Like it or not, the ’80s are back! In popular music and fashion, the ’80s have brought back some good, bad and just plain ugly trends. It is impossible to avoid the wave of nostalgia sweeping today’s culture. However, the return of neon colors in...

Sigma Lambda Sigma sorority raised $200 and gathered two carloads of food to donate to Hope Haven, 1145 Rushmoore Drive, Thursday night as part of its “Homeless for a Night” fundraiser. Delta Chi and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternities also helped with...

An NIU professor is teaching visiting doctors from the Democratic Republic of the Congo effective methods for preventing and combating HIV and AIDS. Ngoyi K. Zacharie Bukonda, associate professor in NIU’s College of Health and Human Sciences, received...

Looking for advice on how to be on MTV’s “The Real World”? Ask the Philadelphia season’s castmates, Landon and Sarah, who visited Bar One Thursday night. “Be yourself,” said Landon. “The casting directors will see right through you.” Landon...

The Student Association moved a draft of the new Campus Activities Board constitution to committee to seek more input from students and faculty at the SA Senate meeting Sunday. Shaun Crisler, chairman of the CAB constitution commission, told the SA Senate...

Nestled between two large bushes and behind a twisted tree sits a worn, old bench. Names and initials of forgotten couples are etched on its stone surface. Litter and cigarette butts clutter its base, and the wording across the front, “Fred L. Charles...

To combat modern myths that Christians are boring or the Bible’s teachings do not apply to today, Heartland:PM promises to bring students a new meaning to Christianity. Students can expect to experience a new and exciting presentment of Christianity,...

The swimming pool in Gabel Hall sprung a leak Thursday, leaving the Learning Center more than a little soggy. Around 8:30 a.m., Terri Slone, departmental secretary for the Learning Center, noticed that something did not sound right. “I was in my office...

More than 250 international students are expected to attend the 16th annual Thanksgiving dinner at the NIU Newman Catholic Student Center today. Most people have a place to go for Thanksgiving, but international students don’t, said Father Michael Black,...

NIU’s Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center will continue its monthly FacDev Friday program with a discussion of online course components from noon to 1 p.m. today in Altgeld Hall, Room 100. Faculty are invited to share their thoughts...

Preparations for the 85th issue of NIU’s literary magazine The Towers are already in progress, even though it will not be published until spring of 2005. Students who wish to submit work to the magazine may do so until January. The magazine staff accepts...

As of Thursday morning, 780 NIU employees had yet to complete their required ethics training, which was mandated by the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Employees who had not completed the training were issued pamphlets to read to assure they...