Michael Day, director of the first year composition program, peered across a sea of posterboard displays as eager students huddle in front of him and hope to hear their names called. It was Day’s fifth year hosting the Showcase of Student Writing. The...

Quidditch, a sport played in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, is growing at NIU, group organizer Bridget Hickey said.Hickey, a sophomore special education major, attributes the growing popularity to better organization, having a new rule book and competing...