After nine years of musical entertainment, the Gavin Wilson Show will take the stage for a final time at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second Street. Attendees will experience Gavin’s arrangement of jazz, modern music, magic, ventriloquism...
Secretary of State Jesse White has announced the arrival of Archon, a searchable database used to find important historical information, according to a press release. “With the use of the Internet, individuals can easily search for records held at the...
Mario Engoglia, 54, and Susan Triezenberg, 57, of Granville, died at 5:50 p.m. Tuesday at Kindred Hospital, 225 Edward St. in Sycamore. Police said at least one death was the result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Sycamore Police Chief Don Thomas said...
One of the men charged in the April 2011 shooting of former NIU football player Devon Butler was sentenced to 14 years in prison Wednesday, according to a Daily Chronicle. Mark Orozco, 25, of DeKalb, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of residential...
Ready? Set. Research! Students interested in undergraduate research don’t have to visit specific colleges on campus, said Julia Spears, director of student engagement and experiential learning. Student Engagement and Experiential Learning has centralized...
Some volunteers serve as mentors, friends and role models to the youth in the community through Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS). BBBS is housed in the Family Services Agency, 14 Health Services Drive in DeKalb. Communities across the nation have hosted...
While the Convocation Center is home to concerts, job fairs and basketball games, it is also home to emergency response efforts. Natural disasters and major crimes in the community are all included under the umbrella of the Convocation Center’s state-wide...
Google has reached NIU. With the efforts of Information Technology Service’s (ITS) Green Up initiative, students this semester have switched to a new system that provides access to variety of Google applications. Part of the reason the ITS sought to...
It’s Labor Day weekend, and how do I choose to spend my time? Watching the worst movies ever created on Netflix’s instant queue, just so you don’t have to. Shaolin Grandma Rating: 1.5 stars Takeaway line: “There’s a dead granny in this house!”...
Walking around campus, I spotted freshman biology major Irina Yatsyk. She is taking advantage of these last warm days of summer by mixing bright and fun colors in her outfit. I really admire her color combination of orange and turquoise. This minimalist...
A new feature film hits close to home.In Wired; The DeKalb Documentary, a Feyt Productions film directed by Shela Lahey, the city of DeKalb is described though its history, its entertainment and the community of people who live there.One of the topics...
According to an NIU Today article, the NIU Foundation has a new president: Mike Malone. Malone is a veteran administrator at NIU and the vice president for the Division of University Advancement. His new position as president will be an added responsibility,...
