DeKALB | NIU is giving back. On Saturday, more than 1,000 people will be working together to volunteer their services to the community when the university hosts NIU Cares Day. "This will be an opportunity to engage the student body in giving back to the...

Miss Latina 2007 will be crowned in the Altgeld Ballroom today at 7 p.m. Miss Latina is a cultural pageant sponsored by the Sigma Lambda Gamma sorority. Every organization under the Multicultural Greek Council dedicates a week to display its founding...

DeKALB | The recording industry is sending a message to college students across the nation to stop illegally downloading music. That message has finally started to hit home. More than 400 students at 13 campuses, including 28 at NIU, have received "pre-litigation"...

DeKALB | Students who are displeased with their residence hall need not bite their tongues. Concerns from student residents can be addressed to Hall Improvement and Dining Enhancement, or HIDE, a committee of the Residence Hall Association. HIDE has existed...

DeKALB | Two weeks after NIU psychiatrist Dr. Diana Kraft retired, NIU Health Services has yet to find a replacement. Dr. Brian Hemphill, vice president of Student Affairs, said NIU is searching for a replacement and has contracted a consultant to aid...

DeKALB | The University Council will vote on a proposition that would make it "easier" for students to request accommodations for religious observances next month. There will be no real change, but rather a simple addition to clarify the policy and strengthen...

Though NIU has many outstanding instructors, four have stood out in the eyes of their students. Judith Lukaszuk, Carla Montgomery and Julie Robertson have been named this year's recipients of the Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. In addition,...

With environmental concerns currently a mainstream issue, a small group of students on campus have decided to do more than just talk about it. Global and Local Organization to Better the Earth, or GLOBE, has been around for about five years. However,...

The buildings on the Monsanto property will see changes this fall, including renovations and campus units moving to the property. Telecom ITS will be dispatched in the smaller building, with housing units assigned to it, during the summer months. Furthermore,...

NIU's College of Business has been ranked the 65th best undergraduate business school in the nation by BusinessWeek magazine. The magazine considered performance, student surveys and companies that recruit at colleges nationwide to create a list of the...

On average, NIU Campus Parking Services issues a ticket every 12 minutes*. Parking Services issued 44,244 tickets last year, leading to income for NIU and more than a few frustrated students. Angela Bennett received a ticket recently for parking in the...

DeKALB | An NIU history professor has earned a prestigious honor. Heide Fehrenbach , who has authored two books and co-edited a third, has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for 2007. Individuals are honored by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation,...