NIU’s College of Business will face the challenge of a 2 percent university-wide budget reduction for the next fiscal year and a 50 percent increase in freshmen enrollment in the college. David Graf, dean of the College of Business, said he is concerned...

Because April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Miranda Wumkes, a senior visual communication major, decided to use her senior project as a way to express her views on rape and the consequences that follow. "I chose rape as my topic because I think that...

Discussions about NIU’s tuition rates for next year will begin later this month, said Eddie Williams, executive vice president of Finance and Facilities. School officials have said tuition rates are not likely to improve for students next year. NIU’s...

For gamers in the NIU Computer Gaming League, weekends don’t involve bar-hopping. NIUCGL members spend many Saturdays playing video games for 16 hours at what they call LAN parties. Mike Taveirne, co-founder and original president of the NIUCGL, started...

NIU cheerleaders put their crowd work, tumbling and dance skills to the test at the National Cheerleaders Association College National Championships on April 1 and 2 in Daytona Beach, Fla., placing eighth overall. The cheerleaders qualified within the...

The first of two candidates for the position of vice president of Student Affairs, Connie Foley, arrived on campus Tuesday and will meet with students, faculty and staff in an open session today. From 11 a.m. to noon, anyone is invited to the Holmes Student...

A new K-5 school will open in the old Malta High School building this fall as part of NIU’s P-20 education initiative. The P-20 initiative works with educators from the elementary, middle and high school levels to integrate parts of the education system....

The University of Tennessee Search Advisory Council pared the list of 47 potential presidents to 12 on Monday, and NIU President John Peters made the cut. The 12 people left on the presidential search list will be brought to Knoxville to interview with...

Singer Gregory Douglass will perform at 7 p.m. today at the Holmes Student Center’s Diversions Lounge as part of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Awareness Month programs. Douglass performed last year and looks forward to his second appearance...

While sand and sun were not in short supply for Manny Hernandez, Spring Break was anything but a vacation. As a member of Potters for Peace, a charity organization dedicated to aiding underdeveloped areas through ceramic production, Hernandez, an associate...

Ada Hetland, an administrative secretary in the School of Nursing, will retire May 31 after working at NIU for almost 34 years. "I have enjoyed working with the faculty, staff and students," Hetland said. One of her favorite NIU memories is watching nursing...

Editor’s note: This is part of a series that will examine the kind of news reported by the Northern Star through the decades. "Yesterday, the rumble, creak and plod of cart and oxen. To-day and to-morrow the zoom of airplanes," stated a General Electric...