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MyNIU faces technical difficulties Tuesday

By Jessica Wells and Ryan Felgenhauer | January 17, 2012

Ryan FelgenhauerCity EditorDeKALB | Some NIU students experienced problems accessing their class schedules through MyNIU Tuesday.Walter Czerniak, associate vice president of Information Technology Services said this is a campus-wide problem, but individual...

Video games are just another example of our overreliance on the Internet

Video games are just another example of our overreliance on the Internet

By David Thomas | April 25, 2011

I believe video games have become too reliant on the Internet. Don't get me wrong; I love what Al Gore has invented, and what it has done for video games. Between online matchmaking, downloadable content (DLC) packs, chatting with friends and using online...