More than 100 Sycamore households are participating in DeKalb County Disposal's pilot curbside recycling program for three weeks and plan to continue in order to combat rising landfill tipping fees. "Curbside recycling makes recycling as easy as taking...

Most Americans imagine miles of confusing red tape at the mention of complex tax laws and leveraged buyouts, but NIU Associate Law Professor Daniel Schneider specializes in the complex balance between the two. Schneider, who teaches courses in federal...

Health insurance for city employees will cost the city about $141,934 more per year as a result of the DeKalb City Council's vote Monday to stay with its current carrier. DeKalb will negotiate a renewal of its contract with Lincoln National Life Insurance...

Six years ago, the Merit Systems Protection Board surveyed federal employees about whether they knew of fraud, waste and/or abuse in government through their jobs. The results were alarming: 25 percent of those surveyed stated they knew of federal corruption,...

Condom machines were installed at several locations on the NIU campus over spring break. Steve Lux, health educator for the NIU Health Enhancement Services, said the machines were installed Thursday and Friday of last week in the bathrooms on the lower...

The Washington Post WASHINGTON—"If Washington's drug problem were centered in the white neighborhoods," a fellow guest at a dinner party said the other evening, "the powers that be would have cleaned it up a long time ago." Others in the group quickly...

March is National Nutrition Month. NIU's Student Dietetic Association would like to pass on some food for thought: Foods high in fiber play a role in weight control. Because they promote the feeling of fullness, you are more likely to feel satisfied after...

The U.S. media has paid a good deal of attention recently to the burial of Emperor Hirohito—known posthumously as Emperor Showa, recorded as history's longest-reigning Japanese sovereign. Star reporter Diane Buerger did her part (Feb. 27) by bringing...

The Vermeer Quartet of NIU will perform in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall of the Music Building Tuesday at 8 p.m. NIU professor Diane Ragains will perform a solo as a part of Alban Berg's Lyric Suite. Other pieces to be performed are Schubert's Quartet...

More than 800 employers are looking for NIU students to hold internships with their companies. The Cooperative Education Office organizes the majority of internships for undergraduates. Sally Johnson, program manager, said "people are not always aware...

Everyone called him Sampson. "This guy's forearms look like cannons and his fastball will probably rip me in two the way I coward out on inside pitches," I said to myself. His warm-up pitches scared the hell out of me. "I have to face this guy?" I asked...

As graduation approaches, many seniors are taking advantage of the on-campus recruiting service provided by NIU's Career Planning and Placement Center. About 470 companies interviewed NIU students last year, said Jean Callary, Career Planning and Placement...