After 23 years, NIU will say farewell to Athletic Director Cary Groth with an open house at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Stratford Inn, 355 W. State St., Sycamore. Groth is leaving the university for a position at the University of Nevada-Reno. All members...

The NIU anthropology museum reopened with an exhibit of modern paintings and traditional artifacts from Africa after a two-year renovation. "African Dialogues" compares modern paintings from the Democratic Republic of Congo with traditional Congolese...

The "Vagina Seminar: Re-imaging Women’s Bodies" will answer all the questions you are afraid to ask. The seminar will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday at DuSable Hall, Room 204. It is a time for women to receive frank and accurate information about biology...

Scientists may have discovered the solar system’s most distant object, more than three times farther away from the Earth than Pluto. The object, about 8 billion kilometers from Earth, has been given the provisional name of Sedna, after the Inuit goddess...

To most of the population, March represents the beginning of spring and the end of winter. But to the sports community, March signifies the climax of the college basketball season with the NCAA tournament’s Final Four. A key ingredient to enjoying the...

The committee appointed by NIU President John Peters to investigate an alleged NIU football recruitment party met with Peters on Monday to report its findings. George Shur, chairman of the committee and former general counsel, said the committee concluded...

Nude modeling and handing out condoms on campus are among the less-common university jobs for students. David Lasley, a freshman fine arts major, is a nude model who works for the art department. The job requires models to pose completely nude and still...

Groups looking to protest on campus need more than an issue and a few hand-painted signs. University policy requires groups or individuals to follow guidelines about time, place and manner, or risk penalties. The guidelines are set so people don’t interrupt...

The University of Tennessee system is looking for a new president, and NIU President John Peters is on the list of presidential nominations. The list includes people who have been nominated for the position but neither have accepted nor declined the nomination....

NIU will receive $1.7 million for building improvements of a possible $30 million Gov. Rod Blagojevich has recommended for the Capital Renewal Program during the next fiscal year. Blagojevich’s plan, which was revealed on March 23, allows the $1.7 million...

A student organization that wants to bring more diverse entertainment to campus sparked debate about its possible role on campus among Student Association senators when it came up for recognition at Sunday’s senate meeting. On-Point Entertainment, a...

NIU students and Greek community members participated in a swim meet and lip-syncing contest as they competed in the conclusion of Delta Gamma’s 23rd annual Anchor Splash events Sunday. The weeklong competition was a fundraiser for the chapter’s philanthropy...