A brick of noodles, a pot of boiling water and thou. In high school, ramen was a mysterious food for most of us, strangely foreign, undoubtedly tasty and completely out of our regular meals. Of course, when a person goes to college, suddenly everyone...

NIU's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Awareness resource center will welcome author Alice Y. Hom to help kick off LGBT Awareness Month today. April is celebrated as LGBT Awareness Month each year in honor of the anniversary of NIU's student LGBT and...

One young couple was taken by surprise Sunday when the mood struck and Marianne Boeler and Josh Westington found themselves without a condom. "I never thought this could happen to us," said Boeler, a junior English major. Westington, a junior visual communication...

While hate crimes against Middle Eastern people may have occurred in a few communities in the United States since the war with Iraq, NIU remains a safe environment. "Most of the people around us are educated; students know that you can't blame a group...

"The Boondocks" cartoonist Aaron McGruderwill address racial issues at 10 a.m. today in the Holmes Student Center's Carl Sandburg Auditorium. The event, sponsored by the Center for Black Studies, will mark the end of NIU's 10th annual African-American...

Asa Hillard believes that for African Americans to be strong, they must first learn their history. The professor from Georgia State University spoke about African history and leadership last night in the Holmes Student Center's Duke Ellington Ballroom....

Polka wizards The Karate Hamsters recently announced that NIU's Convocation Center will be a stop on its spring tour. The show will take place at 7 p.m. on April 31. It's the fourth show of its 294-date tour, which is expected to end sometime in 2005....

"Basic" couldn't have a better title. The film is just that: basic. I suppose it could be called "Just Basic" or "Basically Stupid" or "Don't See This Overly Complicated Film that We're Trying to Sell as Basic." "Basic" is another example of a film that...

Because college students, as well as most Americans, don't follow the food pyramid guidelines presented by the Food and Drug Administration, the trend toward obesity is skyrocketing. The surgeon general has said that with the increasing rise in obesity,...

While most fans are still waiting for "Star Wars: Episode 3" to come out, Theodore Millard has been watching and sending it to everyone he knows for the last two weeks. The Northern Star first got word of this story when one of its reporters, Phil Lennar,...

It took 18 long months to complete "Meteora," but it was well worth the wait. With the release of its sophomore album, Linkin Park felt the pressure of not living up to its debut release, "Hybrid Theory." With hard work and long hours spent perfecting...

In last week's Student Association executive elections, less than 1,500 votes were cast. Last year, during Peoria-based Bradley University's student senate executive elections, more than 2,100 students voted. That is not a significant difference until...