NIU is seeing high numbers of students applying and has capped enrollment at 25,000. It also is taking steps to cut the costs of the applicant boom, including a change to online class schedule books for spring 2005. About 3,100 freshmen and 2,000 transfers...

The four murals being painted in Gabel Hall may be most accurately described as educational art. For senior art major Rebecca Evans, working on the murals redefined art education. Evans is one of the seven NIU students volunteering this summer to help...

NIU secretary Leslie Pergament-Nenia looked for the shade of a tree and not another vehicle when she parked near Anderson Hall in Lot 2 last week. "I gave [my parking spot] a lot of thought. I parked in the shade," Pergament-Nenia said. University Police...

Student Association Vice President Janet Rodriguez condemned NIU’s attempt to stop her from suspending the Campus Activities Board for not complying with an injunction. Rodriguez said Rick Clark, director of University Programming and Activities, cannot...

The next step in the implementation of the PeopleSoft Student System, a program that will replace the current student information system and WebConnect, is expected to begin in September, said Steve Pace, associate director of computing services for Finance...

Thank God for Sam Raimi. His direction in "Spiderman 2" might be the saving grace of the film. Having grown up reading comics, he was able to include aspects from the books that others may have ignored - including a scene in which Peter Parker (Tobey...

English major Lynda Briesemeister does not consider herself a traditional NIU student. At 42 years old, with three kids and a part-time job reading books to children at an elementary school in Hawthorn Woods, Briesemeister barely found time to schedule...

I'd like to begin by clarifying a few things regarding the CAB situation that I hope will answer some of your questions. The SA did not reach inside the CAB organization to fix internal issues. The elected CAB officers filed a complaint to the SA Supreme...

Teaching American literature will make a tremendous difference to him, said Roberto Ferreira, Jr., an American literature professor visiting NIU from Brazil. It is different to know the United States from the inside, he said. The experience also will...

Michael Moore certainly knows how to stir controversy. At times, his latest documentary, "Fahrenheit 9/11," is as annoying as a political attack ad - and just as polarizing. It’s also pretty damn entertaining. The film makes many points about George...

Pamela Roesner, a secretary in the family, consumer and nutrition sciences department, has become close friends with the ducks at the East Lagoon. She often brings bread so she can share her lunch with them. "I felt bad when they had to empty the lagoon;...

The second candidate for the vice president for Student Affairs position interviewed Tuesday and Wednesday at NIU. During the course of the two-day interview, Thomas Rios, currently the assistant to the vice president for Student Affairs-Research and...