Students looking to add some interesting classes to their schedule or fill in extra hours may want to consider some unique classes offered at NIU. However, some of the classes are only available to those in the major. This schedule also fits into a four-year...

As the semester comes to a close, more NIU students are skipping class. The reason behind the decline in attendance could be attributed to students trying to finish their assignments, said Elizabeth Miller, NIU associate professor of family and child...

NIU faculty and staff must obtain health-maintenance drugs -- including insulin for diabetes, contraceptives, heart medication and others - via mail order starting Jan. 1. Faculty Senate members discussed the change in the NIU faculty and staff prescription...

Walking into the Burmese art exhibit of the newly-renovated Altgeld Hall, the fresh scent of the building lingers around the 19th-century artwork on display. The low lighting throughout the exhibit gives the figures an eerie life-like quality. The only...

Retirement is often pictured as a time of relaxation - a time to sit back and admire the payoff of life’s hard work. But if money is not properly invested, there will be no payoff in these golden years. “The sooner you invest, the better,” said...

Some NIU students may think their professors lead uninteresting lives outside of school, but political science professor M. Ladd Thomas does not fit that stereotype. In addition to traveling the world, particularly Southeast Asia, Thomas also helped establish...

Both female and male students at NIU have common concerns regarding their low self-esteem when it comes to their body image, an NIU expert said. “In speaking with students about body image, students often discuss how family, peers and the media influence...

NIU students who prefer working on their own schedule may benefit from taking online classes, a recent study concluded. The report, which was based on surveys that were taken near the end of the fall 2003 semester and beginning of the spring 2004 semester,...

A Nov. 17 Gabel Hall pool leak, which flooded several rooms, caused an estimated $30,000 in damage, according to one NIU official. The Building Maintenance Department is still investigating how the accident happened, but some maintenance workers suspect...

Adding more reserved parking on campus to the current 1,200 spaces will be discussed by the Campus Parking Committee on Thursday. Of the current 9,000 total parking spaces, the reserved spaces are being re-evaluated to make sure they are serving the NIU...

As some NIU students come home after a long night of drinking at a local bar, their heads are pounding. Many home remedies such as sleeping, drinking water and taking aspirin are ways students have tried to get rid of hangovers. But according to manufacturers...

Although Ralph Wallis has worked as a business manager in the College of Engineering for 27 years, his recently published autobiography tells little of his career. “The Memoirs of a Rambling Mind” tells Wallis’ story of growing up in a small town,...