While recent budget constraints on the university have pushed back plans to renovate the Grant Towers residence halls, other smaller projects are planned to help supplement a major renovation. Grant has been on the university’s renovation wish list...

About a month after moving through the revolving glass doors of Altgeld Hall, NIU faculty are just about settled into their new offices. The move from previous offices to Altgeld was an adjustment, but most thought the move went smoothly. “It was confusing...

Vijay Mohandas, a graduate student working on his master’s degree in electrical engineering, is one of about 60 bus drivers who work for the Huskie Bus Line. “My grandfather owned a fleet of 14 buses, so I guess it sort of runs in my blood,” Mohandas...

Traffic and safety problems near the Chick Evans Field House parking lot have caused NIU to schedule minor construction in the area to help alleviate high traffic volume. Solutions to the problems - among other issues - were discussed Wednesday at the...

Two NIU finance professors have found that the United States’ stock markets are not affected by the political party in the White House at the time. NIU finance professors Scott Beyer and Gerald Jensen wrote a paper titled “Don’t Worry about the...

Editor’s note: This piece is the first story in a two-part series on credit card debt. The second installment will address where students can go to get help with credit card debt. Shopping without limits and adding the balance to a credit card got senior...

Although NIU provides a telephone in every residence hall room, these phones are being used less as cell phone use is on the rise. “Over the past four years, NIUTEL has observed a steady decline in long distance calls made from residence hall phones,”...

NIU officials will soon draw up a new set of master plans that will outline the future of the university for the next 40 years. In 1988, officials set up a list of master plans consisting of long-term projects they would like to see accomplished.“We...

A non-scientific survey of 25 NIU faculty and staff shows a majority will vote for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry in today’s election. The surveys showed that three people planned to change their presidential vote from the political...

Starting with spring 2005 registration, fall and spring schedule books will be available to NIU students only online. NIU deans agreed the printed schedule books were no longer a good way to transmit course information, said Don Larson, executive director...

Voter registration numbers for DeKalb County - especially in student-dominated areas - are up from previous years. The NIU community has at least seven precincts for registration, including areas for the residence halls, Greek Row and the apartments off...

NIU will host its annual deaf and hard-of-hearing awareness week by holding a variety of events throughout the week. “We have celebrated Deaf Awareness Week at NIU for about the past 15 years. It’s a great way to show that NIU has a large deaf community,...