Students looking for work experience and a summer income headed to the Holmes Student Center’s Duke Ellington Ballroom on Tuesday for NIU’s Summer Employment Fair. Nearly two dozen organizations registered for the event, with about half of them offering...

An NIU student was in critical condition at a Rockford hospital Tuesday afternoon after she was hit by a car while crossing the street at the intersection of Annie Glidden Road and Stadium Drive. Lisa A. Hessenius, 21, was walking west on Stadium Drive...

The time line has been set for the new fraternities and sorority that have been selected to come to NIU, said Chris Juhl, activities adviser for Greek Affairs, at the Greek Life Standards Board meeting Tuesday. Social fraternity Pi Kappa Phi, Asian fraternity...

DeKalb County mayors gathered Tuesday to express their support for the proposed public safety referendum and expansion of the county jail. Every mayor in the county was present at the meeting and publicly backed the half-percent sales tax increase that...

Gov. Rod Blagojevich will outline the first part of the state budget for the new fiscal year today, and NIU President John Peters said he is hoping for the best for NIU. Blagojevich gave a brief preview of his speech on Sunday and released some budget...

An NIU group is planning a trip to Mexico during Spring Break, and it needs a few more students to fill the available spaces. The “NIU Travel with a Professor” group will spend March 6 to 14 visiting the ancient pyramids of Mexico. Participants will...

Student Association senators were bombarded with more than 30 e-mails responding to a senate decision to deny recognition to a political student group that supports Howard Dean as the Democratic presidential nominee. Generation Dean is a national student...

On Feb. 3, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Verizon Wireless announced a statewide initiative to partner with college campuses to combat dating violence, and NIU is looking to take part. Diane Pospisil-Kinney, a counselor at the Counseling and...

Select counties and municipalities in Illinois have been announced as recipients of about $3 million in emergency management assistance grants. DeKalb County will receive about $23,542 from the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. The money will go toward...

Andrea Cooper, the mother of a young woman who committed suicide, will share her experiences with NIU on Wednesday. Andrea’s daughter Kristin was 20 years old when she committed suicide after experiencing acquaintance rape and depression. “It is certainly...

The NIU community will have a chance to learn about therapeutic cloning this week. NIU political science professor Andrea Bonnicksen will speak about “Therapeutic Cloning and Public Policy” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the staff lounge of Founders Memorial...

University Resources for Latinos and the Latino Law Student Association are co-sponsoring an event called “The Undocumented: What are the Options?” at 3 p.m. today at University Resources for Latinos, 515 Garden Road. Guest speakers Sarah O’Connor...