The slow economy may have strained NIU’s budget, but the housing market for NIU students remains resilient. Rental agencies have exercised various tactics to keep customers coming in for their housing needs in spite of the looming economic state. Each...

NIU expects to save about $100,000 by shortening its work week to four days and closing DuSable Hall, said Bob Albanese, associate vice president of Finance and Facilities. As part of an effort to cut summer costs, NIU chose to close DuSable Hall because...

After Sunday’s tragic porch collapse on Chicago’s North Side, DeKalb officials want residents to be aware of their porches. DeKalb annually sends inspectors to rooming, fraternity and sorority houses to make sure the buildings meet the requirements...

Starting Jan. 1, minimum wage might increase to $5.50. Another dollar increment is slated for January 2005. The increase is part of the Illinois Senate’s attempt to raise the minimum wage to $6.50. Gov. Rod Blagojevich hasn’t approved the bill yet....

In a unanimous vote Monday, NIU’s Board of Trustees approved the purchase of the PeopleSoft Student System, a Web-based information system that will integrate all campus data. The board approved an initial project cost of $820,000 that will be financed...

Rain or shine, jazz lovers flocked to the grassy banks of NIU’s East Lagoon to enjoy the Campus Activities Board’s 12th, and possibly final, Jazz in the Night. Nearly 500 people relaxed in lawn chairs with their picnic baskets as children played on...

There is a lack of doughnuts on the NIU campus, and some students are wondering whether their morning appetite ever will be satisfied. "It would be good to have a doughnut shop close to campus because students don’t have a lot of time before classes...

NIU sophomore football player Shea Fitzgerald was one of 12 people killed about 12:30 a.m. Sunday when a porch collapsed at his older brother’s third-floor apartment in Chicago’s Lincoln Park. Fitzgerald, 19, apparently was sandwiched between the...

The blaze of the summer heat and pending budget constraints haven’t stopped the Campus Activities Board from moving full steam ahead with its lineup of programs for summer. "We try to get a good variety of events and provide something for summer students...

DeKalb County Sheriff’s Police have a suspect in custody after an alleged break-in Monday morning. Wesley Abell, 22, of 811 W. Lincoln Highway is charged with attempted first degree murder, two counts of home invasion and one count of armed violence....

Jazz is considered a staple in American culture, but NIU history professor E. Taylor Atkins proved the art goes beyond U.S. borders. Atkins recently was awarded the John Whitney Hall book prize for the best book written about Korea or Japan. The Association...

In the back storage room of Borders Books and Music in DeKalb, about 700 copies of the newest Harry Potter book, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," sat undisturbed on carts. In the front of the store, hundreds of people awaited the midnight...