NIU is experiencing its largest year-to-year enrollment in the past 25 years. "There’s a buzz about NIU. It’s a neat place to go," NIU president John Peters said. Melanie Magara, assistant vice president of Public Affairs said incoming freshmen numbers...

While many students were spending their summer lounging by a TV or pool, Kathryn Carroll was chasing storms across Oklahoma. Carroll, a senior meteorology major, was one of a handful of students picked nationwide to participate in IHOP - the International...

A table full of food, bottles of wine, walls packed with art and handfuls of people ... mix all these things together and what do you get? A good gallery show; and that is exactly what happened last Friday night at the DeKalb Gallery, 161 E. Lincoln Highway....

I have no problem with the huge amount of war movies that have been made over the last few years, but since the release of "Saving Private Ryan," most films have failed to contribute something new to the war movie genre. There are exceptions, such as...

While crossover gospel music (gospel with a modern pop sound) isn't my cup of tea, I recently came across an album that changed my perspective on this music genre. In 1999, Hot Lips Records signed IMANI, a female gospel trio out of Philadelphia, to record...

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start. Grab a case of beer. Let loose the dogs of war. The year was 1988. The game, Contra. As millions of people typed in the Contra code, thumb blisters were formed. Near the bottom, in fine unreadable...

The corner of First Street and Hillcrest Drive has turned into a vacant lot with a sign and sweet corn vendor. The corn stand has been at the site for four or five weeks each year with the permission of the site’s owner, John Griffin, president of the...

Students who plan on living in a special-interest house next year in the residence halls now have another option. The Lincoln Hall C-wing will become a teach house starting next fall. The teach house is an expansion of the current teach floors that currently...

OK, hot shot - explain what NIU’s ombudsman does. Five-four-three-two-one. Too late. Many NIU students probably have seen brochures advertising the Office of the Ombudsman and probably have heard that title tossed around a few times, but does anyone...

The saying is, when the economy goes south, admissions for professional schools goes north, said Judith Malen, director of admissions and financial aid at NIU’s College of Law. This certainly may be the case for the college as the number of students...

After starting the season off with an impressive 2-1 victory Friday over host Wright State, the NIU women’s soccer team struggled Monday, leaving them 1-1 after the opening weekend. The Huskie freshmen made an impact right from the start as Christie...

Did you ever ask yourself what there was to do around here on weekends, or even during the week? I used to ask myself that question all the time, and usually there was nothing going on, that I knew of, and all my friends had gone home. Hmmm...what to...