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,...
The latest STEM Cafe event will feature research and theories on strengthening materials at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 13, according to a press release from Outreach, Engagement, and Information Technologies.STEM Cafe speaker Michael Haji-Sheikh, an NIU associate...
ACCESS and PAL tutoring centers opened Tuesday with new hours and new locations, according to an ACCESS press release.A new tutoring center will be open from 6 to 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday in the New Residence Hall Complex’s West Hall, Room B004.The...
On Tuesday, a judge ruled to prohibit the use of FBI records as evidence in Jack McCullough’s murder trial, according to a Daily Chronicle article. McCullough was arrested in 2011 for the alleged kidnapping and murder of Maria Ridulph, 7, in 1957. McCullough’s...
Following the DeKalb City Council’s decision to allow video gambling, several local businesses have begun the process of installing these machines. The process begins with an application to the Illinois Gaming Board. “We’ve filled out our applications...
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. Aug. 31, 2012...
