A proposed Illinois State House bill could provide a $1 increase in the Illinois minimum wage up to $6.50 an hour. Steve Cunningham, associate vice president of Administration and Human Resource Services, said student jobs on campus could be cut as a...

Last November, Eminem shocked the world and proved that not only could he rap, but he could act. "8 Mile" is a tale of Eminem's life as the rapper, Jimmy Smith Jr. or, as his friends call him, Rabbit. As the movie opens, we see the aspiring rapper perfecting...

The Student Association finance committee spent all of its more than three-hour meeting Wednesday reviewing the Campus Activities Board's proposed budget for fiscal year 2004. This is the second day spent examining CAB's budget, making it a grand total...

After hearing Gov. Rod Blagojevich announce his budget address Wednesday afternoon, NIU President John Peters quickly responded to how the pending cuts will affect NIU and that summer classes will go on as scheduled. Peters addressed the University Council,...

There was an overwhelming response to last week's Beat the Caption in the Breakdown. So, we decided to print the better ones (those that were clean enough). We have designated the best, runner-up and second runner-up. Other than that, the captions are...

Playing its second game in 10 days, the NIU softball team struggled to find any offense against Western Illinois on Wednesday. The Huskies managed three hits in a 2-1 non-conference loss at McKee Stadium in Macomb. "When you get three hits in a game,...

"Hitchcock always maintained he could make a film about a man in a telephone booth," writes Sammy Davis Jr. in his autobiography, "Hollywood in a Suitcase." I've spent the past days pondering just what Alfred Hitchcock would have done differently if he...

Educational system • "We are also going to make the education system more effective" Reductions • High education cuts will provide $112 million toward deficit reduction • "Savings will not impact what happens inside the classroom" • Elimination...

The Student Association released its proposed fiscal year 2004 budget at Monday's budget meeting. In its budget, the SA has requested more than $294,000 - a 90 percent increase of the funds allocated for the fiscal '03 school year. The SA was allocated...

Former Mount Carmel football player and NIU recruit Greg Owens has re-enrolled at school. Owens, who dropped out of Mt. Carmel in February after allegedly being accused of stealing from lockers at the school, has enrolled at Chicago Hales Franciscan High...

The construction by Cole Hall is almost complete and a new project on Gilbert Drive is just around the corner. Patricia Perkins, assistant to the vice provost of Finance and Facilities, said the Cole Hall project will be complete once the weather stabilizes....

Mistakes are bound to catch up to you in a sport like baseball. Errors and runners left on base were too much for NIU to overcome in a 9-8 loss at Eastern Illinois on Tuesday. "The mistakes have definitely caught up with us," NIU coach Ed Mathey said....