Contrary to a popular assumption, NIU students cannot park in any campus lot during the weekend. Students are encouraged to use a map offered by NIU Campus Parking Services that can be used to determine if a lot is reserved at all times. On the map,...

A new road will give residents access to the Northern View Community next year. The currently unnamed road, which will extend from Lincoln Highway, will eventually provide access to future NIU buildings constructed on the far west side of campus. "The...

With the Final Four kicking off Saturday, the athletes aren't the only participants feeling the pressure. Junior marketing major Chris Cervini is NIU's top scorer on Facebook's 2007 NCAA men's basketball tournament promotion. Cervini has 115 points heading...

Ever wonder who the highest-paid NIU employees are? Here are NIU's top 10 salaried positions, which made a combined $4.3 million in the 2007 fiscal year. 1. WHO?: John G. Peters President of NIU (Office of the President) SALARY: $304,260 STARTING DATE:...

A new bill may make some students' dreams of studying abroad a reality. The Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act of 2007, introduced Monday, March 12, to the House of Representatives by Tom Lantos (D-Calif.) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), seeks to...

DeKALB | A gloomy day Wednesday may have slowed campaigners, but it did not severely affect the polls. The Student Association/Campus Activities Board election two-day turnout annihilated last year's totals. About four percent of NIU's student population...

Wondering why the weather has been acting the way it has been? People only have to look to experts in geography for the answers to those frustrations today in Montgomery Hall Auditorium at 7 p.m. The second installment of NIU's Climate Change lecture...

Experiences define our lives. In the wine world, nothing speaks to experience like Opus One. Personally, I seek adventure, constantly in pursuit of the pulse-pounding, heightened-senses feeling of discovering the unknown. Ask that tough question, introduce...

Paul Stoddard, associate professor of geology and environmental geo-sciences, president of the Faculty Senate and executive secretary of the University Council, can add another title behind his name: DeKalb County board member. On March 21, Stoddard became...

DeKALB | Clarification about the Ad Hoc Enrollment Committee was a focal point at Wednesday's Faculty Senate meeting. The committee is a group of individuals from Enrollment Services, Admissions, Registration and Records and Financial Aid, who report...

A recent study conducted by the Center of Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA) found that 49 percent of full-time college students binge drink and/or abuse prescription and illegal drugs. NIU health educator Steve Lux said the accepted...

DeKALB | Student elections for the Student Association and Campus Activities Board executives were held Tuesday and will continue today. Polls are located in the Holmes Student Center, DuSable Hall and Founders Memorial Library. According to Eric Brenes,...