NIU’s next Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Café will host Joel Knapper, NASA solar system ambassador. Knapper will present “The Future for American Manned Spaceflight.” The presentation will discuss plans to get Americans back...
Installations of insects pinned to a wall in repeating patterns will be featured in “Arranging Nature,” an exhibition created by Jennifer Angus, Design Studies professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The exhibition, in the Visual Art Building’s...
Online registration is open. The event will be held on April 23 in the Holmes Student Center’s Duke Ellington Ballroom. Students currently enrolled at NIU who have participated in a faculty-mentored research or creative project are eligible to showcase...
What happens when actual funny people host an awards show? The 70th annual Golden Globes answered that question this weekend. On air live 7 p.m. CST Sunday from The Beverly Hills Hilton, hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, longtime friends and collaborators,...
The Secretary of State’s Office and the DeKalb Senior Center will host a free Rules of the Road review course for the DeKalb area, according to a Monday news release. The course will be free to attend and open to anyone who wants to attend. The course...
DeKalb’s wreaths stayed red this year as the city was holiday-accident free during the season, according to a Thursday news release from the DeKalb Fire Department. The Red Wreath Program began in 1986 as a way for the city to raise awareness for fire...
Let’s start this spring semester on a classy note: wearing black and white. According to blogger Jena Gambaccini, this simple yet classic color combination is one of the biggest trends seen on the runways for spring 2013 that you can start wearing now....
The Second Annual Bridal Expo took place on Sunday, with more than 50 prizes given out, free taste-testing and a professional fashion show. Fifty prizes were given out to the public from various companies. The prizes consisted of free meals from various...
NIU is welcoming students back with a Group fitness free week. The Recreation Center is hosting a Fitness free week, which will be held until Saturday. All students are welcome to enjoy free fitness classes in activity rooms one and two. Eric Appiah,...
The new movie “Gangster Squad,” which was released Friday, has received mixed reviews from audiences and critics everywhere. The film takes place in 1949 Los Angeles, where the city is ruled by a ruthless mobster named Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn). A...
Winter break proved to be not much of a break for NIU’S wrestling team as the Huskies (7-4, 0-2MAC) opened up MAC play for the first time this season. NIU lost its MAC opener against Kent St (4-3, 1-0MAC) 29-9 on Dec. 18 in Ohio. The Midlands Championship...
View City Blotter 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. Monday At 3:23 p.m., officers...
