NIU professor Margaret Mason hopes to pass on new information about mathematics instruction she learned from a two-week summer program at the University of Chicago to her students and colleagues. Mason, a professor of mathematical sciences, was among...

The presence of game-day security might not blend in well with blue skies, trees blowing in the wind and students enjoying football games, but to one NIU administrator, the mix makes for a perfect day of gridiron fun. NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell...

"Overcoming Educational Barriers: Strategies for Success," is a workshop designed to bring together students with learning disabilities. The workshop will convene at 4:30 p.m. on September 14th, in Graham Hall, Room 237. It will be moderated by NIU doctoral...

Theft in the NIU community has increased 70 percent and theft arrests in DeKalb have increased by 12 percent according to the DeKalb and University Police annual reports. The most common theft on campus is bookbag theft, because everyone knows bookbags...

Founders Memorial Library's new director must choose either to reduce study space or to move some books to off-campus storage to solve the library's immediate space problem. Historian Steve Marquardt, former director of libraries at the University of...

Julie Stege received six months of court supervision for beating a fellow NIU student on April 11. DeKalb County Courthouse records indicate that Stege, a John Lennon Society member and former Student Association Senator, "without legal justification,...

As NIU continues to interpret Regents Chancellor Rod Groves' explanations of proposed changes in Regents' policy, more people and stories wind their way into this ever-widening power struggle. Illinois State University's student newspaper, The Daily Vidette,...

After three months on the job, G. Allan O'Connor sums up his associate dean's position of NIU's College of Visual and Performing Arts as "bringing new students in and making sure they get out." O'Connor advises undergraduate students studying the field...

Getting off to a quick start is very important for the NIU volleyball team as it heads south to Eastern Illinois University tonight for the Coors/Coors Light Classic Tournament. The Huskies will face a fired-up host team tonight at 7 p.m. NIU defated...

A survey designed to target student transportation needs might alleviate kinks in the system and create new services for NIU students and DeKalb residents. "We're always seeking student input to improve the system," said David Pack, Student Association...

The recent pledging ban by two national fraternities has left Larry Bolles, director of NIU's Judicial Office, with mixed feelings. "My immediate reaction is that I'm overjoyed," Bolles said. "Realistically, though, I have mixed feelings. How do you enforce...

Former NIU President Clyde Wingfield is one of 38 hopefuls for the presidency at the University of Florida at Gainsville. Wingfield applied for the position on June 20, according to the Independent Florida Alligator, the student newspaper at the University...