DeKALB | In an unusually lengthy end-of-semester meeting, the NIU Board of Trustees discussed a variety of topics Thursday morning, ranging from property acquisition to the Poinsettia Bowl. Proton therapy The first items to be passed allowed for bidding...

DeKALB | The proposed statewide minimum wage increase will likely have an impact on student jobs and officials are working toward a solution. The increase, which Gov. Rod Blagojevich will likely sign, will raise the minimum wage from $6.50 to $7.50. The...

DeKALB | As winter break approaches, some students living in the residence halls find themselves racing to spend their dining dollars while they still can. Ralph Chaplin, director of residential dining said that Dec. 16 is the last day the dining halls...

DeKALB | The Center for Black Studies will host a Pre-Kwanzaa Celebration at 7:00 tonight in the Stevenson Towers North multipurpose room. Kwanzaa is a seven-day cultural celebration from Dec. 26 through Jan. 1. It is a combination of African and African-American...

DeKALB | This year's Altgeld Hall Holiday Open House will offer free events open to all and a chance to help those in need. The open house will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16, in Altgeld Hall. In honor of DeKalb's sesquicentennial celebration,...

DeKALB | University Council discussed a contract to fix up several buildings on campus and the effects of the minimum wage increase on the university. Paul Stoddard, president of the Faculty Senate, said the approved contract would "replace windows and...

Freshmen have two options: live at home with parental supervision or live under university supervision in the residence halls. After freshman year, students have more. "I mainly moved out because [apartments offer] more room and a little more freedom,"...

The Black Student Union's magazine can be difficult to find around campus. Phillip Moore, editor in chief of the Lifeline, said he would like to increase the magazine's circulation. This year, the BSU started distributing copies of the Lifeline in DuSable...

DeKALB | Since the start of November, the 22 members of the men's music fraternity, Phi Mu Alpha, have rehearsed for their annual holiday tradition: caroling to the sorority houses on Greek Row. Phi Mu Alpha will set out on its caroling march beginning...

Hear that? No, not the sleigh bells — it's the discontented sigh of another broke college student. Hear that? It's not someone scraping ice. It's students forced to scrape the bottom of their bank accounts to pay for another year's worth of crummy Christmas...

DeKALB | There's been about a seven percent increase in journalism majors since 2001, and while the number of students in the department is growing, the number of faculty members is not. Dale Zacher and his wife, Yu-Li Chang-Zacher, two of the journalism...

DeKALB | The NIU Grounds Department has been working to make walkways safe and passable after the massive snowfall, and some of the areas around campus have taken longer to clean up than others. "The bottom line is after every major event like this, it...