University Police are using more alcohol education programs and less alcohol related arrests, though UP insists this is not a move to make NIU crime free, according to UP Lt. Matthew Kiederlen. UP wants to be proactive rather than reactive, he said. The...

Houston-based rapper Lil’ Flip was a no-show for his scheduled concert on Friday at the NIU Music Building’s Concert Hall due to a mix-up with the promotional group. A Dollar Production, a promotional group, worked with NIU students to bring Lil’...

Participants of Up ’til Dawn will celebrate their final event from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday in the New Orleans Room of Stevenson Hall. Up ’til Dawn is a celebration of the $12,000 in donations collected for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital....

Students can decide next year’s executive leadership of the Student Association and Campus Activities Board later this month. The SA released a list of candidates for the positions last week. The order in which the candidates appear on the ballot was...

NIU’s Career Services Office has helped place hundreds of students in internships of their choice in this semester alone. From July 1, 2003 to Feb. 28, 2005, 1,158 NIU students have obtained high-level internships through Career Services, said Rick...

Although many improvements have been made to the Annie Glidden Road and Stadium Drive intersection, there will not be an overpass or underpass put in the intersection any time soon, said Bob Albanese, vice president of Finance and Facilities. The intersection...

The recent change in U.S. student visa policies will not significantly impact NIU’s international students, said Thecla Cooler, director of the International Student and Faculty Office. The specifics of the change are "very complicated," Cooler said,...

The suspect in Saturday’s stabbing on Greek Row is out on bond after being charged with attempted first degree murder. Matthew W. Bergquist, 21, of DeKalb posted $10,000 of his $100,000 bond Monday morning and is scheduled for a March 3 court date,...

The media’s "tough chicks" will be examined at 7 p.m. tonight in the Heritage Room of the Holmes Student Center. Sherrie Inness, professor of American literature and gender studies, will give a speech showing how tough women are challenging traditional...

Representatives from several Greek organizations met with several NIU administrators Monday night in a closed-door meeting to discuss a course of action related to Saturday morning’s Greek Row stabbing incident. The purpose of the crammed meeting, which...

For those who did not watch the Academy Awards Sunday evening, many nominees were brought up onto the stage together, then the winner was announced. The winner then stepped forward and accepted the award while the others walk away. The show's mastermind,...

Sgt. Dan Brokaw was six credits shy of graduating from NIU when he was called to duty in Iraq. Since then, he has made a name for himself through his artistic talent. Brokaw, an Illinois Army National Guardsman, Unit F-202 ADA (which is attached to the...