For students with certain majors, getting into classes can be challenging enough to begin with. This semester, many transfer students have been left out in the cold, earning no credit hours toward their major requirements. Des Lawe, a junior psychology...

For NIU students, finding a parking spot can be difficult, with specific lots requiring the possession and display of appropriate color-coded permits. Parking consists of different-colored permits, and each color has a designated lot for parking. A yellow...

COLLEGE DEMOCRATS will host a general meeting tonight from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Stevenson North Fish Bowl room. College Democrats will also host a voter registration drive tonight from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Stevenson Towers lobby. For more information,...

Returning for the fall semester, NIU's Strategic Planning Task Force is closing in on completing a plan for the university. The Strategic Planning Task Force, consisting of 45 members from various groups on campus and led by NIU Provost Ray Alden, is...

The rush to drop classes has begun. With the fall semester underway, minds are changing. Some students are realizing the classes they signed up for earlier this year are no longer what they desire to commit their time to. The process of dropping classes...

NIU ART MUSEUM will host "curator talk" with collector Barbara Cole Peters tonight in Altgeld Hall from 5:15 to 5:35 p.m. and from 6 to 6:20 p.m. The museum also will host a fall opening reception tonight from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Admission for both events...

It's upon us again: The beginning of the fall semester. Football season, new schedules, leaves changing… and formal recruitment for the sororities on campus. As some of you may know, this section of the newspaper is dedicated to informing the rest...

NIU's religious policy, last changed in 1994, received a makeover for this semester. The former policy had been a subject of concern among multiple groups: Jewish students for Yom Kippur, Catholic students for Good Friday, Muslim students for Ramadan...

For freshmen, starting college is the beginning of much more than a new academic career. Students experiencing an environment of unlimited freedom for the first time often find themselves quickly overwhelmed, whether it be the result of difficult classes,...

With the deadline to choose classes for the fall semester approaching Friday, students are using numerous avenues for last-minute adds, drops and swaps. One method available for students to determine what classes to take is the Degree Audit Reporting...

Republican Congressional candidate Jim Oberweis visited the NIU Campus Wednesday night. Oberweis, who previously ran for the GOP nomination in the 2002 and 2004 Senate elections and has declared his candidacy for the 14th congressional district seat,...

Students who feel they received a free sewage shower by Cole Hall Wednesday aren't quite on the money. "If people really knew what raw sewage smelled like, they wouldn't think that," said building maintenance director Michael Saari. Though the fountain...