Playing the guitar like a rock star no longer requires hours of practice and painful callouses. The video game "Guitar Hero" lets users play a variety of songs without the practice a real instrument requires. Josh Pickle, a sophomore elementary education...

A sugar sweetener offered in campus dining halls contains ingredients that may cause cancer. Sugar Twin, a sugar alternative, contains 3.68 percent of saccharin, which has been determined to cause cancer in laboratory animals. Saccharin is an artificial...

DeKALB | Courtland L. Bohn, an NIU physics professor, died Sunday, April 1. He was 53. "This is a major loss for NIU," NIU President John Peters said in a press release. "In his five years at NIU, Court made a significant contribution to our physics program....

As the spring semester winds down, the summer semester is approaching, which makes it a good time to apply for financial aid. For last year's summer semester, more than 2000 students applied for financial aid, officials said. "Students have until a week...

NIU Housing and Dining is now allowing anyone who has a valid NIU meal plan to eat in Neptune's dining hall. Before the change took effect, the only students who could eat lunch at Neptune were students who had a valid meal plan and lived in Neptune....

Though the total number of NIU journalism faculty members has dwindled, student concerns could be unfounded. In December, two journalism professors, Dale Zacher and wife Yu-Li Chang-Zacher, left NIU. A third professor will leave at the end of the summer...

Construction of NIU's cancer treatment facility is on the horizon. In 2006, the Board of Trustees approved the request to begin the planning and evaluation of necessary equipment needed for the proton therapy treatment center. The federal government has...

Tenure not only estimates a professor's experience and qualification, but also ensures job security. "Tenure protects a professor's academic freedom," said John Wolfskill, associate professor for the Department of Mathematical Sciences. Appointing faculty...

DeKALB | Watches are so last century. As technology continues to make remarkable strides, watches are slowly but surely being replaced by the essential tool of the college student: cell phones. With cell phones now capable of telling time, taking photographs,...

DeKALB | April marks the celebration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Awareness Month at NIU, which will begin with the third annual Ally Awards Reception today. NIU's LGBT Awareness Month began in 1980 when the student-run Gay Community Organization...

DeKALB | Sunday night, Student Association and Campus Activities Board election commisssioner Erick Brenes was appointed to the senate without debate. The enthusiastic election commissioner produced a short film, "The Purple Elephant in the Room," which...

DeKALB | The NIU Board of Trustees voted last week to increase student fees by 5.55 percent for the fall semester. Undergraduate students enrolled in 12 or more hours will pay $1119.44 - almost $60 more - next semester. Given the amount they'll have to...