Today is the last day students can write in for the Campus Activities Board and Student Association executive elections, said Rick Clark, director of University Programming & Activities. Write-in candidates must register two weeks before the election...

Educators from Beijing, China, and NIU faculty discussed the possibility of linking NIU and schools in the Beijing area during a meeting Monday. Twenty-two delegates from the Beijing Education Commission delegation visited NIU to learn about how NIU teaches...

Twenty-two delegates from Beijing, China, will visit NIU today to learn how the university prepares its teachers for the classrooms. The delegates are travelling to NIU to learn about the curriculums offered, the clinical experience provided before and...

On March 8, NIU Athletic Director Cary Groth announced she will take the athletic director position at the University of Nevada in Reno. Groth, 47, has been NIU’s athletic director for the past 10 years. She is expected to begin her duties April 15...

NIU’s visual disabilities program received a grant of about $2,800 from the DeKalb Noon Lions earlier this month. The grant was used to purchase a Pac-Mate, a new device that is described as a “PDA for the blind.” The Pac-Mate presents information...

An additional 2 percent reduction to the university’s budget will take effect July 1, 2004, according to Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s 2005 budget recommendations. For the third straight year, the university has been trying to do more with less, said NIU...

Did you like Creed? If you did, you're going to love Tantric. Tantric's second album "After We Go" follows the conventions of its predecessors. It is hard-hitting metal with heart. -"After We Go" carefully follows in the footsteps of bands like Creed,...

The Holmes Student Center’s lounge television has become a beacon of hope for bored commuters and soap opera fanatics. Sometimes all 22 seats in front of the television are filled, said Marissa Nigro, a sophomore accounting major and a clerk at the...

Broken Lizard's "Club Dread" is a confused film. It doesn't know what it wants to be. -Perhaps it's a slasher film. Perhaps it's a spoof. Perhaps it's an amalgamation of the two — like "Scream" or "Scary Movie." But it follows the same, tired premise...

The DeKalb Area Women’s Center will hold an art exhibit commemorating Women’s History Month. The exhibit will kick off with a reception from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m today at the center, 1021 State St. The gallery will feature artwork from NIU professors...

Charges against NIU student Dan Sheldon were dismissed at his status hearing Wednesday. Ron Matekaitis, DeKalb County state’s attorney, said the charges were dropped because Sheldon cooperated with the Amnesia investigation. “His cooperation was the...