DeKALB | The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center is offering its first-ever scholarship for NIU students. The Joseph Harry Endowed Scholarship will be given to one or two students for a year and will be awarded based on a student's participation...

DeKALB | Students who use college computer labs to surf social networking Web sites such as Facebook.com and MySpace.com, or play online video games can be a nuisance for fellow students and college officials alike, and this past summer, one Illinois...

DeKALB | Today is the last day for NIU students to either sign up for or waive the NIU Student Health Insurance Plan. Students who take at least nine on-campus credit hours, as well as all international students, are automatically enrolled in the plan...

DeKALB | Student Association members hoping to raise the minimum GPA of SA senators will have to wait. The SA struck down a proposal to allow former Senator Dawn Procopio to remain the sponsor of a bill that would increase the minimum GPA of SA members...

DeKALB | Eric Castellucci was one of several student employees who avoided ethics training repercussions. Of the 8,400 NIU employees who completed online ethics training last fall, more than 600 people have been issued a packet in response to completing...

DeKALB | David Goldblum doesn't claim to have created the Internet, but he and former vice presidential candidate Al Gore do have something else in common. Goldblum, an assistant professor in the geography department, led a question-and-answer session...

DeKALB | Do you think you're good at making up excuses? Teachers at NIU have seen them all. So, before you try to outsmart your instructor, take a look at some favorites from NIU faculty. "I once had a student tell me a few days before a big paper was...

Of all the people Michael Gonzales works with every day, his most rewarding interactions revolve around students. Gonzales, professor of Latin-American history as well as director of the Latino Resource Center, works with both students and administrators...

DeKALB | A 2005 study conducted by Nellie Mae showed that of all U.S. regions, college students in the Midwest had the highest outstanding credit card balances. The study also found that a student's freshman year is the most common time for students to...

DeKALB | The Late Night Ride Service helps keep NIU students safe, though non-student DeKalb residents can use the service as well. The nightly service, available from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., receives an estimated 900 or so riders a week, and each year the...

DeKALB | Hundreds of state employees will receive a packet in response to allegedly failing the Illinois ethics exam. "The state feels that if you take the test too quickly you must have cheated, which apparently must be unethical," Paul Stoddard, president...

People are always asking me how I know so much about wine. "Easy," I reply. Copious amounts of consumption have allowed me to sort out what is good and what is rubbish. It also helped that I had a real job before coming back for more school. Here is the...