Lady luck was on DeKalb’s side Tuesday when Mother Nature wasn’t. The snowfall Tuesday afternoon brought an onslaught of phone calls to area emergency dispatchers, but as of 5 p.m. there were no reports of injuries. Lt. Jim Kayes of the DeKalb Police...

One year has passed since NIU and Rock Valley College partnered to offer students NIU bachelor’s degrees in Rockford. As of last year, NIU President John Peters, alongside RVC President Roland "Chip" Chapdelaine, agreed to have NIU faculty teach courses...

Clyde Kimball technically is retired, but apparently no one has told him or I-Street magazine. Kimball, a distinguished research professor in the department of physics and director of NIU’s new nanoscience laboratory, has been named one of I-Street...

Campus Activities Board Concerts is bringing in another act as part of an ongoing series of shows this year. Andrew W.K. will perform Feb. 21 at the Holmes Student Center’s Duke Ellington Ballroom. "The reason we booked him is because he’s a heavy...

The university budgeting process for fiscal year 2003-2004 is on hold until the state government announces its goals for next year. "We’re waiting on the governor to release a decision on what he has planned for higher education," Student Trustee Jesse...

Could NIU become the next Silicon Valley? That’s not a question many NIU students might think of asking, yet some professors at NIU are asking just that. And there’s money and technology on the way that could lead to an affirmative answer. Even the...

Whether growth is advocated or opposed, the DeKalb Growth Summit committee met as a unit Tuesday night at University Plaza to address escalating concerns. "This certainly is a historic moment for this community," DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow said. Sparrow...

Students trying to check their NIU e-mail accounts Saturday were at a loss. The university’s computer network was shut down after massively increased traffic on the server was noticed. The traffic stemmed from a virus attack that entered through the...

Lonely is the life of an NIU tuition envelope. Instead of making a home in DeKalb among NIU students and university offices, tuition payments ultimately travel to an address in Chicago. That location - 75 Remittance Drive, Suite 3086 - is printed on the...

If you use Huskie Bucks in the beverage machines, someday you might be able to satisfy your snack cravings in the same manner. Currently, there are 14 drink machines on campus that offer the convenience, but Kathe Shinham, associate vice president of...

This spring, the College of Health and Human Sciences will merge many of its operations into one building: Wirtz Hall. Divisions of the college presently take up residence in several buildings on campus, mainly Gilbert Hall. The relocation of the offices...

The chambers of the DeKalb City Council erupted for several moments after a resolution passed 4-3 that stated that the city of DeKalb does not support a unilateral pre-emptive strike against Iraq. The jubilation of the predominantly anti-war crowd was...