. "Wise-Up - Financial Planning for Gen X Women" is an eight week seminar running every Monday until Oct. 29. The seminar, which meets in the Women's Resource Center...

Lemuel Watson, the new college of education dean, will lead NIU's group of strong future educators. His path to this position began many years ago. Watson was teaching graduate programs at Clemson University when one of his students told him about an...

One group on campus has students helping each other deal with depression. "Group Hope," organized a year ago by six students in the business college, is a support group organized to help students with depression and bipolar disorder. The students organized...

Three nooses in Jena, La. became a local issue at the NAACP meeting last night. The nooses were hanged from a tree in the small town in September 2006, in response to a group of black high school students who wanted to sit beneath a traditionally "whites...

DELTA SIGMA THETA will host "Tragedies of the millennium: Exposing ourselves to international awareness" today from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, contact Catashia Walker at 773-510-5042. Delta Sigma Theta will also host a Halloween...

Statistics show that the number of fires on college campuses has risen dramatically over the last decade. Data compiled by the National Fire Protection Association and reported by the Consumer Product Safety Commission estimated that 1,800 fires occurred...