At least once in their academic lives, students have had a class in DuSable Hall. Many, however, do not know this is a building named for an African-French trader who aided in the Revolutionary War. “DuSable Hall was named after Jean Baptiste Paul Dessables,”...

Both NIU and DAYGLOW felt financial ramifications after a Feb. 25 Convocation Center performance was canceled. DAYGLOW stands to lose over $100,000 in ticket sales and NIU stands to lose up to $22,305 in box office, licensing and labor fees due to the...

Some 3,500 people who purchased tickets Saturday’s Convocation Center performance were forced to change plans. The Convocation Center announced Thursday that DAYGLOW was canceled due to “facility production concerns.” DAYGLOW, the self-proclaimed...

NIU graduate school enrollment was lower than in years past toward the end of 2011. As of December 2011, enrollment was at 5,365, said Paul Palian, director of media and public relations, in an email. For the 2010 end semester count, enrollment was at...

"I have a strict policy about texting," said a history professor said in a YouTube video as he took the texting student's cell phone, broke it in half and dropped it in a glass of water.After a minute or so, the clearly irritated student packed his bags...

Tuesday marks the first day in almost four years the rooms of Cole Hall will host classes. The plan for the Cole Hall renovation started in March 2010. Workers were still there Friday, working on the finishing touches. According to a fact sheet provided...

While some students feel the NIU text alert system is making progress, the Student Association University Services committee continues to look into the program.The committee was satisfied that text alerts were sent out after the shooting death of Steven...

UPDATE: 1:45 p.m. Wednesday DeKalb Police have arrested a suspect in the early-morning slaying of NIU student Steven Agee. Chaz Thrailkill, 19, of Markham, Ill., was arrested at 10:42 a.m. in the 1100 block of Varsity Boulevard, Chief Bill Feithen said...