Luxury suites at the Convocation Center are one way to upgrade the viewing experience at athletic and other events. The arena is home to six suites, three of which are available to rent out for events. The other three suites are owned corporately by National...

The Southeast Asian Club, Center for Southeast Asian Studies and the Southeast Asian community will host a Southeast Asian culture night on Friday. Lyndy Worsham, vice president of the Southeast Asian Club, said the purpose of the organization is to promote...

Increasing enrollment and statements from the Illinois legislature were the major topics of discussion as the Higher Learning Commission gave NIU faculty the chance to offer feedback as part of the ongoing reaccreditation process at a meeting Monday night....

Transfer student applications hit a 10-year high last fall, prompting changes in the acceptable grade point average for transfers entering without an associate’s degree. All transfer students without an associate’s degree or 60 or more credits must...

A new bill that would increase funding for anti-drug advertising, while no longer allowing for pro-drug advertisement on public transportation, is drawing skepticism from drug alliance groups. Earlier this month, a provision approved by the U.S. House...

The music television station is bringing its Campus Invasion Tour to the Convocation Center on April 22. Hoobastank will headline the tour, and Lostprophets and IMA Robot will join the show. Hoobastank, the most well-known of the three bands, formed in...

NIU’s Campus Activities Board kicks off the spring semester with a high-caliber hardcore metal show at 7 p.m. today at the Holmes Student Center’s Diversions Lounge. The show will feature a diverse range of local rock bands. Headlining act Over and...

Miguel Campos, 21, of Chicago, was fired from his job at Cintas more than a year ago, and now he is taking the largest uniform provider in North America to court to prove he was fired for trying to join a union. Cintas, which employs about 27,000 people...

Two NIU students allegedly attacked their neighbor Monday morning after he asked them to quiet down. The incident occurred at about 2:30 a.m. Monday at 1120 Varsity Blvd. when the neighbors of Abraham and Adam Cotto, both 25, asked them to quiet down,...

Tia Stafford was crowned Miss Black NIU Queen Mother 2004 on Sunday evening at the S.I.S.T.E.R.S. organization’s 19th annual Miss Black NIU Afrikan Cultural Pageant. Contestants showed off talent and educated the audience about African culture. The...

Two graduate students and a professor were accidentally exposed to fluorine gas after a leak at about 11 a.m. Friday at Faraday West, Room 311. The leak resulted in the building and Normal Road being shut down for about two hours. One student suffered...

Students who plan to attend Tuesday’s job fair, held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Convocation Center, don’t have to be too nervous. The event is not much different from any type of career fair, including internship fairs, said Ron Short, director...