The world of gaming doesn’t only incorporate joysticks, controllers and things that go boom. All gamers should take a step back and appreciate the diversity of tabletop games, including board games, card games, dice games and roleplaying games. This...
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive reminds fans of the series that holding a knife truly does make you run faster. CS:GO is the third entry into Valve Corporation’s acclaimed first-person shooter franchise, Counter-Strike. CS:GO was developed by Valve...
Destruction is the name of the game in Red Faction: Armageddon. Let’s see how the latest iteration of the Red Faction franchise holds up. Developed by Volition, Inc., and published by defunct THQ and Syfy Games, Red Faction: Armageddon was released...
The following was taken directly from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. Saturday At...
A special service area (SSA) will be established for Heartland Fields subdivision as a result of Monday’s City Council meeting. After holding a public hearing on the Heartland Fields SSA, the city decided to move forward with establishing the SSA so...
The sun shone Monday on a gathering of people in yellow shirts singing Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here.” They were singing for Toni Keller, a freshman killed in October 2010 in Prairie Park. About 20 supporters of the Keller family wore Toni’s...
The Illinois Supreme Court has delayed the decision on whether to expand the Cortland Township landfill. If expanded, the landfill, located on Route 88 in Cortland Township, will be the waste removal option for 17 counties in the Northern Illinois area....
It is with mixed emotions that DeKalb Mayor Kris Povlsen steps down from his position after a little more than one term. Povlsen has a history with the DeKalb area, growing up in Sycamore and graduating from Sycamore High School. He received his bachelor’s...
North Central Cyclery, 534 E. Lincoln Highway is taking to the gravel this May. The fourth annual Gravel Metric ride will take place on May 26. According to the North Central Cyclery’s website, the Gravel Metric ride is a 62-mile ride that is designed...
The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. At 1:11 a.m., officers responded to Molly’s, 1000 W. Lincoln...
Students from Hillel and Alpha Epsilon Pi gather to commemorate Yom Hashoah. Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yom HaShoah, began at sundown on Sunday and continues until sundown on Monday. In remembrance of this day, NIU Hillel and Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity...
Discovering your true identity is a difficult, often never-ending process. We hope the decisions we make positively effect our future; however, this isn’t always the case. The struggle of understanding one’s identity is an overlapping theme seen once...
