Students moving into the renovated Grant C Tower will have an experience that is much different than that of people living in the other towers in Grant. Housing and Dining has listened to student feedback and has worked to incorporate ideas from students...
An explosion of color was the best phrase freshman nursing major Amy Wilson could use to describe her’s and Katie DeVita’s, freshman special education major, Lincoln Hall room.The room just kind of came together, Wilson said. She and DeVita did...
The Lincoln game room officially opened with a commencement event Thursday night. The newly renovated room features a pool table, foosball table, a large TV and some couches, all of which are available for use by any student living in the residence halls....
The desire for new information regarding the death investigation of Antinette "Toni" Keller by NIU students and the DeKalb community has been consistent since her disappearance on Oct. 14. When it was announced on Oct. 29 that William P. Curl, 34, of...
Some NIU students took advantage of the grace period registration and early voting held in the Holmes Student Center last week. There were 195 early voters at NIU, said Lynne Kunde, the deputy clerk of elections for DeKalb County. Kunde added that 128...
One of the eastbound lanes of Lincoln Highway was closed for repairs Thursday after a semi-truck hit a fire hydrant. The truck was making a right turn going eastbound on Lincoln Highway, said DeKalb Police Lt. Carl Leoni. It didn't quite make the turn,...
The new ELS Language Center in DeKalb is partnering with NIU to provide an intensive English program to foreign students. "Intensive English is for those international students who would like to go to an American university but they don't have the test...
NIU Housing and Dining has made changes to some of the residence hall rules to limit the disturbances that can occur during homecoming weekend. The lobbies in the residence halls will be closed and locked two hours earlier, at 9 p.m. on Friday, Saturday...
When freshman history major Samantha Alexander first moved in to her Douglas dorm room, she found out her microwave was not working. "We couldn't open the door," Alexander said. "I had to push the button really hard and my roommate tried pulling the door...
DeKALB | NIU hopes to improve the community living experience with the proposed design of the new residence hall. "It will give students the privacy they need, but situate that in a community setting that has the potential to create a family experience...
NIU has taken steps to ensure that while there is an increase in bed bug incidents across the nation, it will not be a problem in the residence halls. "Over time we have had spotty incidents of bed bugs," said Michele Crase, the associate director of...
