NIU sophomore Harpreet Rehal vaguely remembers being struck by a Huskie Bus on Tuesday afternoon, although her injured leg won't let her forget about the accident. "I had no idea what happened," Rehal, a nursing major, said Wednesday from Kishwaukee Community...

NIU will receive a $400,000 grant to improve campus and community programs that combat sexual violence, assault and domestic violence against women. Project coordinator Blanch McHugh said dating violence and stalking have become more prevalent on college...

NIU student Harpreet Rehal was struck by an NIU Huskie Bus on Lucinda Avenue early Tuesday afternoon near the Chick Evans Field House. DeKalb Police Corporal Jason Leverton of the DeKalb Police Department said Rehal, a nursing major, was taken to Kishwaukee...

You check your mailbox every day, waiting to see the grades you worked so hard for last semester. But when that report card finally comes, you find that your professor gave you a C instead of the B you rightfully earned. Students who received last semester's...

The votes are in, and they back buses. Of 1,008 students and staff surveyed last semester by the Student Association, 81 percent are in favor of a shuttle bus to the Aurora and Geneva train stations, and 74 percent support a bus to the Fox Valley Mall...

Whether a collective groan or a sigh of relief was heard when the university shut down during finals week, those who made the decision say it was the right one. A snow storm that generated 10 inches of snow in one day was the cause of the Dec. 11 closing...

In the midst of flu season, students can go to University Health Services for a free flu shot to prevent getting influenza. Flu season runs from late fall through April but reaches its peak in January, according to the Center for Disease Control. Influenza...

Has it been a little too cold for comfort this winter? Meteorologists say the nation endured one of the coldest Decembers since the start of national records in 1895. Despite the warmth DeKalb felt in early November, the two-month span of November and...

Campus Life and Staff Reporters Dorm life during winter break could be compared to Stephen King's "The Shining." However, students didn't go crazy with chainsaws like Jack Nicholson's character, who was left alone in a hotel with only his family. But...

Lamain Rucker wanted to give up on his NFL hopes. The former NIU defensive end, once a highly taunted NFL prospect, didn't know what his future would hold. Less than two year ago, he left school and started working for the NIU Transportation Department....

Stephany Welzien thumbs through a scrapbook dedicated to the last year of her son's life. The blue binder, organized mostly by a family friend, begins with a missing person flier displaying a familiar picture of 21-year-old Brian Welzien, along with an...

Staff Reporter NIU students are preparing to commemorate the message of Martin Luther King Jr. with an annual march. The NAACP, in conjunction with BROTHERS, will host its 10th annual MLK March on Jan. 25. The theme for this year is "Then and Now." Nationally...