Believing in Culture Week, an annual event geared toward promoting cultural awareness, begins today with its traditional activities. The group not only will hold its annual events but also will feature a few new events for students. New events include...

For one university department, field trips are essential. NIU’s geology department participates in field trips as a way for students to experience the field as a laboratory. Although there are a lot of things students do in laboratories, the most important...

This year, the NIU Blood Commission wants to raise 1,000 units of blood - and students’ awareness about blood donation and its uses in the NIU and DeKalb communities. The organization, which donates blood to Heartland Blood Centers, will be hosting...

Two NIU students are being held on charges of sexual crimes against a woman in Grant Towers North after a Saturday morning incident - the second incident of a criminal sexual assault in NIU’s residence halls in a week. Authorities have charged Silas...

All NIU students can create their own Web site for free while attending NIU. Elizabeth Leake, associate director of ITS customer support services, said the university provides as much as 15 megabytes of home directory space for students to use to create...

Hundreds of students and more than 160 different businesses attended Wednesday’s job fair at the Convocation Center. “The employer turnout is good; it reflects prevailing economic conditions,” said Judy Kirchgessner, the recruiting coordinator for...

The smell of sparklers mixed with the sound of “oohs” from a Faraday Hall audience as a tiny volcano shot flames toward the ceiling of one classroom. As the last glowing embers from the volcano faded, the lights in the room revealed a large pile of...

John Banzhaf, a nationally proclaimed law professor who is best known for his class action lawsuits against McDonald’s, will give three separate lectures to the NIU community today and Friday. Banzhaf, who teaches at George Washington University, has...

NIU’s College of Law recently ranked in the top 10 on two of 11 ranking lists in the 2005 Princeton Review. NIU ranked third on the “most diverse faculty” list and fourth on the “most welcoming of older students” list. LeRoy Pernell, dean and...

Chemistry students will hold chemical demonstrations for the public at 8 p.m. tonight in Faraday Hall, Room 143. As part of National Chemistry Week, which began Oct. 17 and ends Oct. 23, NIU is hosting this event for people to become more interested in...

Female high school students can learn about career opportunities in a variety of fields from 8:15 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. today at the Conference for Young Women in the Holmes Student Center. The event is held for local girls in their sophomore through senior...

No matter how stressful a day may seem, students living in NIU residence halls should know that there are people who look forward to seeing their faces every single day - NIU food service workers. It’s the students that bring Linda Gustafson, a cafeteria...