Monday, Jan. 21, is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday that closes schools and other government offices. But several groups on campus are working to make sure that the annual commemoration of the famed civil rights leader’s birthday is not just a day off but a call to action. From Tuesday, Jan. 22,...

Tickets are now on sale for the annual Northern Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame Banquet, which will be held at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22, in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of NIU’s Holmes Student Center.  Open to all, tickets to the banquet are $50 each or $35 for past inductees. The historic night will begin with a social...