Hockey is Canada's pasttime, so it makes sense that any university sharing a lake border with the country would have an advantage against NIU. In a battle of Northern schools this past weekend, the Northern Michigan University Wildcats (4-4-0) defeated...
DeKALB | NIU College of Law ranked 13th on "preLaw" magazine's nationwide "List of the 2010 Best Value Law Schools." NIU is the only school in Illinois to rank on "preLaw's" top 60. To be included on the list, a law school must have a higher bar test...
By MaryJo KratochviL & Lauren Stott
| October 4, 2010
DeKALB | University officials have revealed another facet of campus safety this semester. The NIU Police Department and Media Relations developed a new system of advising the NIU community of possibly harmful situations. The system is a counterpart to...
The Huskie Patrol is the weeknight watchdog of student safety on campus. Students who feel uncomfortable walking alone at night can call the Huskie Patrol to escort them from one location to another through the Walk Safe service. Sophomore nursing major...
With elections over, the Student Association Senate is now in full swing. The senate held their first meeting Sunday night in the Holmes Student Center Sky Room. The meeting had many purposes; the biggest focus was to get new senators acclimated with...
Students waking up for class this morning may notice some positive messages chalked around campus. Sunday evening, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center canvassed the campus as part of the 2nd Annual You-Are-Loved Chalk Message Project....
Katelan McCurdy, junior child development major, returned from Paris on Sunday. She will spend a week in Granada, Spain before making her way to Lagos, Portugal next weekend. McCurdy is not backpacking through Europe. She is studying abroad at the University...
Today kicks off Active Minds' National Mental Health Awareness Week. The national student organization, Active Minds, is sponsoring a National Day Without Stigma to celebrate the start of awareness week. "We are trying to promote awareness of the social...
Delta Chi is back on campus and looking for some recognition. In 2005, the Delta Chi Alumni Board dissolved the NIU chapter for not upholding the ideals of the fraternity. During the spring 2010 semester, Delta Chi's National Fraternity sent leadership...
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...
And with this, the real season begins. After taking down Minnesota, NIU football will play its fourth game on the road, travelling to Akron, Ohio to open up its MAC slate against the Zips. The Huskies (2-2) are coming off their best game of the season,...
Games in the Mid-American Conference are typically filled with very physical play and a lot of energy and don't expect anything less for the NIU men's soccer conference opener. The Huskies open up MAC play at 1 p.m. Saturday against Hartwick in DeKalb...
