Each year, NIU students who have shown outstanding participation and leadership skills are recognized for their hard work. The prize: annual leadership awards. Designed to recognize student leaders, the awards also acknowledge student organizations and...

Computers are everywhere, especially at NIU, where 13 places on campus offer students access to anything — within reason — on school computers. "There is nothing you can't get to," said Michael Prais, director of Academic Computing Services. However,...

An opportunity to wear those fashionable bowling shoes won't be the only reason hundreds of NIU students and faculty will use the Huskie Den lanes from Feb. 19 to 21. NIU once again will participate in "Bowl for Kids' Sake" to raise money for the Big...

Want coffee? How about the Internet? Now students can have both at the Holmes Student Center Cafe. In the works since October, each of the 12 booths in the cafe now has access to the Internet — that is, if students have an ethernet cable and card. Cindy...

White elephants might sound unusual, but they're the apple of Arthur Doederlein's eye. Doederlein, director of undergraduate studies in communication, keeps a large collection of the gifts in his Watson Hall office. They're his hobby. "A white elephant...

=The 24th annual Black Student Art Show gives students the opportunity to explore and celebrate black history through art. A large crowd came to Sunday's opening night, and about thirty people attended the reception afterwards. Milissa McClaire, this...

Now that Campus Cinemas has closed down and many students lack transportation, it seems impossible to find entertainment during the week — but don't forget Campus Activities Board's films. "It's easy access and something to do that's entertaining,"...

NIU announced its four finalists for the position of executive vice president and provost Monday afternoon, a list that includes two deans from the University of Utah, a provost at the University of Memphis and a Clemson University dean. Since November...

Everyday speech wouldn't be the same without it, even though it quickly confuses foreign visitors. Slang is such a part of daily speech, we hardly notice its presence. A simple Internet search yields Web sites on every type of slang, from a truck driver...

A 21-year-old shooting victim was transferred from Kishwaukee Community Hospital to Evanston-Northwestern Hospital over the weekend, according to DeKalb Police Chief Bill Feithen. The victim, a Kishwaukee College student whose name is not being released...

Nineteen-year-old shooting victim Karlton Dorsey was upgraded to serious condition Friday at Loyola University Medical Center. The Kishwaukee College student, one of three victims shot at a party at 885 Regent Drive Apt. 103 on Jan. 28, was transferred...

A 21-year-old man and his 20-year-old female companion, an NIU student, were held at gunpoint about 3 a.m. Saturday in a robbery attempt on West Hillcrest Drive. The victims were entering the rear of 827 W. Hillcrest Drive when two suspects confronted...