October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and Safe Passage and the DeKalb Area Women’s Center are observing it by holding their eighth-annual Domestic Violence Vigil. Safe Passage is an agency in DeKalb County that provides resources for...

The bitter cold outside couldn’t measure up to the bitterness the two candidates expressed toward each other during their Monday night debate. Attorney General Jim Ryan and Representative Rod Blagojevich faced off at the Coronado Theater in Rockford...

Russell Bigley, a geography graduate student, recently won second place in Intergraph Corporation’s International GeoMedia Poster Competition. His poster, titled "How Weather Affects the Migration Patterns of the Soybean Aphid," showed his innovative...

George Shur has a great deal of knowledge about education and the legal system, but most importantly, he knew when to walk away. Shur, NIU’s general counsel for the past 20 years, is retiring in January. "I have been practicing law for 35 years," he...

As CAB President Laisha Fox sat through the Student Association Senate meeting Sunday, one question ran through her head -’why?’ Fox, who also serves as an SA senator and the student vice chair for the convocation board, said Sunday’s vote on the...

A film festival, a play and salsa dancing lessons all are a part of this week’s celebration of Latino Heritage Month. The film festival runs from 3 to 8 p.m. today at the University Resources for Latinos, 515 Garden Road. There are a variety of films...

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender history month kicks off today. To recognize the month, guest speaker Beth Loffreda, an author and professor from the University of Wyoming, will present "Losing Matt Shepard: Learning from Laramie" at 7 p.m. today at...

Dave Matthews Band fans one day might be able to celebrate the fact that the University of Illinois’ Assembly Hall might not be the only place to catch the popular group on an in-state college campus. With the recent completion of NIU’s $35.8 million...

The time has come for NIU students to elect their Homecoming court. The three-day, campus-wide election begins at 9 a.m. Tuesday and lasts until 3 p.m. each day at the Holmes Student Center’s food court area and DuSable Hall’s lobby. The candidate...

Almost anywhere on campus, if you look long enough, you can find flyers made by people trying to sell something like textbooks, furniture or stereos. But most college students are too busy to seek out these elusive postings to see if someone has the perfect...

Muncie, Ind. - Cornerback Randee Drew was especially happy to welcome back Bronko Nagurski candidate Vince Thompson into the lineup Saturday against Ball State. And his play showed it. Drew, a 5-foot-9 junior, felt a difference with fellow cornerback...

National publications rank NIU as a fourth-tier institution, but according to the National Weather Service, NIU is first-rate when it come to storm readiness. The NWS has certified NIU as the first storm-ready university in the United States. "This means...