NIU’s Student Involvement and Leadership Development office has canceled this year’s Northern Leadership Institute Day due to low attendance response. Also contributing to the cancellation is that officials are in the midst of incorporating the NLI...

On Friday, aspiring documentary filmmakers competed against other students across the country as part of the communication department’s Reality Bytes documentary film festival. The event was spear-headed by communications assistant professor Laura Vazquez....

"Welcome to the gayest show on Earth, at least in DeKalb!" said a schoolgirl-clad Ms.ThAnG as she announced the start of the ninth annual Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Gay Jam. The Gay Jam, hosted by PRISM, kicked off the start to LGBT awareness month....

You know tomorrow is going to suck, and you haven't hit the hay yet. Maybe that's because it's 4 a.m. and you just can't sleep. According to an article in College Parent magazine, students averaged 6 to 6.9 hours of sleep a night, far less than the suggested...

Not all the 1,321 students who voted in this week’s Student Association elections voted for DuJuan Smith, Raoul Gravel or any candidate on the ballot. Some voters chose Mickey Mouse. According to official SA election figures, five votes for president,...

An annual NIU celebration for 11 years, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Awareness Month packs a calendar full of diverse events. Speakers, concerts and parties are all slated to be a part of this month’s programming. The LGBT Resource Center...

Catching a drag show and listening to music and poetry are some of the things students can do this Saturday night at the ninth annual Gay Jam. The PRISM sponsored event is part of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Awareness Month and will take place...

NIU’s English department is hosting the 13th annual Midwestern conference on literature, language and media this weekend. "It’s an opportunity for professional development and to see my peers present as well," graduate student Andy Brick said. He...

A festive crowd of about 30 students cheered loudly as the Student Association executive election results, announced by student trustee Eric Johnson, revealed the DuJuan Smith ticket had won. "There were no runoffs; it was a clean sweep," Johnson said....

Graduates of the NIU Certified Public Accountant Review Program ranked among the top 10 universities nationwide for their pass rate on the Uniform Certified Public Accountant’s Exam. They were ranked against about 900 schools. NIU, which tied for ninth...

Many students have been bombarded with handbill after handbill for Student Association candidates the last few days. Supporters of the SA candidates, and the candidates themselves, have been around campus passing out the little bright slips of paper informing...

It’s there and you don’t even know it. It’s buried under layers of guitars, drums, keyboards, snare snaps and kick drum pops. More than likely, it’s on over half the albums you own and it could even be on your favorite song, whether you know it...