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DeKALB | The Stevens Building has moved once again to the forefront of the university's attention, as discussed Thursday at the Board of Trustees' Finance, Facilities and Operations Committee. In its preliminary budget request for fiscal year 2008, NIU...

DeKALB | E-Toke and E-Chug, two online quizzes found on NIU's Health Enhancement Web site, ask students to answer a list of questions in which they detail their alcohol and drug use. The programs were adopted last fall from San Diego State University...

DeKALB | Electing new members, debating on tenure and NIU Connect were the main focus of Wednesday's Faculty Senate meeting. Early in the meeting, Paul Stoddard, associate geology professor and president of Faculty Senate, addressed the implementation...

DeKALB | On Aug. 28, the DeKalb City Council approved the hiring of a second school liaison officer to provide services to School District 428. All DeKalb schools currently share the services of current police liason Aaron Lockhart, DeKalb Police Chief...

DeKALB | Kelly Blackwell got home from class around noon to find her entire life suddenly thrust into the spotlight on Facebook. Facebook began using a new feature yesterday known as the "News Feed." This feature allows every person on a student's personal...

DeKALB | Students interested in running for the Student Association general Senate elections this fall must attend informational meetings today and Thursday. Students who wish to run for the SA Senate must either attend the meeting today in the Holmes...

DeKALB | All NIU students have the ability to store 1,920 four-page papers each and may not even know it. The storage space comes from 75 megabytes of network user volume that is included with each students' Z-ID. For student mail, 25 MB is assigned,...

DeKALB | John Laesch, democratic candidate for U.S. Congress, spoke to the College Democrats Tuesday about his feelings on the war in Iraq and outing and end to corruption in Washington, D.C. Laesch is challenging incumbent Speaker of the House, Dennis...

DeKALB | This semester, some NIU business students will have a "hole-in-one" opportunity to help promote the 2009 Solheim Cup, a women's golf tournament put on by the Ladies Professional Golf Association. "Rich Harvest Farms approached us when they found...

DeKALB | At such a diverse campus, interracial roommates can be commonplace. Many students live with others who, on the surface, may appear to be nothing like them. On closer inspection, students find they're more similar than different. Two friends,...

Every day we travel to and from our destinations via the mass transportation system. Whether it is bus, train, or even boat, we often times take for granted the convenience of our modern-day travel. Here in DeKalb, students often take the Huskie Bus to...