An eight-person commission to rewrite the Campus Activities Board’s constitution met Monday in a closed meeting inside Student Association offices. Former SA President and commission chair Shaun Crisler denied the Northern Star access to cover the meeting...

The Residence Hall Association will sell off its members today to the highest bidder to raise money for charity. The RHA will hold its annual date auction at 10 p.m. in the Douglas Hall C/D cafeteria to raise money for Safe Passage, a local charity that...

At the start of every semester, echoes of a Beethoven funeral march haunt Gabel Hall. Randy Newsom pounds piano keys in Gabel Hall with a sly grin, playing the bleak melody to set the mood of the ballet class about to follow. And the semester to come....

They’re like “Saturday Night Live,” only smarter. That’s how the Late Night Players describe their act - and they’re bringing it to NIU at 7 p.m. today in the Carl Sandburg Auditorium. “It’s a sketch comedy group,” said Tiffany Gonzales,...

Alpha Phi Gamma sorority will hold their first annual Miss Asia Pageant at 7 p.m. tonight in the Duke Ellington Ballroom in the Holmes Student Center. “We have been working with this idea since the end of last year,” said Mary Zonca, a junior business...

NIU music professor William Goldenberg will present his Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar, “The Playful Touch: Developing the Whole Human Being Harmoniously in Community” at noon today in the Holmes Student Center’s Capitol Room. Goldenberg,...

The Illinois Community College Board has created a task force to explore changes in state statutes that could allow community colleges to offer baccalaureate degrees. Both the Illinois Board of Higher Education and the ICCB oppose changing the statutes...

Student Association President Craig Marcus announced SA Vice President Janet Rodriguez’s resignation at the SA senate meeting Sunday. Marcus read Rodriguez’s resignation letter, at the meeting. Rodriguez wrote that this semester has been one of her...

Two NIU psychology professors received a $1.5-million grant to develop an online test that could change how reading comprehension is assessed. Professors Keith Millis and Joe Magliano are developing the “Reading Strategy Assessment Tool,” which will...

The Convocation Center found a “stellar” turnout for Incubus Friday night. With the haze machines in full effect, the alt-metal quintet played a mix of music from its 13-year career but focused more on its last few albums, including 2004’s “A...

NIU will hold its sixth annual International Week this week, which helps students notice NIU’s culturally mixed community through various programs. This is the second year NIU has held its International Week at the same time as universities across the...

The most difficult part of confronting suicidal people is asking them if they are going to kill themselves. This is what Peter Gutierrez, assistant chair in psychology, who has a speciality in adolescent suicide risk prediction and prevention, tells people...