Running, throwing and hauling will be the order of the day during the second annual Ranger Stakes competition Saturday. The competition is sponsored by NIU’s ROTC Ranger Club. Saturday’s competition will feature events designed to push participants...

Thursday was a bittersweet day for Cary Groth as she said goodbye to friends and fans at NIU. At Groth’s open house Thursday, people filtered into the back room of the Stratford Inn, 114 W. State St., Sycamore, to wish her well, as she is leaving her...

The Vietnamese Student Association will host its second annual culture night at 7 p.m. Saturday at Anderson Hall. The theme for the night is "Vietnam History Yesterday and Today." Tammie Nguyen, president of VSA, said the organization decided to host...

Williston Hall is the third oldest building at NIU. The building was named after John Williston Cook, who was the first president of the university from 1899 to 1919. Constructed between 1914 and 1915, Williston Hall originally was built as a women’s...

Funeral services for former NIU student leader Kevin Knight will be held Saturday at St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church in his hometown of Aurora. Knight, 29, died Tuesday evening from head injuries sustained during a weekend motorcycle accident...

NIU will host its 19th annual Mid-America Educators’ Job Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday at the Convocation Center. Nearly 150 school districts from across the nation will look for prospective employees. While the majority of the districts attending...

Sigma Gamma Rho will host its 26th annual fundraiser, the "Greek Scene" step show, at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Holmes Student Center’s Carl Sandburg Auditorium. Crystal Barnes, member of Sigma Gamma Rho, said this is the sorority’s main fundraiser....

A survey conducted earlier this year by the NIU Public Opinion Laboratory showed that 58 percent of the people surveyed would be willing to pay an additional $25 a year to maintain the current service levels of higher education standards. It also showed...

The NIU College of Law will host its ninth annual Public Interest Law Society auction today. The auction starts at 5 p.m. at Swen Parson Hall’s Thurgood Marshall Gallery and David Shapiro Memorial Library. "Last year, we made roughly $15,000," said...

A Douglas Hall community adviser has been removed from his position after a sophisticated sting by his floormates caught him stealing money from another resident. Floor residents became suspicious after items began disappearing from people’s rooms on...

I have a friend whose uncle is an Army Ranger. Growing up, this uncle used to come into town once a year. All the neighborhood kids would flock to the house to play the annual game of hide-and-seek. -The Ranger would sit on the couch and instruct the...

Starting today, 34 Filipino activists will be at NIU for a monthlong training institute to promote peace, tolerance and hope for the future. Titled "Bridging the Gap," the program advocates inter-ethnic dialogue and conflict resolution to a balanced group...