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Feed ’em Soup, APO, PRSSA to host week-long event

By Felix Sarver | April 23, 2012

Feed ’em Soup is sharing its unique services in DeKalb this week. The non-profit community project does not merely put food on the tray and usher people out the door when the service is over, said Derek Gibbs, Feed ’em Soup marketing and branding...

The Sycamore Public Library will remain open during upcoming construction.

Sycamore Public Library renovations begin

By Felix Sarver | April 16, 2012

When people visit the main entrance of the Sycamore Library in the future, they won’t be greeted by a wall, but a desk of smiling staff members ready to serve them. The library, 103 E. State St., began construction Monday to make the facility more welcoming...

SA Senate approves Tugs funding

By Felix Sarver | April 15, 2012

Funding for a long-standing Greek fraternity tug-of-war contest was approved by the Student Association Senate Sunday. The SA Senate allowed the Interfraternity Council to receive $5,000 in supplemental funding for Tugs, an annual fraternity competition....

IRS requires taxpayers to report illegal sources of income

By Felix Sarver | April 11, 2012

Money made from gambling, hobbies, bribes and even drug dealing are things the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) wants to know about. Taxpayers must include in their tax income return forms all income they receive in the form of money, property and services...

NIU Police provides lost and found service, holds end of year auction

NIU Police provides lost and found service, holds end of year auction

By Felix Sarver | April 10, 2012

If a student loses an item, there is a good chance the NIU Police Department has it. The NIU police department provides its own lost and found service. They are one of several lost and found services students can use on campus. Items not claimed at the...

Faculty Senate looks at funding possibilities for Rec Center

By Felix Sarver | April 4, 2012

A look into a different way to fund the Campus Recreation Center was reported to the Faculty Senate Wednesday. Austin Quick, Student Association Senate Speaker, told the Faculty Senate he was working with the university administration to create a dedicated...

Study finds Millennial generation less focused on caring, community, political engagement

By Felix Sarver | April 3, 2012

Money, image and fame. These are the values people of the Millennial generation or Generation Y - those born in the 1980s and 1990s - focus on more than any other, according to a March 2012 study from the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology....

Study shows some emergency dispatchers may suffer from PTSD

By Felix Sarver | April 2, 2012

Despite being a phone call away, emergency dispatchers handling traumatic calls can suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. This is what a 2012 study from the Journal of Traumatic Stress found after interviewing 171 emergency dispatchers across 24...

Teresa Bozikis, director of Academic Affairs, speaks about the This I Believe essay contest at Sundays SA senate meeting. Five students and five faculty members will read their essays in the Carl Sandburg Audiorium on April 4.

SA Senate cuts funding to organizations that restrict membership

By Felix Sarver | April 1, 2012

Student organizations will now be able to restrict membership, though they will lose Student Association funding if they choose to do so. The SA Senate passed a bill Sunday allowing student organizations to maintain their status as an SA-recognized organization...

New SA executive officers announced

By Felix Sarver | March 28, 2012

The new Student Association executive officers have been decided. Delonte LeFlore will be president, Gina Gregolunas will be vice president, Joshua Venaas will be treasurer and Elliot Echols will be student trustee. All four ran on the same ticket. Derek...

SA executive candidates receive sanctions

By Felix Sarver | March 27, 2012

The Student Association executive elections began with a rough start, as all seven candidates received sanctions Tuesday. Candidates Delonte LeFlore, Gina Gregolunas, Joshua Venaas and Elliot Echols were sanctioned by Elections Commissioner Jasmine Harvell...

DeKalb County Community Gardens teaches community members to grow their own food

By Felix Sarver | March 27, 2012

DeKalb county residents are growing vegetables and skills with community gardens. The DeKalb County Community Gardens (DCCG) is a group educating people in gardening and promoting gardens, said Tom Riley, president of the DeKalb Area Garden Club. The...