NIU officials announced Feb. 15 the summer commencement ceremony would be cancelled and summer 2005 graduates would be invited to attend the fall ceremony instead. The Office of the Provost made the decision after consulting faculty and staff, Vice Provost...

This past Saturday, I was asked to cover the Brooks and Dunn concert at the Convocation Center on campus. At first, I didn’t want to, mainly because I’m not a fan of country music and didn’t want to be in the same room as a bunch of "rednecks,"...

The end of the school year is the primary time for book theft, said University Police Lt. Matt Kiederlen. Around this time, students might realize plans aren’t going the way they thought as far as their graduation date, or having to take extra classes,...

As a result of the implementation of the online application system for NIU student jobs, 17 jobs are listed on its employment page and 5,583 applications are on file, Human Resources officials said. The online system was implemented in February 2003 as...

Jen Muncey sits awkwardly on her 2-year-old daughter Gabby’s Dora the Explorer couch as Gabby conquers climbing her Playskool brand art easel to reach the mountaintop of her mother’s shoulders. As she climbs down her mother to the center of their...

After a racially charged incident at Trinity International University in Deerfield, some NIU community members are concerned a similar incidence could happen on any campus. On April 21, 43 African American and Hispanic students were temporarily moved...

As of Wednesday, the third-party venue portion of the moratorium on Greek events with alcohol was lifted, said Brian Hemphill, vice president for Student Affairs. Third-party venues include events that are held at locations other than the Greek chapter...

Students and faculty have banded together in the name of artistic expression for the Jack Olson Gallery’s BFA Show, the exhibition featuring senior artwork in studio and design. The event, which runs through May 13, has been held twice a year for the...

The Student Association hopes to see an increase in events on campus when they start helping organizations fund security this fall. The SA senate has decided to allot $30,000 to student groups to help pay for security for events on campus that do not...

New technological devices may make cheating more accessible to students, but also more noticeable. NIU instructors say they are well-aware of the issue. It seems the more advanced technology becomes, the more inventive ways students come up with to cheat,...

The family of Frederick Kitterle, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, announced in a statement to the Alumni Advisory Committee that Kitterle had passed away at 7:15 a.m. Tuesday morning. Kitterle had suffered from a bout with cancer that...

Thanks to an anonymous donation of $450,000, undergraduate students in psychology, computer science and geography will have a permanent scholarship available starting in 2006. "This is the second-largest endowed scholarship by a living individual," NIU...