About 300 students purchased tickets to the MAC championship football game in Detroit tonight. The game will be shown on ESPN, with kickoff at 6:30 p.m. The game also will be shown in the Holmes Student Center’s Carl Sandburg Auditorium starting at...

Between two winding staircases in the middle of Altgeld Hall’s main floor rests a blue and gray-tiled mosaic seal. The seal reads "NISNS" across the top - NIU’s original name, Northern Illinois State Normal School. In blue, along the bottom, is the...

On Thursday, Nov. 3, the first day of our investigation, we met at the Northern Star office and calculated our plan to infiltrate security. Soon after 10:45 p.m., we left the Campus Life Building and walked to Neptune North’s Lucinda Avenue entrance....

Whether students feel safe on campus depends on student and security expectations. Some students said their expectations of residence hall security are not being met because of a lack of both security enforcement and students following the rules. Residence...

Campus Activities Board president John Acardo announced Monday he will resign his position effective Jan. 13, 2006. Acardo has accepted a position as campaign manager for 43rd district State Representative Ruth Munson, who is up for re-election in fall...

NIU paid only $1.94 per gallon on gas this semester for its fleet of transportation vehicles because of a July 1, 2005 contract that provides the school with a lock-in rate for the 2006 fiscal year. This does not include fuel bought for the Huskie Bus...

When I heard "Sesame Street Live" was coming to DeKalb, I jumped at the chance to interview Mitchell Garrett, the man behind, or rather inside, Big Bird. Since my toddler years, I’ve had a weird fascination with that particular character, and I’ve...

Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity will host its fourth annual Hope Haven Christmas Party in the formal room of their fraternity house from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday. Phi Sigma Kappa will donate toys, board games and other assorted gifts to children based on their...

Every year, NIU accepts more students into the residence halls than there are rooms available. These overflow students are placed in temporary housing in the hotel at the Holmes Student Center until residence hall rooms are available. Joyce Johnson, supervisor...

There are many ideas about who and what are threats in today’s society. The true threat is creative people, said former NIU professor Tom Filsinger. Using the term "dark menace" to refer to creative people, Filsinger, now an associate professor of psychology...

Registration can be a source of frustration. While some may get classes they desire, others have registration nightmares. Ibukunoluwa Fasoranti, a junior computer science major, had a run-in with the permit system. Two of the classes he planned to take...

Nearly 600 students gathered in the Carl Sandburg Auditorium Monday night to meet "Viva La Bam" star Don Vito. The event was hosted by studentcity.com and the Huskies Den. It originally was planned to take place in the Huskies Den but was moved to the...