As an Eagle Scout, Ryan Lotich had always been involved in the community. Serving his second term as philanthropy chair of the social fraternity Phi Sigma Kappa, Lotich wanted to go above and beyond the required service hours for Phi Sigma Kappa Nationals....

DeKALB | Two junior finance majors, Eddie Anderson and P.J. Tantillo squared off, rapid-fire style, just days before the Super Bowl. Anderson is in the minority; He's a Colts fans attending NIU and has heard it all leading up to the game. Tantillo, a...

DeKALB | NIU officials said the spring 2007 10th-day enrollment count shows an increase of about 300 students compared to last spring's count. Brent Gage, assistant vice provost of Enrollment Services, said the spring 10th-day enrollment numbers surpassed...

DeKALB | Suicide can be one of the most tragic things to happen on a college campus, and it impacts the lives of many other students. A surviving roommate, however, may have a different kind of struggle to go through. So what is done to help the surviving...

DeKALB | Two weeks have passed since freshman Wade Steffey disappeared from Purdue University in Lafayette, Ind. There are still few leads in the investigation. Steffey, 19, disappeared after leaving a fraternity party the night of Jan. 12, 2007. He wasn't...

Today marks the beginning of Black History Month, and NIU is doing its part to help raise awareness on black history and the contributions made by black people everywhere. Event planning began in October, said LaVerne Gyant, director of the Center for...

Students see a rainbow of different professorial titles when they first see their syllabi on the first day of class. Though they may not seem important to some, professors see the titles as a reflection of an individual's position within an institution....

We refer to them as kryptonite. Not the green crystals that render Superman powerless, but the exotic Italian women that at first glance weaken my knees. In the wine world, Chianti is my kryptonite. Made from the Sangiovese grape and hailing from the...

Alanna Sluis, a sophomore nursing and athletic training major, teaches an AGT - abs, glutes and thighs - class on Mondays at the Campus Recreation Center, a class that combines cardio, step, aerobics, Pilates and stretching. The class begins with warm-ups...

DeKALB | Despite a petition with 3,000 signatures hoping otherwise, classes will not be cancelled this coming Monday. According to NIU Vice Provost Earl Seaver, there are no plans to cancel classes on the day after the Super Bowl, despite the student...

DeKALB | It would seem fairly common to find mice in a house during winter. When they were found in Stevenson's Tower D, however, many students were caught off-guard. "I thought it was funny because people were putting pants against their doors like the...

DeKALB | The bill containing the Huskie Bus Line's global positioning system proposal remains under consideration in the SA Finance Committee. The system was originally expected to debut this month. "The bill will come before the full Senate after the...