Provost candidate Patricia Hanna just returned from London and will be whisked away again to Kuwait within the next week. Before she makes the long trip, though, she begins an early day of meetings and forums at 7:30 a.m. today in search of information...

Provost candidate and alumnus John Dunn shared a vision of careful planning for NIU before about 40 faculty members Friday. Audience members grilled Dunn on issues from retention of minority students to corporate support of NIU's satellite campuses. Dunn,...

Student Association treasurer Troy Caldwell made it easier Sunday for new SA-recognized groups to receive some of the $60,000 to $70,000 in surplus funding. Previously, only organizations that had been funded by the SA for one year could receive a piece...

A Mardi Gras trip ended early for two DeKalb residents, including one NIU student, when they were charged last Friday with possessing powder cocaine and ecstasy with intent to deliver. Carlo A. Savoca, 25, of 930 Greenbrier Road No. 11 and William Enzenbacher,...

An energetic personality, laid-back teaching style, platinum blonde spiky hair, wild outfits and a snake tattoo all are characteristics of well-liked NIU associate art professor Debbie Smith-Shank. Among other faculty members and graduate students, she...

Like the DeKalb wind? How about with a backpack carrying one-third your body weight strapped to your back? Those who do can brave the hills and valleys of campus with field backpacks today during a fundraiser beginning at noon today for A Campus Journey....

Hands clenched around hand-made signs. Small conversations tittered with anticipatory outrage. There hadn't been this many students in the Clara Sperling Skyroom in months. Thursday's meeting with provost candidate John Dunn definitely wasn't the same...

With chants of "wake up, NIU," nearly 100 students marched down Lucinda Avenue waving picket signs Thursday, en route to the Campus Life Building to protest problems they perceive on campus. A variety of issues addressed by marchers included potholes...

Recognition and appreciation for women begins right here at NIU. The theme for this year's Women's History Month is "20 Years of Warming the Climate for Women at NIU." The observance has come a long way over the years, starting off as just a day and over...

Though an NIU satellite campus was added to Rockford almost six years ago, the city still lacks a four-year public college. The idea of incorporating this type of school in Rockford to bring in additional funding was raised in a Jan. 28 Rockford Register-Star...

A new organization has been started to help parents cope with children with Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder. Children who have ADD or ADHD can have symptoms of inattention and hyperactivity. They can be restless, easily distracted, impulsive...

Provost candidate John Dunn thinks NIU has great potential. Proof, he says, came from his time spent at the university in the 1960s. "Northern did for me what any great institution should do for its students," Dunn said Wednesday night. "It provided me...