DeKalb | NIU estimated that nearly 6,000 students came to NIU on Thursday, planning to start down a new road in their lives. "College is scary and exciting," said biology major Amber Misiowiec, an incoming freshman with mixed emotions. "It's scary because...

Over the summer, NIU welcomed new provost Raymond W. Alden III, hoping that with his arrival, change is on the horizon. Alden was appointed June 1 as executive vice president and provost. Alden joins NIU from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where...

NIU's newest faces were christened as Huskies on Friday when the class of 2010 gathered at the Convocation Center for the Academic Convocation, followed by Friday Fest. The Huskie band played as students entered the gymnasium at the Convocation Center,...

The Campus Recreation Center updated some of its weight lifting equipment in May, replacing old machines that had been purchased as early as August 1995, when the Rec was first built. According to information obtained by the Northern Star through an Illinois...

Construction on windows in Reavis and Watson halls caused minor problems last week. The third floor of Reavis was quarantined due to insect problems. Wasps were believed to have entered through open windows and had built nests on the third floor. NIU...

NIU researcher Michael Kolb will publish details of his research in Hawaii that show some of the islands earliest temples were built in the 13th century. The study contradicts recent research that indicated Maui's temples, also known as heiau, were built...

Assistant Vice President of Student Life Michael Coakley will leave NIU at the end of August, it recently was announced. Coakley has accepted the position of Executive Director of Housing and Dining at Arizona State University. A national search will...

On average, the 7.5 million users of online social networking Web site Facebook spend 20 minutes a day posting pictures, reading comments and messaging friends. In one year, that's about 120 hours NIU students spend on Facebook, according to Internet...

Raymond W. Alden III replaced Ivan Legg as the new provost of NIU on July 1. The Northern Star sat down to talk to Alden about what he's done so far, what he hopes to do and why he wanted to work at NIU. Northern Star: What are you going to miss most...

Many students may have seen or met Alexander R. Cameron and Derek K. Jensen kicking hacky sack in Central Park in between Douglas, Stevenson and Grant and not even have known it. Cameron, 22, a political science major and Jensen, an English major were...

The NIU Department of Communicative Disorders and Graduate Colloquium Committee will host a panel seminar on cochlear implants, devices that allow deaf and hard of hearing people to hear sounds through electrical stimulation on Wednesday from 9 a.m. to...

College students are not likely to pass up anything marked as "free." But when the free product regards downloading music, students think of potential lawsuits and suddenly, "free" doesn't convince them to buy in. The Wall Street Journal said even though...