-Most students use their residence hall rooms to sleep. Two NIU students use theirs as a recording studio. NIU duo Sam-I-Am and MPLI will release their new rap and hip-hop CD on March 28. Unlike most new CDs coming out, this one was recorded and produced...

With the sun and the Pacific Ocean behind it, Phantom Planet will bring its brand of California-influenced rock to DeKalb. Phantom Planet, Mates of State and Steriogram will play at 7:30 p.m. April 16 at the Holmes Student Center’s Duke Ellington Ballroom....

Part-time FCNS instructor John Bland died late last week of natural causes in his Shabbona home. He was 55. Laura Smart, professor and acting chair of family, consumer and nutrition sciences, knew Bland for more than 15 years. She first met him in the...

Bart Simpson is making his - or her - way to DeKalb. Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart, will speak at 7 p.m. April 1 at the Holmes Student Center’s Carl Sandburg Auditorium. The event is sponsored by the Campus Activities Board. "‘The Simpsons’...

Hacky sack, made famous by the "California Games" mini-game where a player could down a flying seagull for bonus points, takes over the Student Recreation Center every Monday and Wednesday night. At the practices, held from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Rec's racquetball...

NIU President John Peters updated NIU’s budget during the Board of Trustees’ Finance, Facilities and Operations Committee meeting March 3. “The Illinois Board of Higher Education gave a recommendation for a flat budget,” Peters said. “It is...

DeKalb police haven’t made an arrest in last week’s bank robbery at DeKalb County Credit Union, 305 E. Locust St., but the department has some leads. A photo of the suspect released by the department has triggered people to call with information,...

The Colors of India, a medley of cultural and traditional Indian performances, will start at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Holmes Student Center’s Diversions Lounge. The event is part of the Indian Student Association’s India Week and will allow NIU...

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...

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...