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Rockford Chariots roll into the Convo

By Danny Cozzi | March 31, 2011

Numeroussupporters gathered for the <a href="http://www.rockfordchariots.org/" target="_blank">RockfordChariots’ wheelchair basketball exhibition game Thursday nightin the <a href="http://www.convocenter.niu.edu/convo/" target=""_blank">Convocation...

It was all a dream: Test-related nightmares are all too real for some college students

By Danny Cozzi | March 31, 2011

Anyone can recall the heap of stress that comes with the pressures of studying for finals or writing a term paper. For some students, that stress follows them into the abyss of sleep and the nightly REM cycle. In the field of psychology, this particular...

Elliott Echols elected Student Association President

By Jacqueline Evans and Danny Cozzi | March 30, 2011

DeKALB | After two days of voting throughout the campus, the results are in for the 2011-12 Student Association and Campus Activities Board elections.This year, a total of 1,189 students voted in the SA and CAB election. The turnout was lower than last...

Obama: ‘We have a responsibility’

By Danny Cozzi | March 28, 2011

Freshman theater major Richie Vavrina watched as President Barack Obama defended the first war launched on his watch. He declared Monday night that the United States intervened in Libya to prevent a slaughter of civilians that would have stained the world's...

NIU Literacy Clinic helps out grades K-12

By Danny Cozzi | March 21, 2011

DeKALB | The NIU Literacy Clinic, 3100 Sycamore Road, provides diagnostic assessments as well as individual or group tutoring for any students, from kindergarten through high school senior, that struggle with reading. The clinic was founded in the 1950s...

Ill. House bill attempts to ban teen tanning

By Danny Cozzi | March 7, 2011

DeKALB | The Illinois House of Representatives is debating whether to ban persons under 18 from using tanning salons. The bill states that minors are banned "regardless of whether such a person has the permission of a parent or guardian to use the facility."...

Local lodge’s unity helps out community

By Danny Cozzi | March 2, 2011

An organization begun as a fraternity has grown into a nationwide fraternal institute. Though you may have never heard of it, the DeKalb Elks Lodge, 209 S. Annie Glidden Road, is a part of the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks, a nationwide...

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People gather at Feed em Soup Wednesday night at First Lutheran Chuch in DeKalb. Alexis Weber was a volunteer for Feed em Soup.

Local soup kitchen honors crash victims

By Danny Cozzi | February 24, 2011

A memorial service was held by Feed ‘em Soup at the First Lutheran Church, 324 N. Third St. for Alexis "Lexi" Weber and Timothy Getzelman. Both died in a car accident Monday night. The memorial event was held at the soup kitchen from 5 to 7 p.m. on...

Rec Center offers belly dancing fitness class

By Danny Cozzi | February 20, 2011

DeKALB | Students are finding a new way to get physical every week as part of a new dance class offered at the Campus Recreation Center. The Rec Center recently started offering a belly dancing class twice a week as part of its group fitness programs....