The latest addition to NIU's academics will be in one of the world's oldest professions: hospitality. While it may have existed for thousands of years, only recently did good hotel management require a university education. To meet the growing demand...

Tiffany Campbell remembers her instincts taking over when a fellow NIU Outing Centre staff member saw a companion van head off the road while driving back from a kayaking and backpacking trip in Georgia early Saturday morning. "I was sitting behind the...

Editor's note: This is the first in a three-part series examining violent crime on campus and in DeKalb. Since the beginning of the new year DeKalb has seen a shooting, a number of large fights and many other illegal violent acts committed within the...

With Monday's approval by NIU's Board of Trustees, Ivan Legg will fill Lynne Waldeland's shoes as NIU's next provost. Legg, the current provost and also a chemistry professor at the University of Memphis, will begin acquainting himself with his new peers...

NIU instructor Mary Gardner, an elementary school reading specialist, knows the importance of reading. State officials recognized that in January, naming Gardner one of three Illinois Reading Educators of the Year. "It's rewarding for me because this...

Misuse of disability placards and license plates in the state is taking a blow. Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White recently announced a plan to reduce the use of handicap parking spots by people with stolen or fraudulent handicap permits. "Disability...

Makeovers by Student Housing and Dining Services call for new carpeting, new furniture and updated fire alarms in NIU residence halls this fall. One of the planned renovations is to finish carpeting all hallways on resident floors. Currently, all have...

Instead of smoothing campus roads, street-patch work around the residence halls was delayed last week, forcing temporary bus-schedule alterations starting today. Snow and rain filled torn-up roads during spring break, forcing Huskie Line officials to...

Spring brings more sun, and potentially more skin damage as the seasons change. From head to toe, skin care needs to change as students shed winter gear to prepare for the blossoming climate. Deep hair conditioners can be more beneficial as winter head...

Officials from the Chicago Bears' organization visited DeKalb Wednesday morning in search of a new training camp home. The team narrowed its search down to a list of eight cities, with DeKalb as a possibility. The team also visited Rockford later on Wednesday....

As 10 spring breakers rode home from an NIU-sponsored kayaking trip early Saturday morning, a run-in with an icy bridge near Champaign caused their van to roll several times down a hill off Interstate 74. State police said the NIU Outing Centre van was...

The fourth and final provost candidate, J. Ivan Legg, brings with him a knowledge of different cultures, having spoken Spanish before he learned English. "I'm extremely fortunate that I have an extensive cultural background," Legg said after the finalists'...