Commencement has arrived once again for many NIU students, as 1,238 graduate and undergraduate students will graduate this Saturday. Lea Houdek, NIU assistant director of Registration and Records, said August commencement is different than spring commencement,...

City water supplies for DeKalb residents remained plentiful throughout the summer despite the drought because of large storage capacity geared toward accommodating NIU's student population. Gary Boden, DeKalb assistant city manager, said at an Aug. 5...

Year after year, DeKalb area residents enjoy the fun, music and food during DeKalb's annual Cornfest, but few realize the months of planning that go into the festivities. Cornfest Chairman Pat LaVigne said she began planning last November. She said although...

NIU housing officials are to be commended for the handling of their last-minute decision to convert the third floor of Gilbert Hall back to student housing. A decision to close the third floor and possibly turn it into office space was announced last...

NIU's Office of Publications and Printing was recently the recipient of several national awards. The Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), a national higher education support group, gave the publications office three awards. Under...

NIU's Office of Orientation and Student Assistance will begin its New Student Welcome Days program on Aug. 25, with several activities highlighting the week. The program is backed this year by roughly 460 volunteer students, or NI Guides. NI Guides are...

The Board of Regents' secret arrangement to give an NIU professor a year off with pay might send the wrong message to state legislators about the need for more higher education funding. State Sen. Patrick Welch, D-Peru, said he is afraid the Regents are...

It's a good thing the four members of the Indigos decided to take up music in Chicago instead of politics - their honesty surely would have cut their political careers short by now. Union Station, the debut album by this two-and-a-half year old band,...

NIU student Mike Neylon, who was appointed Sixth Ward alderman July 29, brings a broad background and knowledge of the area to the position, DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow said. "Neylon is a well-rounded person. He will be able to deal with those decisions...

A no-smoking policy, that would expand DeKalb's existing ordinance by further restricting use of tobacco in the workplace, is under consideration by the DeKalb City Council. The council will discuss the proposal at its Aug. 8 meeting. "We have an ordinance...

While football may be considered a physical and contact sport, that concept may slowly be changing without anyone realizing. Due to lawsuits such as the one filed last April by former Huskie cornerback Charlie Jones Jr., football helmet company spokesmen...

Leo Olson, a former NIU journalism professor and DeKalb AgResearch communications director for 40 years, died July 25 in Kishwaukee Community Hospital at age 76. Olson was a part of the advertising team which developed the now world-famous DeKalb "winged...