Portable music players have launched the largest invasion of the NIU campus since the Asian lady beetles. As students reap the benefits of the portable music players, local music stores may lose business. Mark Cerny, owner of Record Revolution, 817 W....

Most people who watched the inauguration did so from the safety of their homes. They saw the same boring speeches, the same platitudes about freedom and justice, the same boring parade as they had seen every four years since television started covering...

Each year I read the Oscar nominations, and each year I swear I will never buy into this award show again. It seems that each year something causes me to become so angry at the Academy and the politics they play by shutting deserving films from the most...

The $24 million construction of Barsema Hall included wireless Internet for students and users of the building, but some teachers forbid its use in classes. Though wireless Internet was installed for student and faculty convenience, some teachers feel...

Myron Kuropas has worn many hats in life-teacher, middle school principal, author and even assistant to President Gerald Ford. But now Kuropas, NIU adjunct professor of education, can add one more hat to his collection-that of election delegate. Kuropas...

Springfield - The Illinois Board of Higher Education approved the $2.4 billion Fiscal Year 2006 Budget on Tuesday at the University of Illinois at Springfield Public Affairs Center. As stated in the IBHE FY06 Higher Education Budget Recommendations for...

Thought to be in a coma for the rest of her life, former NIU student Lisa Hessenius is now recovering after she was struck by a car in February 2004. Hessenius was walking west on Stadium Drive when she was struck by a car heading south on Annie Glidden...

As a better way to access data collection and decision-making in the classroom, the Integrating Technology Assessment and Action Research project educates teachers on a popular use of technology, the Personal Digital Assistant. ITAAR, which was funded...

In honor of Black History Month the Center for Black Studies is offering a window into the world of African art. The 28th Annual Black Student Art Show with the theme "Black is Beautiful" runs through the Glass Gallery at the Holmes Student Center Feb....

Huskies fans can get a glimpse of next season’s NIU football team at noon Thursday at the ‘Coaches Corner with Joe Novak’ luncheon in the Blackhawk Food Court of NIU’s Holmes Student Center. NIU football coach Joe Novak said prospective student...

NIU accountancy volunteers want to help take the tumult out of tax season. Fifty student volunteers will help students, faculty and DeKalb residents prepare tax returns as a part of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. The volunteers will provide...

At 4:45 p.m., parents rush in the Campus Child Care Center to pick up their children after a long day of classes and work. The children happily chat away about the day's activities while parents struggle to bundle them up for the cold weather. The center...