Faculty Senate President Sue Willis closed the first meeting of the academic year Wednesday with a Thanksgiving treat for all, saying no classes will be held the day before the holiday. On a more serious note, Willis began the meeting by addressing NIU’s...

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...

"I won't be around much longer." A classmate said that to me in junior high. I never knewn her, never even spoke to her, but something brought her to mention that to me. Threats like that were made every day by kids in junior high, so when were they supposed...

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...

"I'm sick and tired of being criticized/ I'm sick and tired of barely gettin' by/ ... I'm sick and tired of being pushed aside." Those are lyrics from the Nappy Roots' sophomoric release Wooden Leather. Now that we know what the Nappy Roots are sick of,...

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...