NIU President John Peters will address the campus community today in his annual State of the University Address at the Holmes Student Center’s Carl Sandburg Auditorium. The speech is a yearly assessment of the health of the university, said Melanie...

It's October; we're allowed to laugh at morbid subject matter more than normal. "Duplex," a comedic feature film, takes advantage of those allowances. That said, Danny DeVito has woven us a dark tale at which to laugh. DeVito's characters are average...

The torch has been passed. In the opening moments of "The Rundown," The Rock walks into a nightclub and is passed by Arnold Schwarzenegger. We hear Arnold say, "Have fun." The Rock looks back, curiously, then continues to walk into the club and encounters...

Will Keim, a campus minister from Oregon and a former member of Delta Upsilon, spoke about leadership in the 21st century to NIU students and members of the Greek community Tuesday at the Carl Sandberg Auditorium. In order for a student to be a leader...

A broken gas main caused several workers at NIU Telecommunications to evacuate their office Tuesday morning. The line was cut accidentally by independent contractors who were removing a tree located near the Department of Public Safety building, said...

Plagiarism. That taboo of academia may be aided by technology but the fight against it also has technological allies. There are software programs available to help instructors catch those who lift copy from other sources and try to pass them off as their...

On Thursday, the NIU community will hear about prison life by the best in the business. Burl Cain, warden of the Louisiana State Prison of Angola, was recently named Warden of the Year by the North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents....

Opposites attract, even in the case of twins. Amber and Bonnie Baker are twins in their junior year at NIU. Amber is majoring in dance performance, and Bonnie is majoring in criminology. “It is kind of like the ballerina meets the cop,” Amber said....

President George Bush signed legislation Monday giving the Federal Trade Commission the authority to begin enforcing the National Do Not Call Registry. Starting Wednesday, telemarketing companies could be slapped with an $11,000 fine if they call you...

NIU will hire four additional police officers by January with help from a $300,000 federal grant. The grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice as part of $99.3 million intended to expand community-oriented policing efforts across the country....

NIU received a $24,726 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to help teach pollution awareness. Among the EPA’s many responsibilities, it tries to educate United States citizens about pollution. Murali Krishnamurthi, director of the Faculty...

Brian Groner likes music. Groner, the director of NIU’s Philharmonic Orchestra, will present a concert at 8 p.m. today at the Music Building’s Boutell Memorial Concert Hall. The concert, “Dialectics for Orchestra,” was written by NIU music professor...