DeKALB | Many NIU professors have allowed Muslim and Catholic students to have the day off class for their religious needs. Some Muslims students agree that their specific needs are met. "As a Muslim on campus, I feel that when I ask for accommodations...

You might have heard of him, or even caught a glance of him riding on campus. A guy on a bike with music blasting from a boom box. It's Bike Man. His real name is Chris Daniels, and he's a senior electrical engineering technology major. After finals week...

DeKALB | Students scarfing down food at the end of the week in an attempt to use up their meal plan dollars may rest easier knowing their unused dollars are still serving them — just not in the edible fashion. "The leftover money is re-invested, as...

It's every student's dream: wake up for school, stumble over to the computer and download the day's class lectures, from COMS to CHEM, then crawl back into bed — iPod in one hand, notebook in the other. To most students, podcasting proposes an idea...

DeKALB | McAfee anti-virus software designed to work with Clean Access may cause more problems than it solves. While McAfee is offered free through the university, Clean Access, software designed to stop student computers from transmitting harmful programs,...

DeKALB | Students walking into Barsema Hall won't notice any general bulletin boards on which to post flyers. Instead, several monitors display information previously put on flyers. Though the Holmes Student Center also uses monitors to display student...

DeKALB | Bethany Bohling became a physical trainer at Recreation Services about two years ago, and since then, has worked with about 15 students. Bohling, a Recreation Services fitness graduate assistant and exercise physiology major, said she advises...

DeKALB — While much of the Student Association Senate meeting Sunday night was dedicated to executive staff appointments, many of those in attendance were there in support of a new sorority. Alpha Kappa Alpha, Incorporated showed up in force to get...

DeKALB | Mike Autenrieth, a senior sociology major, found an unpleasant surprise waiting for him Thursday morning when he went to start his truck. He had to brush snow off the windows without the aid of his snow brush, which was conveniently back at home...

DeKALB | George Kourvetaris, professor of sociology, will present "Contributions of Ancient Greece to Modern Music," the fourth part of his Paideia Project, this Sunday. The Paideia Project is a nonprofit organization founded in 2002 by Kourvetaris. The...

DeKALB | The ground-breaking ceremony for the $20 million Northern View Community will take place today at 1 p.m. in the Convocation Center parking lot C3. The Northern View Community is NIU's answer to a growing population of married students, students...

As you read your e-mails and surf the Internet, your peepers may not be the only ones staring at the screen. Information Technology Services possesses the power to read your e-mail and view your Internet history. The burning question is, do they use it?...