Published on Thursday, August 21, 2008

Ten myths about NIU and DeKalb

By GILES BRUCE

1. Gas is cheap here.

2. Beer pong is an officially recognized sport at NIU.

3. The Holmes Student Center is a barn.

4. “Don’t drink the water!”

5. Residents commute to work by crop duster.

6. There used to be a horse slaughterhouse here. Oh, wait...

7. Those “bitter” people Barack Obama was talking about live here.

8. DeKalb is in Iowa.

9. Corn is used as currency.

10. NIU is a football school (Sorry guys.)