University Police arrested three suspects after a spree of car burglaries early Thursday morning in the parking lots of NIU's west campus. UP apprehended the suspects just before 3 a.m. Thursday and the suspects were taken to the DeKalb County Jail. Anthony...

Former Student Association Senate Speaker Michael LaPidus confirmed on Monday the authenticity of the 1998 SA bill to amend the bylaws to make the SA subject to the Illinois Open Meetings Act. LaPidus, co-author of the bill, said his original intention...

The Student Association is subject to the Illinois Open Meetings Act, according to a 5-year-old SA bill; however, SA executives question the validity of the bill. The Northern Star obtained a copy of a bill, dated Nov. 1, 1998, which amends the SA bylaws...

For some NIU students living in the residence halls, creative efforts dedicated to beautifying their rooms have translated into fame and fortune. This is the first time RHA has shown recognition for the students' time and creativity spent in making a...

Both NIU and Western Michigan knew it was going to be a close finish. With identical MAC records heading into the final conference meet of the year, both women's tennis teams needed a win to grab the No. 3 seed in next week's MAC Tournament. The meet...

With the NIU baseball team's first win in Sunday's doubleheader, the Huskies reached 20 wins quicker than any other Huskie team since the program was reinstated in 1991. This marks the first time the Huskies have had 20 or more wins in four consecutive...

The NIU softball team managed one victory over the top team in the MAC, Marshall, this weekend at Mary Bell Field. The Huskies (17-17, 7-5 MAC) won the first game of the double header on Friday with a final of 3-1. They lost the nightcap 5-3 and Saturday...

Each of NIU's 37 Greek chapters has until either today or Tuesday to submit the mandatory accreditation application to the Office of Greek Affairs. As of press time, the activities adviser for Greek Affairs, Chris Juhl, had not decided which day the applications...

Today the celebration begins to mark this week as Administrative Professionals Week. The previous title of this celebration was Professional Secretaries Week, but it still is a tradition that celebrates the contributions in the workplace that all of these...

The NIU baseball team welcomes MAC rival Bowling Green for a four-game series starting 3 p.m. today at Ralph McKinzie Field. Junior third baseman Rob Marconi, who leads the team in home runs with eight and RBIs with 18, hopes to lead the Huskies (18-12,...

There aren't many games where the final score means absolutely nothing. On Thursday night at Huskie Stadium, that rule applied as the NIU No. 1 starters beat the No. 2 squad 34-0 in the Spring Intra-squad Football Game. NIU's No. 1 squad managed 389 yards...

Three NIU graduates have turned a Chicago-based business development firm into their own version of DeKalb. Alumni Vinay Mullick, David Spoeher and David O'Connor are the driving forces behind Monroestar, a business development firm that specializes in...