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David Coleman, "The Dating Doctor," will speak at 7 p.m. tonight
in the Duke Ellington Ballroom.

“Relationship guru” to offer dating advice tonight

By Christopher Gibbs | August 29, 2011

Students with relationship quandaries may be able to find some answers tonight. Relationship guru David Coleman will speak at 7 p.m. in the Duke Ellington Ballroom in the Holmes Student Center. According to his website, Coleman is known as "The Dating...

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The Plagiarism Problem: Instructors offer advice to avoid pitfalls

By Christopher Gibbs | August 29, 2011

  Kerith Woodyard, assistant professor of rhetoric and public communication, finds perfectly-written paragraphs in papers otherwise riddled with errors. Woodyard looks at papers uploaded to Blackboard where, depending on the class, all submissions are...

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How to meet new people

By Christopher Gibbs | August 24, 2011

Junior Daniel Cruz said when he sees clusters of people around campus, he just runs up to them and starts talking."I just tend to go up and strike up conversation," Cruz, a manufacturing engineering technology major, said. "As long as you don't have any...

New residential hall exterior walls are completed

By Kyla Gardner and Christopher Gibbs | July 26, 2011

DeKALB | When students arrive on campus for the first day of classes Aug. 22, they will have a good idea of what the new residence hall set to open for fall 2012 is going to look like. In the last two weeks, first-floor exterior walls have been erected,...

Dorms offer summer living accommodations for students

By Christopher Gibbs | July 18, 2011

DeKALB | Erin Holman works in DeKalb over the summer, leading high school students across campus as a mentor for the Upper Bound program. Her commute to work is short; she also lives on campus.Holman, senior family studies major, is one of about 140 students...

Spam found in student’s WebMail accounts is more of a nuisance than a threat.

By Christopher Gibbs | July 18, 2011

DeKALB | Throughout the summer, some NIU students received scholarship and financial aid spam in their Z-ID email accounts.Tanner Bailey, junior political science major, received many emails in his NIU account regarding a $10,000 scholarship before he...

NIU professor awarded Wilson Center Fellowship

By Christopher Gibbs | April 26, 2011

DeKALB | NIU History Professor Kenton Clymer won the Wilson Center fellowship on his book that chronicles the American participation in Burma in the early 1800s. "I'm happy too receive it and finish the book I'm working on," said Clymer. He said he has...

Class teaches students how to help blind, visually impaired people

By Christopher Gibbs | April 25, 2011

DeKalb | Advanced orientation and mobility teaches students who are studying to enter the special education field what it’s like to be blind by walking around NIU campus with goggles that obscure vision.  Eric Sticken, orientation and mobility specialist,...

Expo focuses on using technology in education

By Christopher Gibbs | April 10, 2011

DeKALB | Technology can greatly improve a teacher’s ability to help students learn, according to a technology expo sponsored by the NIU College of Education. The conference and expo was held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in the Holmes Student Center....

Medieval lecture lets students see life ‘through the eyes of hunters’

By Christopher Gibbs | April 4, 2011

DeKALB | Students saw medieval history through the eyes of hunters Monday night. Eric Goldberg, an associate professor of history at MIT, came to NIU to talk about hunting in the medieval period. His lecture, "Hunting in the Age of Charlemagne," discussed...

DePaul deems ACT and SAT scores optional in admission process

By Christopher Gibbs | March 8, 2011

DeKALB | NIU will still take into account a student's ACT and SAT scores when deciding whether to accept them into the university. NIU admissions director Brandon Lagana said this in response to an announcement made by DePaul University in February. The...

Blogging for class promotes discussion

By Christopher Gibbs | March 2, 2011

Blogs are usually created by anyone who has something to say to the world via the Internet. One NIU instructor, however, uses his blogs for his class. Scott Balcerzak, assistant professor of English, uses his blogs for his film and literature class. As...