While NIU students default on their guaranteed loans far less often than the national average, defaults nationwide still cost taxpayers $2 billion each year, according to a National Education Associaton report. NIU student loan defaults run between three...

OK, NIU students. Get out your calendars and make room for some quality social events that will take place on campus in the next few months. The Campus Activities Board Coffeehouse Committee already has a full schedule of events planned for the fall semester,...

Everything was going well for Julie Olson, a graduate student in Speech Pathology, until Aug. 11 That's the day it came - the letter that confirmed her worst fears. Rubek and Co., the construction company building Stadium View II on Lincoln Highway, the...

The NIU chapter of the Golden Key National Honor Society had a special treat Tuesday when one of its outstanding members gained national recognition. Beth Miller, vice president of NIU's local chapter, was named the National Student Representative of...

NIU's Student Association found itself on rocky ground with the City of DeKalb last year, but Jennifer Novak plans to mend the relationship. The SA Community Affairs Adviser wants to clear up problems which began last fall with the controversial appointment...

An NIU accountancy professor received a $3,000 grant from the Illinois CPA Society for his award-winning research work. Professor Kurt Reding will be honored at the Illinois CPA Society Awards Banquet in Chicago Oct. 17 for his project on the effects...

DeKalb's Safe Passage, Inc. shelter is looking for a few good volunteers to help adult abuse victims and their children. About 20 volunteers are needed to help at the not-for-profit shelter, said volunteer coordinator Cheryl Graham. Volunteers can choose...

You cannot teach what you do not know. That is the basic philosophy behind an NIU program to enhance the orientation and mobility and rehabilitation of the blind, said instructor Thomas Langham. The program offers NIU graduate students the chance to learn...

The number of students older than 25 at NIU lags behind the national percentage of non-typical students returning to campuses across the country. In a Jan. 29 speech at NIU, George Keller, an education writer from the University of Pennsylvania, said...

School has just started. If you have had a chance to look around, you may have noticed the fall Campus Activities Board film schedule posted or published somewhere. CAB is indeed offering a good selection of movies to be seen this semester. However, some...

Cornfest. Packs of kids in the crosswalks. Lines outside the bookstores. Parents buying bookshelf refrigerators at the corner of Glidden and Lucinda. Add it all up: Summer's over. Musically, it was a glorious summer. Actually, it started out kind of rough....

With movies like "Ghost" and "Flatliners" topping the box office, it seems many Americans are fascinated with death and the afterlife. And you don't have to venture past DeKalb to hear stories about wandering spirits. Legend has it that NIU has its own...