The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law. Monday At 9:36 p.m., DeKalb Police received information that...
Students looking for a sports bar atmosphere should consider attending dinner at the residence halls tonight.Neptune, Douglas, Lincoln and Grant will offer a Sports Bar Night as their dinner theme, said Michael Stang, executive director of Housing &...
NIU's Graduate and Professional School Fair, held Tuesday, attracted 40 percent more students than last year, said Employer Relations Specialist Jan Wylde.More than 200 students signed in at the event, Wylde said. This is the third year NIU has held the...
Tuesday marked the Engineers Without Borders' (EWB) first annual "A Day Without Shoes" event.From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., members of several groups, including EWB, Alpha Phi Omega, National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) and Institute of Industrial Engineers,...
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. August 30 At noon,...
Ana Castillo, acclaimed novelist, poet and short-story writer, spoke about race, sexuality and gender in the Jack Arends Visual Arts Building Tuesday night.Castillo's novel So Far From God and her poem-turned-novel, "Watercolor Women, Opaque Men," both...
DeKALB | Audiences have come to expect singer/songwriters to take the stage with an acoustic guitar or keyboard. Eliza Rickman prefers her toy piano.The California artist, who played at the House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway last night, purchased the...
The Association of International Educators (NAFSA) is accepting submissions for its Student Diplomat Video Contest. The contest is for college students who are currently or have recently returned from a study abroad experience.The videos, which should...
NIU released the 2011 Clery Act security report last week.The report offers crime statistics for the 2010 calendar year.According to the report, the NIU Police Department saw an increase in burglaries in 2010, with 19 cases. This is compared to 14 cases...
A brown paper tree, its rainbow-colored leaves decorated with the dreams and hopes of abuse survivors, was a focal point at Monday night's "Fallen Leaves Bring New Growth" domestic violence vigil. Self-expression through artwork like the paper tree and...
Yellow caution tape roped off part of The Junction parking lot on Monday as film crews prepared to film a scene in Ramin Bahrani's Heartland. The movie, starring Zac Efron and Dennis Quaid, began filming in DeKalb County in the summer. However, students...
Andy Ametti, owner and operator of Flappy's Pancake House, 1406 Sycamore Road, worked in the restaurant business all his life.Ametti, originally from Long Island, New York first started working in his family's restaurant."I started going to school as...
