Northern Illinois University

'It's Complicated' is no answer to gun violence, newspaper says

2012-12-22 12:07:00

In the wake of the deadly school shootings in Newtown, Conn., a newspaper publisher on the other side of the country — in Idaho of all places, where gun ownership is up there with life and liberty as a solemn human right — found himself with a...

Rankings of online college and graduate programs released

2013-01-14 21:04:03

Stress in trauma's wake: Genes play a major role

2011-09-06 11:35:00

Ten years after terrorists�hijacked four American jetliners and killed nearly 3,000 people, there's�growing evidence that�people with a previous history of depression, or who have been traumatized before, are far more vulnerable to developing post-...

Study: Facebook profile beats IQ test in predicting job performance

2012-02-22 12:54:00

Can a person's Facebook profile reveal what kind of employee he or she might be? The answer is yes, and with unnerving accuracy, according to a new paper published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology. And if you are smugly thinking to yourself,...

The Internet: Americans have gone from loving a good deal to loving a good steal

2011-03-24 16:35:37

PASSINGS: Justin Mentell, Jack Brisco, Barry Blitzer

2010-02-03 00:00:00

Justin Mentell 'Boston Legal' cast member Justin Mentell, 27, an actor who appeared on the TV show "Boston Legal," was killed Monday in an SUV crash in Wisconsin. The Iowa County Sheriff's Department said Mentell was killed when his SUV went down an...

James Monroe: A president for his time, not ours

2009-10-20 16:37:00

In his Oct. 15 Op-Ed article, "James Monroe, a president for our times?," Harlow Giles Unger offers an enthusiastic portrait of the fifth president's two terms in office from 1817-25, giving him much credit for the New Deal-like programs that helped end...

2009-10-02 11:32:19

++++++++++++++++++++ || || Bill Nagel Executive Vice President, Business Services || ++++++++++++++++++++ Bill Nagel joined the Los Angeles Times as Executive Vice President, Business Services in July 2009. In this role, Nagel is responsible for growing...

'Prayers' just won't do

2008-02-16 00:00:00

It's been a particularly grim and bloody month on one of the world's great killing fields -- the United States of America. On Friday, Los Angeles paused for the largest police funeral in its history when it buried Officer Randal Simmons, a 51-year-old...

Tragedy, time and again

2008-02-16 00:00:00

LITTLETON, COLO. -- I cried a long time on my hotel bed that night, thinking about their faces. So many children -- 14, 15, 16 years old -- drawn tight with grief and exhaustion. It was Tuesday, April 20, 1999, and two boys had just killed 12...

Student: 'All I saw was the flash of shooting'

2008-02-14 15:13:00

Jillian Martinez, a Northern Illinois University freshman from Carpentersville, said she was sitting at the back of the Cole Hall auditorium in an ocean science class when the gunman entered the room about 3 p.m.. "There's this door in the lecture hall...

Northern Illinois University shooting leaves 6 dead, 16 wounded

2008-02-14 22:35:00

A gunman dressed in black stormed into an oceanography class at Northern Illinois University Thursday afternoon and opened fire with a shotgun and two handguns, killing five students and wounding 16 more in a matter of seconds. Then, still on stage, he...

The Palatine-based law firm of Lavelle Law Ltd has hired Jen�t Peque�oas an attorney for its family law practice group. A graduate of Northern Illinois University and the University of Miami School of Law, Peque�o has taken on a full case load since joining the firm last month.

2013-04-22 11:31:00

Northern Illinois University College of Law Dean Jennifer Rosato was honored with a 2013 Vanguard Award from the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois. The Vanguard Award recognizes lawyers, judges and institutions who champion diversity.

2013-04-22 00:00:00

Nick Jones, 22, a Geography major at Northern Illinois University shakes his stuff during the Hot Body contest at the Howard Johnson on A1A in Fort Lauderdale. Jones won the contest, and a free $100 bar tab.

2013-03-11 00:00:00