The government has implemented a loan program to help farmers who may be in financial need due to the drought this summer. “The year was not very successful for corn, but northern Illinois was luckier than the rest of the state,” said Russel Higgins,...
Antinette “Toni” Keller’s memorial, located near a Prairie Park trail behind DeKalb Elks Club, 209 S. Annie Glidden Road, no longer features the towering sunflower planted in her memory. According to an Oct. 24, 2010, Northern Star article, Keller...
Update, 9:05 p.m.: Clay Campbell, DeKalb County state's attorney, said he knew the coffee fund existed before the announcement was made today. Campbell said he has an obligation as a state's attorney not to comment on an ongoing investigation. He said...
Update, 7:16 p.m.: Sgt. Jose DeJesus, state police spokesperson, said the investigation is "preliminary" and the state police force still has to decide what their investigative role will be. DeJesus said the ISP are supposed to be meeting with NIU officials...
Blake Brittain, junior physical therapy major, finishes up some homework for Chemistry 210 near John E. La Tourette Hall on the first day of classes Monday. Brittain is a transfer student from McHenry County College. Brittain said he loves the large lectures...
LaBrian Carrington, academic counselor for Student Support Services, talks about plans to rejuvenate Mentoring Valuable Peers (MVP) at the TRiO Scholars leadership conference at the Courtyard Marriot Hotel in Secaucus, N.J. MVP is the big brother of two...
Toni Keller’s garden at Neptune North was planted in the spring of 2012. The grounds crew at NIU work to keep the plants growing. The sunflower was Keller’s favorite flower and has become a symbol for her sunny personality, though recently the sunflowers...
As part of the ongoing campus improvements, the Human Resource Services parking lot at West Lincoln Highway will close at 7 a.m. Thursday, according to an NIU Today article. On-campus employees are encouraged to use the Human Resource Service located...
Students volunteering at Barb City Manor (BCM), 680 Haish Blvd., can expect to do a variety of activities with the residents while learning more about the senior population. Various student groups at NIU host special volunteer sessions at the retirement...
A six-year tradition was continued Wednesday at the Women’s Resource Center on the corner of Lincoln Highway and Normal Road. The Women’s Resource Center’s Welcome Back BBQ, formerly known as Grills, Games and Girls, was held to greet students and...
The new ombudsperson for NIU will be Sarah Klaper, according to an NIU Today. Before beginning work at NIU, Klaper previously worked at DePaul University in Chicago for the College of Law, according to the NIU Today article. She taught courses in school...
(From left to right) Jake Gancarczyk, David Reczynski, Larry Alcaraz, Jake Lytle and Garrett Heidkamp, members of the Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity on Greek Row, celebrate the new school year. SAM set up a Slip ’N Slide party with freshmen for their hosted...
