It’s About Time! (Management) will be hosted from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday in the Illinois Room of the Holmes Student Center. The event is part of a workshop series called Soup and Success, geared toward creating student-centered events and encouraging...
Save-A-Vet (SAV) is determined to help rescue military working dogs (MWD) from being put down when their service to our country is done. SAV provides housing for disabled veterans in exchange for caring for the dogs. Danny Scheurer is accompanied by retired...
Below-freezing temperatures call for a hot cup of something delicious. An inch of ice on the ground is an even bigger motivator to have your coffee pots and tea kettles rarin’ to go at 7 a.m. Although cream and sugar have become a coffee drinker’s...
On Saturday, the Congress Theater, 2135 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago, was packed with bassheads ready to dance to electronica music provided by Excision, Zomboy and Vaski. A “basshead” is someone who enjoys an excessive amount of bass in music, and...
Laughter was a great way to distract NIU students from the icy weather on campus. Two comedians, Paul Varghese and J. Chris Newberg, performed 8 p.m. Sunday at the Student Holmes Center. Each comedian had a one-hour segment and tailored their jokes to...
The Student Association (SA) met on Sunday to discuss senator involvement and to elect members into board and director positions. Senators Mathew Wellington, Brandon Phillips, Patrick Birk, Anthony Sarna, and Michael Theodore were elected in by senate...
View City Blotter 1/23-1/26 in a larger map 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. Wednesday At 8:19...
View Campus Blotter 1/24-1/26 in a larger map 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...
Congressman Randy Hultgren, R-Winfield, has announced the start of the 2013 Congressional Art Competition for high school student from Illinois’ 14th Congressional District, according to a news release from Hultgren’s office. Entries in the competition...
The Glidden Homestead will host its annual meeting at 7 p.m. on Feb. 11. The meeting will include a presentation introducing a new sign frame created by the homestead’s blacksmiths, according to news release. The event is free and open to the public...
Feed’em Soup Community Project, 122 S. First St., will host a special Valentine’s Day lunch and dinner service centered around head chef Alex Smith’s pancake recipes, according to a Saturday news release from the charitable organization. The services...
Move over, Hogwarts. The the NIU Nargles are taking over the Quidditch playing field. Micah Jade Haji-Sheikh, recently elected Quidditch president and sophomore illustration major, said the game follows the rules of the Harry Potter book series. Main...
