NIU’s budget crunch might sting just a bit more if proposed state legislation passes. A new bill being negotiated by the Illinois General Assembly, which may become a new state law in 2009, would greatly restrict the sale of soft drinks to students...

Filipino nationals are set to call NIU home during the next few weeks. The students and adult leaders will be taking part in a program that will introduce them to American institutions that promote tolerance and expose them to the religious and ethnic...

Editor’s note: This is the second story in a three-part series featuring NIU’s Campus Parking Services. The final part will appear in Thursday’s paper. Nothing quite ruins a day like a little pink envelope under the windshield wiper. Campus Parking...

The NIU Paintball Club will compete in the collegiate national paintball tournament for the second consecutive year on April 16 and 17 at Disney World in Orlando, Fla. The competition will be held at the Wide World of Sports Complex, where teams will...

Delta Zeta sorority raised about $5,300 for Gallaudet University and the National Center for Hearing Assessment Management Tuesday night at its philanthropy, Dream Man and Greek Goddess 2005. Brad Sweet, a Sigma Phi Epsilon member and Megan Knight, a...

International debaters Dan Cristea and Mladen Petkov may not remember where they flew from every time they get off a plane, but they do know international politics. Cristea and Petkov, who are exhaustively touring 15 American universities, recently lost...

Ilyasah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X, challenged NIU students’ knowledge of Malcom’s ancestral history during her speech Wednesday night. The 12th Annual African American Leadership Conference welcomed Shabazz in addition to many other speakers...

King Memorial Commons will host plenty of noisy traffic today, but in the midst of the commotion, one group will be silent. In recognition of The National Day of Silence, participants from groups such as Prism will silently pass out stickers explaining...

Renovations for the Holmes Student Center are at the top of the new HSC Director Mitchell Kielb’s future plans in his new position. "It’s the first impression anyone has of NIU," Kielb said. "It’s sort of the front door to the university." Built...

The discussion Monday night at the Holmes Student Center Capitol Room was based on the work of Kate Bornstein, author of "My Gender Workbook." Margie Cook, director of the LGBT Resource Center, and Jay Wartenberg, a senior English major, led the workshop....

Delta Zeta sorority will host its Dream Man and Greek Goddess competition at 7 p.m. today in the Holmes Student Center’s Carl Sandburg Auditorium. As the Dee Zee’s 10th annual philanthropy, all money raised will go to Gallaudet University, the only...

The Campus Parking Committee approved a price increase for parking permits for the 2005-2006 academic year in January, the first increase in six years. Norm Jenkins, a Campus Parking Committee member, said it was time for an increase because of inflation....