NIU's Internet was down the Monday morning of midterms week. Students may have assumed the apocalypse was nigh. [View the story "Here's how NIU students react when faced with a campus without Internet" on Storify]

Pass: Obama supports net neutralityNet neutrality is an issue every student should support because it keeps big businesses from taking over the speed of the Internet.Private companies wish to restrict Internet speed for financial gain and make customers...

NIU should’ve started expanding its wireless network to the downtown DeKalb area years ago to strengthen the relationship between the campus and city, establishing a “communiversity” with the campus Internet as the link.The Division of Information...

Pass: Campus Wi-Fi trying to go to cityThe university is taking steps to expand its Wi-Fi.Areas around Huskie Stadium and downtown DeKalb may get Wi-Fi if CIO Brett Coryell’s ideas come to fruition.If NIU doesn’t extend its Internet, DeKalb could...

The Computing Facilities Advisory Committee and Chief information Officer Brett Coryell needs to set deadlines for revising the language in NIU’s Acceptable Use Policy.The university’s Acceptable Use Policy enforces use of NIU’s Internet network...

Help is on the way for Wi-Fi problems on campus, said Jan Gerenstein, associate director of residential technology. Gerenstein said the current system has its flaws. Matt Parks, Information Technology Services (ITS) director of network services, said...

A world of podcasts is waiting for your leisurely listening pleasure, and it was created by the legendary Silent Bob character from “Clerks,” Kevin Smith. Smith, an actor, director and writer, brought to the world such films as “Clerks,” “Chasing...

People tend to take their laptop when they travel in order to keep in touch using free Internet over Wi-Fi. Great, right? It depends. Convenience is nice but you should start getting a little paranoid about your computer’s security. Using unsecured...

Last week, my Internet went out for a few hours. I took note of my frustration from not being able to repair the connection and realized something: I’m an Internet addict. There’s no use denying it anymore and I’m sure many NIU students are, too....