Teacher pension, support for higher education, teacher evaluations and a new academic advising center for undecided majors were all topics of Wednesday’s Faculty Senate meeting. Bob Pritchard, the state representative for NIU’s district, spoke at...

NIU President John Peters’ annual State of the University Address not only offered a view of where NIU is headed in the next five years, but showed what the university has done in Peters’ first five years as president. Peters opened his 90-minute...

Several NIU students are up to the exciting challenge of teaching young children a new language. This is because of a program called ROAR (Reaching Out Through Art and Reading), which works with elementary school children to help them learn English. Each...

Intramural Sports’ two-game elimination Co-Rec Volleyball Tournament begins play next week. All games will be played at the Campus Recreation Center Oct. 10 -13. Any NIU student or faculty member is allowed to watch the games without charge. There are...

Cliff Alexis, having been at NIU for 19 years and teaching for 31 years, has instructed hundreds of students on the steelpan. He recently received the Outstanding Development of the Steelpan in the U.S.A. Award in June. Labeled a "legend" by some steel...

President John Peters will deliver his sixth annual State of the University Address this afternoon at 3 p.m. in the auditorium of Altgeld Hall. "This year, what I’m going to do is focus on NIU over the past five years," Peters said. The speech will...

When the Student Insurance Office moved from Neptune Hall North in the spring, it left a vacant office in need of filling. A meeting was held at the end of last semester to discuss the future use of the space. "At the end of the meeting, we were told...

It is a place nearly every Niu student will visit at least once: the Convocation Center. The student-funded, $36 million facility opened its doors August 2002. Though it is home to a variety of events such as student orientation, job fairs and trade shows,...

Students in residence halls are finding ways to cool off during summer and winter months that could cost the university lots of money. Residents of Douglas Hall found themselves leaving windows open during the Spring 2005 semester because of intense heat...

Homecoming is a tradition rooted deep within the educational institution. This year, the coveted titles of Homecoming King and Queen are being sought after by 10 candidates. Students can vote today from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Holmes Student Center and...

Being a woman in the male-dominated criminal justice field has never been easy. But that changed when Deirdre Battaglia stepped in as warden of Statesville Prison. Battaglia, a 1975 NIU graduate, spoke Tuesday night as part of NIU’s third annual Sociology...

The Huskies will square off against the Ohio RedHawks of Miami University tonight at 6:35 p.m., forcing students with night classes to choose between school and school spirit. Teachers are not especially worried about attendance and believe students trust...