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Budget cuts lead to changes in Huskie bus routes, availability

By Kevin Steiger | January 17, 2013

Correction: Seth Peritz did not say, "Student credit hours went down and it affected our budget so we cut routes." Also, the 4R and 4L buses will continue to run the same route as in the fall 2012 previous semester because construction is ongoing at Grant...

Students board the Route 7 Huskie Bus at the Holmes Student Center.The route 7 bus has seen some changes to its route this year.

Huskie Bus seven route causing upset with students

By Gino Hernaiz | November 19, 2012

Christiana Salazar used to ride Huskie Bus route seven when it ran every half hour from the Holmes Student Center to Walmart last year. But now the bus route has changed for all the students who ride it. The pre-physical therapy major can now only reach...

DeKalb Masonic Order hosts Sunday pancake breakfasts

By Ian Gough | March 21, 2012

Readers of Dan Brown’s mystical action thrillers may think of Freemasons as robed figures, shrouded in mystery, solving ancient puzzles to save the world. In reality, Masonry is the world’s oldest fraternity, and it used to be a cornerstone of American...

NIU’s Masonic Order’s success in recruitment may lead to orders in more Ill. college towns

By Dan Matynowicz | November 9, 2011

NIU's Masonic Order upholds values like freedom, philanthropy, community service and brotherhood while providing a moral center for members. Erik Calmeyer, senior OMIS major, founded the organization in the Spring of 2010. Calmeyer said his goal was to...