NIU’s College of Law will host the 19th annual Francis X. Riley Lecture on Professionalism at 3 p.m. Friday at the Francis X. Riley Courtroom in Swen Parson Hall. Lawrence J. Fox, partner of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP and Crawford Lecturer at Yale...

An armed robbery was reported Saturday at the Dollar Tree, 2060 Sycamore Road. The store was closed when the suspect appeared at the store, said DeKalb Police Lt. Gary Spangler. According to a DeKalb Police Department press release, “the suspect displayed...

Lauren Wicinski is trading in her NIU red for Michigan State’s green. NIU volleyball’s former two-time MAC Player of the Year has verbally committed to join the Spartans’ volleyball program, according to the Beacon News. The Beacon News states Wicinski’s...

TAILS Humane Society, 2250 Barber Greene Road, will host its eleventh annual auction and dinner gala at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the Holmes Student Center Duke Ellington Ballroom.The event will provide critical funding for TAILS’ adoption program, according...

Two more school records helped NIU’s Janay Mitchell earn the MAC Women’s Track Athlete of the Week award, according to a press release. The conference announced Wednesday that Mitchell had earned the weekly honor for the second time this season. “It’s...

The 2012 Leadership Summit will be held at noon Thursday at Altgeld Hall Auditorium in celebration of Women’s History Month. Female executives and entrepreneurs present at the event will share how they climbed beyond the glass ceiling to become influential...

Last week, the DeKalb Police Department received over 30 complaints of Visa credit card fraud. DeKalb Police Lt. Gary Spangler said he wasn’t sure if Visa getting compromised was a wide-spread problem. However, Spangler said many people in the area...

The Women’s Resource Center invites everyone to attend a panel discussion on body image and eating disorder awareness Monday. The discussion will focus on topics related to body image, fashion, health and eating disorder awareness. Lee Ann Park, alumna...

Students can write and submit a brief to enter a drawing for a free Kindle Fire. The brief must be 500 words or less and be in the vein of essays from the This I Believe books. There will also be a This I Believe lecture from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. April 4...

Online registration for NIU Cares Day 2012 will be available until March 30. Participants will complete service projects across DeKalb and Sycamore as part of NIU Cares Day, April 14. Students with no team preference can sign up with Team NIU Cares. Registration...

NIU Forensics attended the Pi Kappa Delta Comprehensive National Tournament in Kansas over Spring Break. Member Chris Michels took fifth place in impromptu speaking and member Daria Skrzypczynski took fifth place in open parliamentary debate, according...