Students unable to travel home this holiday season have the option of staying in the residence halls over the break. Keith Kruchten, administrative vice president of the Residence Hall Association, said the halls close promptly. "They close the Sunday...

Imagine large, glazed turkeys overflowing with stuffing, served with bowls of mashed potatoes, yams, cranberries and a mouth-watering pumpkin pie with just the right-sized dallop of whipped cream on top. For many, Thursday will be full of all of these...

The Chicago-based Professional Society for Sales and Marketing (SMT) is sold on the professional sales area of study offered at NIU. The society is so impressed that it made it the first such training certified by the organization. "This places the [training]...

It wasn’t quite the homecoming Wisconsin coach Jane Albright had envisioned. The former NIU women’s basketball coach and current Badgers boss was beaten 49-47 by her former team in the first regular season game at the Convocation Center. "It was just...

Business students affected by Garden Road parking soon will have the option again of parking near Barsema and on the east side of the road. A motion passed 4 to 3 in favor of amending the municipal code that will allow students to park between 9 a.m....

Have you ever had a great idea for a television show? Or written a script for a television series that no one has ever seen? Well, here’s your chance to make that dream into a reality. NIU is participating in a nationwide contest called the New Talent...

Pedestrians near Cole Hall soon will be able to travel unobstructed. The construction of the several bridges over Watson Creek and the plaza in front of Cole Hall should be mostly complete by the beginning of the spring semester. As of now, work that...

When Elizabeth Witherell speaks about Henry Thoreau, her voice radiates enthusiasm. Witherell is the editor in chief of The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau, a project whose office is buried deep within the third floor of Founders Memorial Library. As the...

NIU’s communication department has grabbed three students from Pamplona, Spain, and plopped them down in DuSable Hall. For the first time, the department is running a foreign exchange program with Universidad de Navarra of Pamplona, the city famous...

Four NIU students will take a seat at the Chicago music table tonight when they perform for the first time at the Metro. Their band, Dysception, will open a show that includes E-Town Concrete, Noise Therapy and Otep at 6:30 p.m. at the Metro, 3730 North...

Nine of NIU’s top administrators and the Board of Trustees are being sued by a former NIU student for $4.5 million and a tuition refund, for allegedly allowing "racial harassment and different treatment based on race." In the civil suit, Carl Qualls,...

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is giving thanks this holiday season. The NAACP will hold its annual Thanksgiving dinner at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Grant Towers North’s lower-level basement. Students are invited to attend, but...