One place that often plays a vital role in the grades of many students is the university library. NIU’s Founders Memorial Library offers a variety of services to students, including copy machines, classes about the library and a special study room for...

Two car accidents occurred within hours of each other Tuesday. The first occurred at 1:26 p.m. on Route 64 and Esmond Road. According to a DeKalb County Sheriff’s Police report, a 1998 Buick, driven by Iona Ashley, 67, of Rockford, traveled eastbound...

Angela Miles, a professor of adult education at the Ontario Institute for Studies and Education, is at NIU today to discuss feminism and social change. Miles is in DeKalb as part of the 21st annual Midwest Research to Practice Conference in Adult Continuing...

Thanks to a $2.5 million federal grant, NIU now possesses a soft X-ray emission spectrometer - one of two in the world. The funds also will be used to create a Laboratory for NanoSciences, Engineering and Technology, and a Laboratory for Structural Analysis...

Bombers beware: A new breed of law enforcement is in town. That breed is a German Shepherd dog and it goes by the name Kazan. University Police have added a bomb sniffing K-9 unit to the Public Safety department. Lt. Kiederlen of the UP said that Kazan,...

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...