The fans screamed... "We want more cowbell!" On Sunday night, Where's Jimmy K At?, Millimeters Mercury and Troubled Hubble packed The House, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, with screaming, adoring fans. Where's Jimmy K At? opened with an enthusiastic rendition...

Budget concerns have forced the communication department to cut back its use of paper. The restriction is forcing professors to use fewer printouts for their classes. “Money is spent on travel, contracts, equipment ... it gets down to things like paper,”...

For those who think they have ample closet space in their apartments, you ain’t got nothing on Glen Gildemeister. Gildemeister, director of NIU’s Regional History Center and University Archivist for the past 25 years, oversees historical records from...

"Hooters, hooters, yum, yum, yum. Hooters, hooters on a girl that's dumb." Life according to Al Bundy is what "Married with Children" meant to the world. Like the ringmaster in a failing three-ring circus, Al took ahold of the reigns of life and drove...

What makes a good teacher? According to past winners of NIU’s Presidential Teaching Professors award, enjoying the job usually helps. The PTP award goes to the top professors at the university. "I think that I have one of the best jobs you could have,"...

The NIU Fine Arts Series begins at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday with a performance by the Ahn Trio at the Music Building’s Boutell Memorial Concert Hall. The theme for the 2003-2004 series, which runs through April, is "Where Classical Meets Contemporary." Trained...

Degree Audit Report System reports, which detail a student’s academic information, now are available online. Registration and Records began offering the reports online in the middle of the summer because new updates are only offered on the new system:...

More than 8 percent of college students are obese, according to a survey by the National College Health Assessment. In the spring 2002 survey, 8.3 percent of students were classified as obese. "The numbers do indicate that obesity is increasing," said...

NIU plans to finish renovating Chick Evans Field House by spring to ease the student traffic at the Student Recreation Center. The $2.5 million project will include two new basketball/volleyball courts and two soccer/floor hockey fields. A jogging area,...

Promod Vohra, acting dean of the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (CEET), has seen more than most at NIU. He has been a student, professor, administrator, parent of a student, associate dean and, since July 1, the acting dean of CEET....

The gay and lesbian community has become more accepted among universities in recent years, but some schools are more welcoming than others. The Princeton Review recently rated 351 colleges on their acceptance level of gay groups. There were two lists:...