NIU has created a new position to keep the Vision 2020 initiatives President Peters announced earlier this semester on track. The new associate vice president for Institutional Planning and Sustainability is Bill Nicklas. "One of his main responsibilities...
The DeKalb County Law and Justice Committee approved a request from DeKalb County Sheriff Roger Scott for the hiring of a new detective. Scott requested $80,000 in order to pay for the additional detective. Scott said if his request is approved...
Sunday At 5:00 p.m., an officer responded to NIU Lot P for a car burglary. Upon arrival, he met with the student. who said someone stole her iPod car stereo converter cassette cable. Due to no leads, this case is administratively closed. At 6:17 p.m.,...
Yogurt? No. Cottage Cheese? No. Peanut Butter? No. Orange Juice? No. Vegetables? Only if I have to. I began to feel embarassed as Martha O'Gorman, coordinator of nutrition programming at Campus Recreation, rattled off a list of foods to include in my...
NIU will head into its second of a three-game MAC road trip. The Huskies will need the consistency of their veteran-laden offensive line, and get some players jump started to have all three phases of the game under wraps. Among the NIU offense, Jasmin...
Another day, another feud on Facebook statuses of Cubs and Cardinals fans alike.Although the two teams historically do not see eye to eye, something has to give.Newsfeeds were riddled with posts from Cardinal fans following a game five defeat from the...
I wanted to know what the point of the front-page story about TAILS was. If it was to give the idea that shelter animals are sickly so don't adopt them, or that TAILS is run poorly, then I guess bravo. This is sad, however, because in about five years...
In response to the article about pets from shelters, I would like to emphasize that one solitary adoption in no way represents adopting from an animal shelter as a whole. I adopted a dog from TAILS in DeKalb last September and, sure, he has gotten sick...
The sweet treats-filled Halloween and hefty helpings of Thanksgiving are coming up, but working off the extra weight doesn't have to be a challenge. FitWorkz, 1690 Sycamore Road, is the largest health club in the DeKalb area, said owner Ray Binkowski....
DeKalb's City Council is one step closer to ward redistricting.At the meeting Monday, city manager Mark Biernacki showed four possible redistricting options to the council, with the wards being split alternately between population and voter turnout. The...
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. Thursday At 10:31 a.m.,...
NIU will team up with Lextech Global Services to create new courses. The courses will teach students how to write applications for several different smart phone platforms. The university offers two courses now, but the full program will be offered fall...
