DeKALB | The Islamic holiday Ramadan ended earlier this week with the three-day celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr. Eid-ul-Fitir, or the "Festival of Fast-breaking," is a joyous time beginning with a special prayer and accompanied by celebration, socializing,...

DeKALB | Three individuals, one of them an NIU student, have been issued with arrest warrants for their alleged participation in a Saturday morning assault in front of Grant North, according to the state attorney's office. The warrants have been issued...

DeKalb | Beginning in October, students from the School of Family, Consumer and Nutrition Sciences began running their own dining operation in the Holmes Student Center's Pheasant Room. FCNS 320 is a hospitality class in which students mimic the duties...

DeKALB | Campaign advertisements, seen by some as an annoyance whether they're crowding suburban lawns or television commercial space, are a necessary evil, said Matthew Streb, assistant professor of political science. These advertisements come with a...

DeKALB | NIU Career Services and the NIU College of Law's office of admissions are teaming up for "Selecting and Applying to Law School," a free workshop open to all students at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Campus Life Building, Room 100. Speakers include graduate...

DeKALB | The NIU Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is holding an evening of demonstrations to celebrate National Chemistry Week tonight in Faraday Hall, Room 143. The event is held every year during National Chemistry Week and features selected...

DeKALB | Associate chemistry professor Qingwei Yao was arrested Friday in an Internet sex sting by Kankakee County police officers. NIU police were informed of Yao's arrest on Friday afternoon, according to an official NIU statement. Yao was charged with...

Most students can remember learning the loops and swoops of cursive writing in elementary school, but some elementary education professors and students ponder how important cursive is in today's society. In the age of the Internet and word processors,...

DeKALB | A shocking assault Saturday and its subsequent aftermath continue to send shock waves throughout campus. Justin M. Pisellini, a freshman undeclared business major, was hospitalized after suffering broken cheekbones and a broken eye socket after...

DeKALB | A recent study printed in Scientific American suggested the idea of stepping on the scale daily as a good strategy to maintain lost weight. Participants consisted of 314 successful dieters placed into a control group and two other intervention...

DeKALB | David Valentiner, director of the Anxiety Disorders Service at NIU, is working to increase awareness about anxiety disorders and the way psychologists treat them. Valentiner, also an associate professor of psychology, founded the service in 1996...

DeKALB | Students standing outside the Holmes Student Center wondering where their bus is may get an easy answer next spring. The Student Association is planning to debut a bus tracking system next January. The system will allow students to see where...