DeKALB | For Deborah Brandt, meditation is not only soothing, but also a way to connect with the present. Brandt, a yoga instructor at the Campus Recreation Center, teaches a slower-paced Hatha (physical) yoga with 10 to 15 minutes of meditation at the...

DeKALB | Once dominated by males, colleges across the country are seeing higher female enrollment with those females more likely to graduate. At NIU, women make up a slightly higher percentage of the undergraduate student body, according to the school's...

DEKALB | Walter Owens, who is known as "Coach O" by many of his friends and students, suffered a stroke Feb. 16. The assistant professor of NIU's kinesiology and physical education department, started at NIU more than 30 years ago as an assistant basketball...

"The CL is for closet, not computer lab," said Alex Gelman, NIU director of the School of Theatre and Dance, while he pointed to the door of a computer lab that was formerly a janitor's closet in the Stevens Building. "We're making the best of the situation...

The Recording Industry Association of America, the trade group for the largest music labels, does a scan of the network and identifies the person(s) committing copyright infringement. It then sends out letters to the university asking that it stops students...

While many freshmen are undecided on what they want to do, one student has hit the ground running. Eugene Smith, a political science major with dreams of going to law school, has already become more active on campus in his freshman year than some students...

Orlando G. Jones Jr., lives at University Apartments now, but hasn't yet decided where he'll be next year. The first-year law student could live in an apartment, or in the Northern View Community, a new university housing project that will open for the...

An exquisite fondue dinner coupled with two excellent wine selections is the perfect way to spend a romantic evening at home. The opener of a three-course meal was melted Emmentaler and Gruyere Swiss cheese. The simmering cheese offered a potent aroma...

DeKALB | Sen. J. Bradley Burzynski's first words to the political science class he spoke to Tuesday weren't dissimilar to what a student might say. When the Illinois senator walked in a minute late for the class winded, he said, "I had forgotten about...

DeKALB | The NIU Strategic Planning Task Force is waist-deep in work. The Strategic Planning Task Force is a group of 43 people intended to put a plan of general direction for the university on paper that has been working towards several revision objectives...

Will power will be tested across NIU's campus for the next few weeks. Wednesday marked the first day of Lent, when many Christians customarily sacrifice something for 40 days, until Easter. Lent starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on the day before Easter,...

Though taking antibiotics to cure a cold may seem like a healthy choice, it may actually be harmful. Dr. Saroj Ahluwalia, associate director of Health Services, said she prescribes antibiotics for infections specifically related to bacteria, such as strep...