Sam Bond, Service Director at Bockman's Auto Care, 2158 Oakland Drive in Sycamore. BEFORE YOU DRIVE If your car engine turns over but does not start, Bond said to check your battery. He said you should have your battery checked at the beginning of the...
New Years resolutions are hard to keep, but one you should definitely look to fulfill is filling your FAFSA form fast, my friend. Say that five times fast.In all seriousness, the sooner you file, the better. Students new to filling out the form should...
The NIU football team had its final hoorah a couple of weeks ago after it defeated Arkansas State 38-20 in the GoDaddy.com Bowl. It was the perfect ending to a crazy up-and-down year for the Huskies, with the arrow pointing up heading into the 2012 season....
The following was taken from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. Jan. 15 At 3:27 a.m.,...
Four-and-a-half years ago, hip-hop band Legend Haz It was born in a 15x11 room on the east side of campus. Inside of a Neptune North dorm room ("Neptune Deuce" as they call it), new friends Dan Pratt and Keith Winford sat huddled around a snare drum,...
With MAC Championship and GoDaddy.com Bowl victories already under their belt, nine NIU football players added more to their resume by receiving All-MAC Academic honors. "Obviously to be the conference champs on the field and then to represent the MAC...
Van Amos will never forget Aug. 28, 1963. It was growing dark outside. Amos and his brother stopped playing basketball and sprinted down the block - they didn't want to get in trouble with their parents for being out too late. Huffing and puffing, they...
NIU alumnus Wheeler G. Coleman is the most recent addition to the NIU Board of Trustees (BOT). Wheeler was appointed Dec. 19, said Paul Palian, Director of Media and Public Relations. Palian explained the purpose of the BOT. "A board of trustees is basically...
It comes around once a semester and it can make or break a student. Finals week has the ability to grab the attention of thousands of students for a few days. Those students need to know how to prepare for their tests or their grades could be in jeopardy....
Midterms, Halloween, Thanksgiving and finals all fall within the last eight weeks of school. When jobs, internships, self-care, personal relationships, family, financial stress, graduation and seasonal gifts are added to the mix, one is living the life...
An NIU law professor published an article in the December issue of the Illinois Bar Journal, which came out today, about parenthood issues in same-sex couples. In "Statutory Parenthood for Same-sex Partners," law professor emeritus Jeffrey Parness suggests...
It has been Alex Broches' and his family's goal for years to save enough money to buy a home together. But when the 23-year-old NIU graduate decided to start an academic website for college students, he borrowed $10,000 that his family saved for a down...
