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Organizations promote awareness of high-priced textbooks

By Ross Hettel | September 15, 2011

Two larger-than-life textbooks - one a superhero and one a fat-cat executive - will take over from 3 to 5 p.m. today at the MLK Commons.The two are costumed characters from Textbook Rebellion, a collection of organizations working to promote awareness...

NIU administrators remember Sept. 11 ten years later

By Ross Hettel | September 11, 2011

Ten years ago, the attacks on the World Trade Center changed the world drastically, and the effects were felt over 800 miles away at NIU. Angie Dreessen, director of Off-Campus and Non-Traditional Student Services, was a Grant Residence Hall Director...

Unclaimed items on NIU Police auction block

By Ross Hettel | September 8, 2011

Bicylces, jewelry, iPods and books are going on the auction block Sunday morning at the east side of the Huskie football stadium. Once every semester, the NIU Police Department holds an auction of lost and found items that haven't been claimed after a...

Kevin Hamilton, senior computer science major, recently revived
a subreddit forum for NIU through the website reddit.com.

Student revives forum for NIU through reddit.com

By Ross Hettel | September 5, 2011

DeKALB | NIU has a budding online community in its midst - and no, it’s not Facebook. A user-driven, social news website called Reddit hosts an NIU-specific forum, otherwise known as a subreddit. With 53 student members as of press time, the website...

NIU scores high on drug policy reform

NIU scores high on drug policy reform

By Ross Hettel | August 31, 2011

NIU was named the number one college for drug policy activism in the nation, according to the October 2011 issue of High Times. High Times is a magazine focusing on marijuana and the surrounding lifestyle and drug policy issues. The ranking was given...

Warm weather could bring out schemes, scams and criminal suspects

By Dave Gong | July 25, 2011

DeKALB | As the summer months get warmer, door-to-door scams become more frequent, according to a press release from the DeKalb Police Department.According to the release, one type of scam is known as home repair fraud, in which a suspect approaches the...