What stands out in the experiences of freshmen? What challenges do freshmen face? What do freshmen change about NIU? Such are the the questions hoped to be answered at the Freshman First-Year Experience Focus Group at 3:30 p.m. today at Lincoln Hall’s...

Poised against a simple magenta-colored backdrop, musicians dressed in black began the first notes of the "Russian Sailor's Dance." The simplicity of the stage contrasted with the elaborate decoration of the theater interior, which contained murals and...

NIU’s student fees are comparable to those charged by colleges and universities across the state. NIU undergraduate students are required to pay a fee of $52.53 per semester credit hour, adding up to a student fee charge of $630.36 per semester for...

"They won't be happy ‘til I'm banned/ The most dangerous weapon — an educated black man." Say what you want about the late Tupac Shakur, but this quote from his first album sums up the new film, "Tupac: Resurrection." Tupac represents something altogether...

NIU recently was awarded a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to fund NIU’s newest project, Prepare Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology (PT3). The focus is to use handheld computers for evaluating, assessing and improving instruction...

"Master and Commander: The Far Side of The World" is like a space epic, like a really good "Star Trek" movie (I suggest "Star Trek: Insurrection" or "Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan") set aboard a sailing ship. Set aboard the seas during the rising Napoleonic...

Dan Edwards, NIU’s scientific research glassblower, held his 13th annual glassblowing demonstration Tuesday night at Faraday Hall. Edwards created Christmas ornaments by hand in a lecture hall filled with students, adults and children. He used a propane...

Clad in a worn Van Halen T-shirt, jeans and a trucker hat, singer-songwriter Jason Mraz showed a crowd of more than 1,000 his way of pronouncing DeKalb on Tuesday night in the Holmes Student Center’s Duke Ellington Ballroom. In between songs, Mraz joked,...

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will host a Thanksgiving Dinner today for underprivileged families. Tia Speat, coordinator for the dinner and vice president of NAACP, said the organization decided to host the dinner because...

University Police disciplined an officer after a student accused the officer of abusing power. The complainant, whose name the Northern Star has chosen to withhold, alleged the officer mistreated her and put her through undue stress when the officer stopped...

The NIU Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic is conducting free hearing screenings from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday at Golden Years Plaza, 507 E. Taylor St. Joe DeLorier, an audiologist at NIU, will direct a team of four graduate students from the department of...

NIU’s Division of International Programs lost a friend earlier this month when former administrative secretary Sally Saksa died on Nov. 4. In the weeks after her death, her friends at the division are starting up a scholarship fund in her name. Saksa...