As many Americans this December debated whether or not to say, "Merry Christmas," versus, "Happy Holidays," the U.S. Congress spent the season debating a deficit-reduction bill. The bill will reduce the number of student loans available and also will...

Students apprehensive about Campus Parking Services’ semester rush can rest easy as some renovations made over winter break now make the service lobby more accessible. A leaking roof, fixed in October, led to renovations and routine maintenance of the...

Ever since Michael Ippolito was a child, he wanted to be in the military. Now, the 22-year-old NIU student has been a part of the U.S. Army since he was 17 and has been stationed in Iraq for six months. He’s been away from his family for 11 months....

Fifteen Northern Star editors sat down Sunday evening to determine what we considered to be the top ten news stories of this past semester. What started as a list of 17 stories slowly (and painfully) was whittled down to the final ten that you see here....

With finals starting today, NIU students who believe an instructor graded them unfairly have an opportunity to appeal their grade. According to the NIU Academic Policies and Procedures Manual, students may appeal grades if they feel the grade they were...

For some students, finals are a looming threat to their sanity, grade point averages and stress levels. Keeping this in mind, various NIU tutoring, multimedia and mentoring centers offer finals assistance to NIU students. Ian Rogerson, a junior applied...

The Dual Admissions Program has 474 active students who are admitted to NIU while attending one of 18 participating Illinois community colleges or are enrolled in courses at their community college and NIU. Students can apply today for a future term while...

Students may begin purchasing parking permits for the 2006 spring semester Monday. While there is no limit on the number of yellow or brown permits sold, there is a limit on the number of orange permits available to those living in the residence halls....

The NIU Faculty Senate discussed the criteria for the new provost when it met in the ballroom of the Barsema Alumni and Visitors Center Wednesday. The search for a new provost began when current Provost Ivan Legg announced earlier this semester he would...

For the past seven years, musical ensembles have come together for an annual concert of holiday celebration. The celebration and tradition of choral masterworks in support of the holiday season will continue at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Convocation Center,...

Board of Trustees members approved new parking measures for lots W, X and 20 Thursday morning. Lots W and X are the gravel lots located by Grant Towers and Lot 20 is the faculty and commuter student lot by Chick Evans Field House, across from the Neptune...

Officer Joseph Hodder has been a police officer for 30 years, all but 10 of which have been at NIU and the most recent of which he spent as the handler for Kazan, NIU’s resident explosives-detecting canine officer. Kazan, which means "Prince" in Czech,...