SPRINGFIELD -- Facing a $5 billion deficit, Gov. Rod Blagojevich today proposed a smaller budget balanced with a patchwork of spending cuts, higher taxes and fees and short-term fixes that include selling the state's Chicago headquarters. Blagojevich,...

There are a plethora of activities celebrated during April, including Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Month events. Renowned author and scholar John D'Emilio will speak about gay history during today's lecture. What makes D'Emilio's presentation...

The NIU baseball team has been playing hot, winning 11 of 13 games, but the weather has been anything but pleasant. "If this were Greenland I'd say it's beautiful," NIU coach Ed Mathey said of the recent weather. The Huskies (15-9) are ‘supposed' to...

NIU first baseman Mike Hochhauser will miss about two weeks because of a right index finger that was torn open. Hochhauser had his finger caught in a closet door which was slammed closed last Wednesday night. "It was pretty bad," Hochhauser said. "The...

Greek Row still may look the same; however, unseen changes are in the works to create a home for the ladies of service sorority Sigma Lambda Sigma. Behind the beer-stained doors of the former Delta Chi house, 908 Greenbrier Road, lies a work in progress...

Baseball is America's pastime, but college baseball loses its luster. It's nothing against the program here at NIU, it's just that on May 9 when school ends, all the students will go home and forget all about how good or bad the team is doing. The student...

There are more than 45,000 Americans in need of organ donations, according to the Organ Donations Registry. About 320 people who registered for transplants died while waiting in 2001 in Illinois, according to the Organ and Tissue Donation Network. Thanks...

Yolanda Walton, a sophomore English education major who has lived in the residence halls for two years was unable to get a room for next year when she went to sign up. "I was really upset because I didn't know where to live, and they told me to go find...

Students and their siblings are invited by the Residence Hall Association to a weekend filled with fun, frolic and free prizes. "The best thing [for a kid] is coming to see visit your big brother or sister," said Sarah Cooper, public relations officer...

IU students, administrators and departments have united - all in the name of the squirrel. Community members have decorated about 50 plaster-cast squirrels provided by Ars Nova, a student-run art organization established more than 30 years ago. The collective...

Shaun Crisler knew you would read this article about his climb to become the Student Association president when he first arrived at NIU in 1998. He just didn't know how to make it happen. However, through a combination of hard work, charisma and voting...

Today, members of the faculty and staff of the university, as well as students, will gather and celebrate in honor of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Awareness Month. The Presidential Commission on Sexual Orientation is hosting its annual spring...