War in Iraq has hit close to home for a group of NIU athletes. With the recent events in Iraq, the NIU women's basketball team may not be able to go on its European trip scheduled for May. The team was scheduled to tour Italy from May 15-26. The team...

If you could ask Mike Santoro what his perfect game would be, he'd be hard-pressed to come up with one much better than what he experienced yesterday at the University of Iowa. Santoro, a right fielder, set a school record with three home runs in the...

If your high school sex-ed class didn't answer your curiosities about the female anatomy, now is the time to get accurate answers. At 7:30 p.m. today at Faraday Hall, Room 143, the Women's Alliance will sponsor the Vagina Seminar: Re-imaging Women's Bodies....

Human rights activist and author Carol Wagner will speak at NIU. For the past 10 years, Wagner has been dedicated to working with humanitarian organizations in Cambodia. Her book that was published in March 2002 is called "Soul Survivors - Stories of...

By a narrow margin of 56 votes, Student Association vice president nominee Andrew Becerra beat SA Senator Laisha Fox in Wednesday's run-off election. The run-off came as a result of last week's election in which both candidates failed to get the required...

Sharlene Hesse-Biber, author of The Cult of Thinness, spoke Wednesday night at Wirtz Hall Auditorium about the commercialization of thinness in the western culture and how it's spreading into other parts of the world. Hesse-Biber calls this trend the...

Making educated decisions is a part of every college student's life, and Decisions 101 will help students make such educated choices. Jennifer Klostermann, a learning assistant at Grant South, said the event is worthwhile for students who are looking...

As the incoming student representative for NIU's governing body, Kevin Miller might be the ultimate student to know. Come next semester, the junior political science and English double-major will serve as student trustee on the NIU Board of Trustees....

The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender organization will kick off its LGBT awareness month today with a presentation by activist and writer Nomy Lamm. Lamm, a Chicago native, will give her multi-media presentation "Body Anarchy: Prescriptions for Personal...

Today is the run-off election for Student Association vice president, which comes one week to the day after the first election. Andrew Becerra and Laisha Fox are competing for the spot in a run-off. In the last election, none of the candidates received...

During non-mayoral elections, voter turnout in DeKalb County tends to be below average, according to City Clerk Donna Johnson. Tonight's election, however, will reflect a greater voter turnout than originally anticipated, she said. She explained the intrigue...

Another NCAA Tournament bracket filled out and another $20 flushed down the toilet. Gambling on collegiate athletics has reached an all-time high with the aid of more than 700 web sites. Internet betting is so bad that Betonsports.com is setting odds...