Despite predictions of a slowing economy, a recent report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers reveals college graduates are getting higher starting salary offers than they did last year. The winter 2001 "Salary Survey" was conducted...

Many books English professor Robert Self was required to read in high school and college, like John Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath," still are required today, but books written by non-traditional authors have begun to emerge. The prominence of these new...

It's a torturous wait for high school seniors eagerly watching the mailbox for college rejection or acceptance letters. And sometimes when news finally arrives, a college hopeful may read: "You have been ... put on the waiting list." A new example lies...

Gilbert Sebenste remembers when Watson Creek flooded on June 16, 1999. "I was at the intersection of Locust and Carroll streets," NIU's staff meteorologist told audience members at "Hazards From the Sky," a weather safety seminar for students and staff...

Katie Stoddard never expected her hair to qualify as a masterpiece until a friend suggested the possibility. "She put it very simply when describing Sal as being just like an artist, and you know what? He really is," said Stoddard, a communication instructor....

Ballot confusion and alleged misrepresentation have eliminated Student Association presidential candidate Troy Caldwell from the spring election ballot. On Tuesday, Emiko Pope, SA Board of Elections chairwoman, ordered Caldwell's removal after hearing...

The NIU Counseling and Student Development Center is all ears when it comes to student concerns. Some of the most common types of problems students bring to the Center involve depression, anxiety, anger, relationship conflicts, career or academic inquiries,...

On the brink of a possible third major change in as many years to the way students eat, Michael Coakley hopes this plan sticks. "Oh God, I hope so," the executive director of Student Housing and Dining Services said Monday. "But every time we change it,...

Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season, which Catholics believe is a time for penance, reflection and fasting to prepare for Jesus Christ's resurrection and their redemption. "It's a special time to reflect our need to grow with our relationships...

As a people, we don't know who we are, historian William Speller said Monday in a lecture given at the Center for Black Studies. Speller, who has been teaching for about 40 years and resides near Northeastern University, was part of the council that helped...

A scholarship has been created in the name of the late political science professor, Martin Dubin, to award NIU graduate students doing research in the political science department. The Martin David Dubin Memorial Scholarship in International Relations...