Redline, a new route on the Huskie Bus Line, will make its first run to downtown DeKalb businesses tonight. It is the first late-night route providing scheduled service to the downtown area. The route will take 40 minutes to complete, and runs from 9...

Michael Greenisen, a NASA scientist and NIU alumnus, will speak at 5:30 p.m. today in the Barsema Hall Auditorium. Greenisen plans to speak about activities underway at NASA to prepare astronauts for a flight to Mars. Students will be able to get information...

Students, cooks and labor rights advocates gathered to petition for equal pay of kitchen helpers Wednesday between Altgeld and Lowden halls. About 40 people showed up for the protest. Since May 26, kitchen workers have sought to be included in the existing...

Students who want a better grade point average should consider getting more ‘Z’s. Sleep is an important factor in not only performing better, but also feeling better, said Judith Kuczek, a nursing laboratory supervisor at NIU. “If a student is sleeping...

The 12th annual Study Abroad Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today in the Holmes Student Center’s Regency Room. The theme of this year’s fair is “Study Abroad - Your Passport to the World.” Students enrolled in the study abroad program...

NIU’s Newman Center has a new man in charge. The Rev. Michael Black took the position of Newman’s head pastor this year after Bishop Thomas Doran transferred the Rev. Steve Knox to St. Mary’s Church in Huntley this summer. Black was ordained in...

NIU’s finances are functioning without a hitch, while PeopleSoft Inc., one provider of university software, continues to battle Oracle in an attempt to take over the financial software provider. PeopleSoft software has served as the basis of NIU’s...

There are still about 4,000 student tickets available for Friday’s football game against Bowling Green. Students may pick up tickets from the Convocation Center box office Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; or at the Holmes Student...

NIU released official numbers for 2004 student enrollment Tuesday that show a 9-percent decrease in freshman enrollment from last year to this year. The 10th-day count of admissions from NIU puts overall enrollment at 24,820, a 440 student, or 1.7 percent,...

Judy Shepard, the mother of hate crime victim Matthew Shepard, will speak Thursday at NIU about her son and what people can do to combat hate in America. “She’s someone that normally wouldn’t come to campus, and she’ll be talking about something...

Alan Keyes, Illinois’ Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, accused the news media of lying and influencing elections during a speech on Tuesday in DuSable Hall. Keyes gave his speech in front of an American public opinion political science class and...

NIU and other universities will offer classes at the University Center of Lake County by fall of 2005 if construction goes as planned. Construction of the center started in Nov. 2003 and may not be completed until the spring of 2005. The College of Lake...