A new campaign for student leaders was announced at the Student Association Senate meeting Sunday. The “We Are Huskies” campaign will try to make NIU a safe place for everyone and make them feel like a member of the Huskie family, Senate Speaker Austin...
A wise woman (or ‘80s pop star Bonnie Tyler. Same thing.) once said, “I need a hero.” Cheesy as it is, the line rings true for most everyone in our despondent times. So if we all are in need of a hero, why the hell are we watching Mad Men, a show...
Richard Van Arsdale III, 21, pleaded guilty to residential burglary in an agreement at a March 9 status hearing. Van Arsdale was sentenced to nine years in the department of corrections for the charge and all other charges were dropped, said Phil Montgomery,...
Senator Bill Brady (R-Bloomington) endorsed Tom Demmer for State Representative during a stop in DeKalb County Tuesday. Demmer is the Director of Strategic Planning and Government Relations at Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital in Dixon. Brady said the state...
Much changed since the Hot Spot opened 20 years ago. Asif Quddus, president and owner of the Hot Spot, 901 Lucinda Ave. Unit J, will celebrate the business’s 20th anniversary July 2. He opened the Hot Spot in 1992, two years after he graduated from...
At least once in their academic lives, students have had a class in DuSable Hall. Many, however, do not know this is a building named for an African-French trader who aided in the Revolutionary War. “DuSable Hall was named after Jean Baptiste Paul Dessables,”...
Early voters have one more day to cast their ballots before the polls open Tuesday. Voters can take advantage of early voting from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. today at the DeKalb County Clerk and Recorder’s Office, 110 E. Sycamore St. in Sycamore. For...
The following was taken from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. MARCH 8 At 4:09 p.m.,...
The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. March 7 At 5:27 p.m., DeKalb police responded to report of...
We Are The Willows is the project of one singer/songwriter Peter Michael Miller. He writes, arranges, and performs most all of the sounds you hear on his recordings. Voted in the Minneapolis City Pages as best male vocalist in 2011, the androgynous...
Not many seminars are stocked with condoms and vagina-shaped chocolate, but this one was. The Women’s Rights Alliance and Women’s Studies Program offered “Vagina Seminars” Tuesday and Wednesday night, each with different presentations. Alyssa...
Student Assocation President Elliot Echols is now back on the ballot as a Student Trustee candidate. Echols was initially removed from the ballot by Jasmine Harvell, Board of Elections Commissioner, for not having the 2.5 GPA required by SA bylaws to...
