Senior marketing major Thomas Kneifel is looking forward to graduating in December; however, Kneifel spent most of last December writing and publishing an e-book. Northern Star: When was the book published? Thomas Kneifel: January 8 is when I posted it...

NIU students may soon have lighter backpacks as more professors make the switch to online textbooks. "That's kind of been the going trend in the last few years," said Ryan Licari, assistant textbook manager at the Village Commons Bookstore, 901 Lucinda...