NIU has taken its acceptance of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender lifestyles to the next level by having faculty to integrate LGBT issues into their curriculum. On Friday, NIU will host a one-day institute, “Getting Real: Integrating Lesbian,...

Your fingers brush smooth piano keys as the audience watches. You take a breath before your fingers burst into motion. This is exactly what an NIU music student feels while playing a recital. All students looking to obtain a master's degree in music have...

Members of the fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon gathered at Barsema Hall on Tuesday night as alumnus Dennis Barsema dedicated a study lounge. Barsema dedicated the Student Study Lounge for SAE members to recognize to the fraternity he once was a member...

I remember being a kid and experiencing times when I accidentally split from my family in the department store. Realizing I was alone created this immense feeling of dread. There's just something freaky about knowing there's no like-minded folk around,...

NIU’s chapter of the Order of Omega, an honor society for Greeks, showed its appreciation for faculty and administrators with a banquet Tuesday evening. “Our main goal [for the banquet is to] honor our faculty and administrators for the hard work...

Graduate students and faculty members of NIU’s adult and higher education program are invited to participate in a retreat Nov. 1 at Camp Algonquin. The retreat is an annual student and faculty gathering for adult and higher education members, said Laurel...

There’s a group of NIU students out for blood, but it’s not because of Halloween. The Student Blood Commission, which strives to increase student blood collections on campus, will meet at 9 p.m. Wednesday at the front entrance of DuSable Hall. “Heartland...

Todd Weimer may have lost his hearing when he was born, but he ended up gaining much more. “I think everything about being deaf has been great,” the senior physical education major said via e-mail. “It’s a part of who I am, and it has made me...

Students who attend Campus Activities Board events have the opportunity to win a $300 gift certificate to Wal-Mart. Students can pick up “CAB Fare” cards in the CAB office or at any CAB event. “At every CAB Fare event, which is practically every...

Part of a $1 million grant from the federal government will give NIU students and professors the opportunity to work on a 65 million-year-old dinosaur fossil named Jane. Congressman Don Manzullo (R-Egan), along with Frederick Kitterle, dean of NIU’s...

The Public Relations Student Society of America provides services for its clients for free, and spends every day trying to disprove the notion that you get what you pay for. The NIU chapter is geared toward providing its members with experience in their...

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but that doesn’t mean cancer should only be recognized this time of year. Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer found in women. People should be aware of it all the time, said Phaedra Malatek,...