DeKALB – NIU will pay approximately $2.06 million to the city of DeKalb for the campus’ usage of the Huskie Bus Line and other paratransit services for 2023.
The DeKalb City Council approved the annual ordinance for NIU’s contribution to the...
DeKALB – Creamy chicken alfredo, blue ribbon chocolate cake and a 68-year legacy are coming to a close.
The Hillside Restaurant, a cozy, cottage-like eatery that has been perched next to the Egyptian Theatre since 1955, is finally closing up the...
By Evan Mellon, Assistant News Editor
| February 27, 2023
DeKALB – The union for tenured faculty has reached an agreement with NIU after over a year of negotiations, granting the union members pay increases and technology upgrades.
The agreement was reached Friday and follows months of bargaining with the...
DeKALB – NIU President Lisa Freeman and SGA President Raaif Majeed will speak in a new edition of “Conversations that Matter” at 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Holmes Student Center Capitol Room.
The event is an open-forum discussion for...
DeKALB —NIU’s Campus Activity Board (CAB) will be holding a pajama themed night-in. The event will take place from 8 p.m. to 10 p.mon Friday at Holmes Student Center.
Corn dogs, soft pretzels with cheese, nachos, chicken strips and fries will be...
DeKALB – The decommissioning of landlines across campus is continuing with the conversion to Microsoft Teams to be tentatively completed by June.
All 815-753 phone numbers are being ported from NIU’s current service provider, Frontier, to NIU’s...
By Michael Mollsen, Senior News Reporter
| February 26, 2023
DeKALB – A bill was passed requiring Student Government Association senators to create one piece of legislation during their term in senate.
“The duties and responsibilities of the senators do not include anything that shows that they have demonstrated...
DeKALB – The DeKalb Public Library will be opening their display case to local nonprofit groups starting in April.
Each month a glass display case in the main lobby of the library will be open for local nonprofits to display information about themselves...
DeKALB – After returning from winter break, many students noticed a significant difference in the operation of the Huskie Line bus system compared to the fall semester.
In the previous semester, each of the 2L, 2R, 3 and 5 routes offered three to...
DeKALB – Starting Feb. 27, a seasonal weight limit will restrict vehicles over 8,000 lbs from driving through certain DeKalb roads.
The City of DeKalb issued a restriction on oversized vehicles due to freeze-thaw cycles that threaten to severely...
Illinois gas prices have decreased 2.2 cents per gallon this week, averaging state prices at $3.49 per gallon compared to the national average of $3.37 per gallon around the country according to GasBuddy.
Within a month, Illinois gas prices have dropped...
DeKALB – During the second Faculty Senate meeting of the year, attendees gave an update on the use of ChatGPT in classrooms along with a change in the graduation fee.
ChatGPT is an AI technology system originally designed to mimic human responses...
