If NIU doesn’t want students to leave on weekends, then it needs to give students a reason to stay. NIU has a well-known reputation as a “suitcase” or “backpack” school – a university that is comprised of students that come to campus for the school week and go home on weekends. Being a “suitcase” school.
DeKALB – NIU’s plans to start construction of its Greek Life Center in the Annie Glidden neighborhood near Greek Row will be extended to March while the project awaits funding. The NIU Foundation does not have the funds to build the center, but the foundation announced at the July 10 DeKalb City Council meeting that.
DeKalb mayor and Democrat Cohen Barnes announced Friday he’ll seek office in 2024 as the next State Representative for the 76th Illinois House District, currently held by Democrat Lance Yednock who won’t seek reelection.
DeKALB – DeKalb residents are being encouraged to paint the town red, blue, yellow, green and whatever colors they want. Part of the DeKalb Public Art Initiative, Paint-a-Plug is a program that lets any citizen, organization or business create a design for any fire hydrant in DeKalb and paint it. Funding for this program as.
DeKALB – The building of a fourth fire station in DeKalb is in motion with plans to potentially break ground by spring 2024. Collaborations between the DeKalb City Council and the DeKalb Fire Department have gone into the timely approval of a fourth station to be built in the southwest quadrant of the city at.