It's hard to imagine that decorating your artificial Christmas tree or sending out Far Side Christmas cards to friends somehow connects you with age-old traditions, but it does. According to "The Christmas Book" by Francis X. Weiser, many modern Christmas...

Forty thousand dollars will help make this year's DeKalb holiday celebrations the best ever. The Downtown DeKalb Association was given $30,000 in Tax Increment Financing money by the City Council, said DDA president Tom Burch. The committee hopes to solicit...

Along with Christmas spirit, snow brings opportunity to play outside in the white fluff stuff that comes around for only a season. And one way to enjoy the snow is to slap on some skis and hit the slopes. Thanks to NIU's Campus Activities Board, a ski...

CHICAGO—Not only did state university officials come under fire Tuesday, but the Illinois Board of Higher Education was criticized for its method of supervising the state's colleges. University and business leaders charged the IBHE with failure to have...

Christmas, what a holiday. Everyone is hustling and bustling to find ways to keep their friends, kiddies or grand-kiddies happy on that eventful day when the wrapping paper and ribbons litter the entire house. But if those gift getters only knew what...

Some NIU students who are struggling through the last days of the semester are looking forward to a special vacation. Sixteen students are going backpacking in the Grand Canyon with NIU's Office of Campus Recreation. The trip, which runs from Dec. 27...

Students will pay a higher bus fee next year after the bus board estimated a $280,000 deficit by the end of next school year, the Student Association Mass Transit Board budgeter said Monday. Rick Schaschwary said he has "no doubt" that student busing...

With accusations of misusing university funds aimed at NIU's sister schools, university governing officials need to reconsider raising tuition, according to NIU's student regent. At the September Board of Regents meeting, a resolution was passed endorsing...

Two delivery people from a local pizza restaurant were mugged at NIU and the store's safe was stolen during the weekend, police said Monday. The first victim, a delivery person from Pizza Villa, 824 W. Lincoln Hwy., was dropping off an order of beer nuggets...

Racism charges are popping up at the Student Association meetings again—this time embedded in the questioning of student groups during the budget process. Some senators were offended Sunday when Minority Relations Adviser Belinda Tijerina was upset...

The Board of Regents will examine various projects at its last meeting of the semester. One will be NIU's compliance with minorities and women in business, said Cheryl Peck, assistant to Regents Chancellor Roderick Groves. The Minority and Female Business...

Those anticipating a white Christmas this year might be in luck. NIU meteorologist Allen Staver predicts a 65 percent chance of a white Christmas this year, with lower than normal temperatures for the end of the month, in spite of the spring-like warmth...