Thirty lit lanterns resembling sunflowers floated across the East Lagoon as Beatles and Pink Floyd songs played softly in the background. Members of the campus community released lanterns in remembrance of former NIU art student Antinette "Toni" Keller...
Outreach and Engagement Associate Andrew Pemberton's parents taught him the importance of helping people in the community. Today, that sense of volunteerism hasn't left. Pemberton helped organize NIU's Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge...
Junior kinesiology major Anthony Nielsen realizes not drinking alcohol - especially during homecoming week - makes him somewhat of an anomaly among many college students. Nielsen said he doesn't drink because he's seen what people do when they are intoxicated....
Junior elementary education major Jessica Krabbe remembers how hard it was to make healthy food choices as a freshman. "It was a whole new experience being away from home for the first time," Krabbe said. "The meal plan is ridiculously huge, and you try...
Imagine waking up in a hospital and not knowing what your name was, let alone that you have a wife, son and daughter. NIU alumnus Scott Bolzan was 46 and had no memory, from proposing to his wife on NIU's campus to raising his children. Scott, along with...
When junior sociology major Edgar Miranda posed nude for a life drawing class for the first time, he was nervous."My heart was beating fast because I've never been nude in front of so many people," Miranda said. "I kept telling myself, ‘You don't have...
When sophomore journalism major Katie Finlon went to unlock her car Friday morning, her roommate asked, "Where did your mirrors go?" Finlon and her roommate joked they should put aluminum foil where the rearview mirrors were so she could still drive her...
Freshman hospitality administration major Niambi Thompson had to stop when she saw a lime green sign with bold black letters that said, "FREE STUFF.""I saw the sign and wanted to find out what it was," Thompson said. "I like free stuff."As part of a new...
Students, faculty and staff will have the opportunity to turn a Ford test drive into a social media competition. The Ford Focus Target Hunt will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday at the Convocation Center's parking lot. Participants will drive...
The official 10th day enrollment count shows NIU continued a steady decline of graduate students. This year's graduate enrollment of 5,365 is lower than last year's 5,633. A steady decrease of graduate students started in 2003, when enrollment was 6,651....
Before NIU Sgt. Alan Smith crosses from one side to the other on the sidewalk, he always looks over his shoulder. "I've almost been hit several times just walking down the sidewalk," Smith said. "You have to turn around because the bikes just fly through."...
Living in a new town as a single mother with $100 cash feels like a "lifetime ago" to Laura Vazquez, associate professor of communication . Even though Vazquez left behind an emotionally and psychologically unhealthy relationship, she still worried about...
