Two University Police officers were sprayed Friday with chemicals spewing from a bottle during a routine patrol, said Melanie Magara, assistant vice president of Public Affairs. Magara said police found two NIU students messing around with a bottle of...

Many students have noticed a new series of fences outside DuSable Hall. What some may not have realized is these fences actually serve a purpose beyond enhancing the appearance of the landscape. The fences were put up to redirect students to the walkways,...

Faculty, staff and other well-wishers came together at Altgeld Hall Monday to celebrate the career of an internationally-recognized scholar and contributor to NIU. Executive Vice President and Provost Ivan Legg will retire this year after nearly five...

Graduation tickets for the May 13 commencement ceremony will be available for pickup at the Convocation Center Ticket Office today. Tickets are free and graduates are limited to 12 each. Tickets can be picked up between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. and will be...

The first of three provost candidates spoke to faculty and staff Friday morning about her goals for the school. "I am interested in NIU because I see it as an institution where people care about each other," said Kathleen Long, Dean of the College of...

The Grammy-nominated Vermeer Quartet will perform its last show of the academic year in the concert hall of the Music Building today at 8 p.m. The quartet is part of the resident artist faculty at NIU and will perform quartets from Beethoven, Britten...

Christopher Norman Campus Reporter The choice for Student Association Senate Speaker was clear according to senators at Sunday night's meeting. Robert Batey, a senator from District 3, and Kiarri Andrews, a senator from District 5, were nominated at the...

Sigma Phi Epsilon beat Pi Kappa Alpha to win Tugs 2006 Friday night. The first rope lasted 20 minutes and went to Sig Eps, while the second rope also lasted 20 minutes and went to the Pikes. The third and final rope was the deciding factor of the match....

Playing drinking games and eating pizza may sound like an average weekend for some students, but one thing was missing Saturday night — alcohol. The Neptune Hall community advisers held "Sober Saturday" in the Holmes Student Center's Diversions Lounge,...

A small theater in a tiny portion of the upper level in the Stevens Building housed the theater department's final show Thursday night. Storytellers Theatre performed in the Corner Theatre in the Stevens Building at 7:30 p.m., and will run through Sunday;...

NIU's College of Engineering will celebrate its 20th anniversary today with day-long events followed by an invite-only formal dinner. "There's two different parts," said Trish Sellers, the alumni relations coordinator for the college. "During the day...

Andrew Byrom, assistant professor of visual communication, received notice that a logo he designed was going to be published in a book containing the nation's best logos. Byrom took a few minutes to sit down with the Northern Star and discuss his career...