DeKALB | For a few hours Monday afternoon and evening, NIU was seeing green. University Police and the DeKalb Fire Department were called to the basin near Cole Hall Monday night regarding the water's green tint. Environmental health and safety technicians...

The Northern Star obtained the following information from NIU Judicial Affairs incident reports and DeKalb police reports through several Freedom of Information Act requests. The Judicial records obtained by the Star do not include individual names, only...

What are the educational programs? When a Greek organization is required to complete an educational program, it must fund and run the programs itself. Attendance at the event must exceed 100 individuals that are not related to the organization. According...

DeKALB | Grant Greenberg of Phi Sigma Kappa is the 2007 Dream Man and Casey Cummings of Delta Gamma is the 2007 Greek Goddess. Delta Zeta hosted its 12th annual Dream Man and Greek Goddess philanthropic event Monday night at the Holmes Student Center...

DeKALB | For one hour Monday night students removed their earbuds, turned off their iPods and silenced their cell phones. About 100 students gathered in the King Memorial Commons to participate in an hour of silence in tribute to the victims and families...

DeKALB | Sigma Phi Epsilon are the Tugs 2007 champions, with Pi Kappa Alpha, the Pikes, taking second place. Sig Eps hosted Tugs as their annual Greek philanthropic event last Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Overall, there was a large spectator turnout...

DeKALB | According to the Food and Drug Administration, at least 50 percent of all people who have had sex will have human papillomavirus (HPV) at some point in their lives. To many, these statistics are alarming. Many also wonder why they haven't heard...

DeKALB | For all NIU residence halls, there are many renovations that are either in progress or planned. Lobby bathrooms in Douglas and Lincoln halls will be handicapped-accessible once construction is done. Those wondering what the source of a smell...

DeKALB | The Student Association Senate began Sunday night's meeting by honoring one of its own. Speaker Robert Batey opened the meeting with a somber statement reflecting upon the loss of Senator Dan Christophe Jr., a junior accountancy major, who died...

DeKALB | Campus Parking Services has recently created a new "Borrow a Bike" program to help students, faculty and staff with the parking shortages near campus. There is no charge for the service unless the bike is damaged or lost. Students, faculty and...

DeKALB | Herb Keinon, diplomatic correspondent for Jerusalem Post, will speak on Israel's media portrayal at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Barsema Hall Auditorium. Keinon has worked for the Jerusalem Post for 20 years and specializes in reporting on the current...

DeKALB | While the number of students on campus decreases over the summer, the number of repair projects increase. May 15 marks the opening of this construction window of opportunity. Lots W and X on west campus will be repaved, the lots will have new...