Dozens of NIU athletes and community members gathered outside Huskie Stadium on Thursday afternoon to participate in the first PAWS Cancer Walk to raise money for the American Cancer Society. PAWS, Providing Athletes With Support, raised more than $8,000...

Sigma Lambda Sigma will hold its first Battle of the Bands at noon Sunday at its sorority house, 908 Greenbrier Road. Seven groups will compete in the event, including NIU student bands Solister and Superstring. Any Minute Now, a high school band from...

NIU students, faculty members and alumni will get their drag on Saturday. The eighth annual Gay Jam, which begins at 7 p.m. at the Holmes Student Center’s Diversions Lounge, will feature comedy acts, dancers and performers dressed as the opposite sex....

There. He said it: He’s Rick James. So are about a dozen loud crowd hecklers. Thursday night at a sell-out Convocation Center crowd, comedian Dave Chappelle buried his hecklers and said masturbation will slip most college students out of trouble. "It’s...

Learning always is the secret for rewards, said James Giles, an NIU English professor who is one of three professors being honored with the 2004 Presidential Teaching Professorship Award. Giles teaches American literature to both undergraduate and graduate...

Having passion for what you do, staying current and having respect for your students are some of the qualities Rick Ridnour said he thinks a good teacher should have. Ridnour has been teaching full time in the NIU marketing department since 1990 and was...

NIU will bring the "Global Matrix: An International Printmaking Exhibition" to its gallery in Chicago. The exhibition will run Saturday through May 29 and will feature artwork from more than 67 artists from 19 countries. The art pieces were chosen from...

Phi Sigma Kappa will co-host its second annual Greek Row cleanup this year with Sigma Kappa at 11 a.m. Saturday. Members of the Greek community and local government and university officials will meet at the north lot of Campus Cinemas on Saturday morning...

Three NIU football players turned themselves in to University Police on Wednesday after police issued warrants for their arrests. Chris Acevedo, 19, of Lyons; Jonathan Hedges, 19, of Rockford; and Kevin Serfort, 18, of Oak Creek, Wis.; each face 11 counts...

Melvin Terrell, a candidate for the NIU vice president of Student Affairs, explained at Thursday’s open session why he is a "champion for students." About 45 faculty and staff members and students attended the session. "It’s an honor to have the opportunity...

NIU President John Peters will not continue in the search for the University of Tennessee president. "I’m relieved, to say the truth. It’s been very difficult," Peters said in an interview with the Northern Star on Thursday. The UT Search Advisory...

Remember when the Weekender thought it was going to interview Dave Chappelle and give the readers a chance to ask him one question? And the person with the best question would have his or her submission picked by Chappelle to sit in the front row? Unfortunately,...