If there is one thing that we can learn from "Chasing Liberty", it's that presidents should not be allowed to have children. Imagine President Bush — dealing with the constant threats of terrorism, war in Iraq and a jobless economy — picking up the...

Goodbye, Cosmo. Hello, Weekender. Perhaps this was the thought going through the mind of pop star Mandy Moore when she sat down with me in her posh, 20th floor suite at the Ritz Carlton hotel in Chicago. Either that, or, "When's lunch?" Many of my male...

NIU students and others aspiring to become lawyers have to put in work in the classroom before they can make it to the courtroom. The college of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ Office of External Programs aids students and community members by offering review...

It is 4,717.52 feet from the front door of Barsema Hall to the front door of DuSable Hall - if you take sidewalks and roads. It’s a mere 3,505.24 feet if you fly. Or so says NIU’s new interactive Web map. The new campus Web map, launched this week,...

It won’t get a conventional report card with a grade point average, but NIU will be graded in February. Every 10 years, NIU must be evaluated by the Higher Learning Commission in order to retain accreditation. The appraisal is comprised of two parts:...

Despite failure to meet quorum, the Student Association Finance Committee made recommendations to deny a budget request for supplemental funding for the Muslim Student Association. The committee didn’t have enough people to meet requirements to vote...

According to the American Council on Education, an average of 47,000 college students are denied financial aid by the Higher Education Act. The act, which was established in 1968 to increase educational opportunities by offering federal grants and loans,...

Philosophy and engineering normally aren’t associated with each other, but that didn’t stop Vinod Lakshmipathy from receiving recognition in the former, despite a background in the latter. The department of philosophy awarded Lakshmipathy the C. Mason...

DeKalb’s Fannie May candy store will be one of the company’s 228 stores that will close by mid-February if a buyer for the company is not found. Archibald Candy Corporation announced it will begin closing its Fannie May and Fannie Farmer stores after...

Featured everywhere from race cars to Corn Flakes boxes, acclaimed country group Brooks and Dunn is set to play at the Convocation Center on Feb. 20 as part of its Red Dirt Road Tour. Known for its 18 No. 1 hits, 22 million albums sold, a race car sponsorship...

Although Campus Parking Services brought in $865,244 last year from parking ticket violations, revenue is down $76,326 for 2004. In December 2002, revenue was at $380,146. So far this year, revenue is at $303,820. Ron Pearson, coordinator of parking and...

Bowl For Kids’ Sake will hold a fundraiser to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of DeKalb. The fundraiser is sponsored by DeKalb County’s Family Service Agency. Event coordinator Katie Davis said groups of individuals, organizations, faculty, staff...