The Convocation Center announced Saturday the country music duo Brooks & Dunn will return to play the arena April 30. Brooks & Dunn last played the Convo in January 2004. The duo’s 2004 appearance represented the first concert sellout in the...

More than one-third of a $94,000 campus-wide mass e-mail information distribution system will come from the student-activity funded Student Association. The SA senate Sunday approved funding of $34,000 for the E-mail Announcement System for You information...

Students looking to travel and help others soon will be given the chance. The Peace Corps is holding an event from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the Stevenson Tower North smart classroom to explain current prospects the organization offers. Ken Surdin, regional...

This week a bomb dropped on what had been an otherwise uneventful period of wedding planning. From the beginning, Michael and I planned an adult reception. We did this for several reasons. First of all, we feel our guests will enjoy themselves more if...

A 21-year-old NIU student has been charged with attempted first degree murder following a stabbing early Saturday morning on Greek Row. DeKalb police said Matthew W. Bergquist, of DeKalb, was trying to gain entry into a party at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon...

NIU opened the doors of Altgeld Hall to Northern Star alumni Saturday night. NIU President John Peters gave the opening remarks at the ceremony and said the Star has done a great job of keeping the NIU community and students informed about NIU, DeKalb...

The NIU Southeast Asia Club, in partnership with several other campus offices and student organizations, held a Tsunami Relief Benefit last night. The Holmes Student Center, along with the Thai Pavilion and Cuisine of India, catered the event with authentic...

Vagina is a completely unsexy word. At least that was the opinion of one of the women portrayed in the the production of Eve Ensler’s "The Vagina Monologues" this weekend in Gabel Hall. The play, which is a part of the V-Day global campaign, is based...

NIU has officially suspended the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and placed an indefinite moratorium on all Greek houses following an altercation Saturday morning at the SAE house in which one person was stabbed by an NIU student. In an official statement...

About 600 high school and college students will gather in Wirtz Hall Saturday to take part in the TRIO Day celebrations going on across the state. TRIO is a program available for anyone who receives federal funding, including those with low-income, first-generation...

NIU students and faculty can renew their driver’s licenses, state IDs and purchase the annual vehicle stickers soon on campus. The Illinois Secretary of State’s office, in conjunction with Holmes Student Center administrators, will bring a state mobile...

NIU officials presented estimated start-up and yearly maintenance costs for a textbook rental program to the Illinois Board of Higher Education at a meeting last week. "Right now we are not doing anything except keeping IBHE informed," said vice provost...