For suburban NIU students who frequently go home on the weekends, transportation can be a hassle. Ticket to Ride Bus hopes to help with this problem. Ticket to Ride Bus Company is a new bus service for NIU students that offers rides between the NIU campus...
An NIU student and his family are finalists in a home improvement contest and hope for public votes to help them win the $20,000 prize.Jeremy Klein, junior elementary education major, and his family entered the contest hosted by 95.9 FM The River after...
The Midwest Museum of Natural History (MMNH) hosted its annual Groundhog Gala in Sycamore Saturday.The 4th Annual Groundhog Gala is the largest fundraiser for the museum, 425 W. State St. in Sycamore, and all proceeds support educational programming,...
Children ages 4 to 12 are creating a stop motion animation through an undergraduate student-led class.This is the first time stop motion animation will be taught through Art Express classes, which began Saturday. Another change to this session is that...
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. Tuesday At 12:30 a.m.,...
Miss Illinois Hannah Smith (left), and Miss Iowa Jessica Pray (right), attend the Dekalb versus Sycamore high school basketball game to help raise money for the "Castle Challenge" at the Convocation Center Friday night. Proceeds from the challenge are...
"Former fat guy," Ray Binkowski shared his story of dropping five pants sizes at his Eat by Color seminar Thursday.The seminar was held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at The Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. 2nd Street. Binkowski, also the owner of FitWorkz, 1690 Sycamore...
Miss Illinois Hannah Smith, 20, visited campus on Friday and made an appearance at the NIU Convocation Center for the Castle Challenge. The event is organized by Castle Bank to help raise money for DeKalb and Sycamore sports booster clubs. Smith talked...
Allison East, freshman special education major, commutes 45 minutes to DeKalb to attend her classes.To save money, East said she opted out of living on campus; instead she departs from Naperville at 7 a.m. every Tuesday and Thursday and stays on campus...
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. Thursday At 1:47 a.m., a DeKalb police officer on patrol observed...
Oscar nominations were released on Tuesday morning, and while The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo did not exactly get snubbed, Rooney Mara, who plays Lisbeth Salander, was the only on-screen star recognized.Mara certainly stole the show, especially during...
