Crowds of NIU students and DeKalb residents braced themselves against the cold and rain for the NIU police department auction Saturday. The auction was from 9 a.m. to noon under the bleachers at the east gate of Huskie stadium. Potential bidders were...
While the semester is ending for college students, learning opportunities are only beginning for junior high and high school students. Starting June 1, NIU will offer numerous summer camps for junior high and high school students. The camps are set up...
Graduation and job-hunting can be endlessly stressful for some students, but it doesn’t have to be. At 3 p.m. Friday, NIU alumna Elena Haliczer will be giving a speech in Reavis Hall Room 211, entitled Impatience is a Virtue: how internships, social...
DeKalb’s Voluntary Action Center (VAC) may be known for assisting senior citizens in the community, but anyone can attend their nutritious, free community dinners. Program Director Nancy Hicks said the program is beneficial to DeKalb area residents...
Michael Day, director of the first year composition program, peered across a sea of posterboard displays as eager students huddle in front of him and hope to hear their names called. It was Day’s fifth year hosting the Showcase of Student Writing. The...
Irving Construction will be the contract manager for the new DeKalb Police Department station. The decision was made at a DeKalb City Council meeting Monday. Interim DeKalb Police Chief Ron Pearson said the department hopes construction starts soon, but...
Title two of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) states that public entities are legally required to provide accommodations for disabled students, unless doing so would drastically change the nature of the program for everyone involved. However,...
At NIU’s Experiential Learning Lab, students and teachers alike are putting their heads together to develop new ways for children to learn. The Experiential Learning Lab is a branch of NIU’s Digital Convergence Lab (DCL). The DCL was started in 2009...
Readers of Dan Brown’s mystical action thrillers may think of Freemasons as robed figures, shrouded in mystery, solving ancient puzzles to save the world. In reality, Masonry is the world’s oldest fraternity, and it used to be a cornerstone of American...
