If junior accountancy major Carrie Palcer wanted to ask a question in her UBUS 310 class, she’d have to yell it out. That’s because there are more than 350 students in her class in the Dennis Barsema Auditorium. Although Palcer enjoys having large...

Seniors make way; the incoming class this fall may need a lot of room. As interest in attendance continues to grow in potential students, NIU faces a question -- can the university accommodate another surge of students that will come with the fall 2003...

Below freezing temperatures didn’t stop about 50 people from participating in the 13th Annual MLK March Thursday afternoon. A chilling breeze came through the doors of Stevenson North as participants assembled in the lobby, but no one complained. "I...

The budget crisis has had a negative impact on the state, and even with the aid of alumni donations, NIU is no exception. Mallory Simpson, president of the NIU Foundation, said alumni are feeling the weight of the economy. "We are finding that because...

In a sudden move by her management company, Grammy Award winner Eve will not perform with music artist Ja Rule at the Convocation Center next month. Joe Coots, marketing manager for the Convo Center, said he received word of the change Thursday morning....

NIU’s Naperville campus was shut down and all classes were canceled Thursday after its heating system failed. Frigid temperatures caused the system to fail around 10 or 10:30 a.m., NIU Naperville Director Regina Girdauskas said. The 11 Thursday classes,...

NIU guard Anthony Maestranzi certainly hopes history doesn’t repeat itself. It was three weeks ago on Jan. 4 when Maestranzi and the Huskies had their hearts broken by Bowling Green. A layup by BGSU forward Cory Eyink with 6.5 seconds left on the clock...

More than two years have passed since the last Harry Potter book, but "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" finally has been announced to go on sale June 21. The fifth installment of Harry Potter will be 255,000 words long; which makes it 1/3 longer...

Slow starts are among the most difficult things to recover from as a team. However, some hot outside shooting can erase any deficit quickly. NIU found itself down double digit points late in the first half with little offense to speak of, until it came...

Michael Moore has directed two of the top three documentaries in the history of film ("Roger and Me" and "Bowling For Columbine"), according to the International Documentary Association. Now there is a course at NIU documenting his collective work. Moore,...

NIU President John Peters shared the lack of information available with the University Council yesterday regarding Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich’s plans for higher education. "The information is a little sparse," Peters said. "The governor is still...

The Huskie Line may face problems with below-zero weather in the next couple of days. A windchill warning is in effect through Thursday morning, NIU staff meteorologist Gilbert Sebenste said. The temperature could get as low as nine degrees below zero...