Summer school most likely will not be eliminated, as the state's blow to Illinois public universities' budgets won't be as devastating as expected, according to NIU President John Peters. NIU has been dreading a "worst case scenario" since early March...

Nine sororities and two fraternities will take part in a dance competition benefiting a worthy cause. "Do It to the Crowd," a dance contest sponsored by Alpha Sigma Alpha, is an annual event that tries to get the crowd's response by getting it involved...

NIU may shutter DuSable Hall for the summer to cut costs. School officials, however, are waiting for Gov. Rod Blagojevich's scheduled budget address on Wednesday before nailing down any final plans. Department heads are bracing for the worst in light...

The Student Association Senate began its meeting on time regardless of the clocks in the Skyroom of the Holmes Student Center not being altered to accommodate daylight-saving time. SA President Kevin Miller opened the meeting with his executive report...

Sunday at Judson College in Elgin an assortment of top high school seniors competed in the Chicagoland JAM-boree, including NIU basketball signee Mike McKinney of Evanston. McKinney finished with 13 points in a 148-117 loss for his North Team. "I was...

The Supreme Court is battling with the issue of affirmative action admission policies in universities. Opponents of affirmative action appeared before the Supreme Court on April 1 to argue their case. The two cases at hand involve the admissions policy...

The Convocation Center will host the hit musical "Grease" on Tuesday night. "I encourage all to come and see the show because it appeals not only to the theater-going person, but it appeals to fans of the '50s and anyone who loves the show ‘Grease,'"...

A decade of disaster was revisited Thursday night as the infamous anti-war activist Bernardine Dohrn spoke on behalf of the atrocities that she witnessed during the Vietnam War. Dohrn served as an active participant in the radical anti-Vietnam War movement...

The 10th-annual African-American Leadership Conference will come to a close today with the presentation of the Fanny Ruth Scholarship Award and a tribute to founder of the NIU Chance Program, McKinley "Deacon" Davis Jr. The tribute will begin today during...

About 20 listeners gathered last night in the Holmes Student Center to take part in a discussion about sexual orientation and race issues. Alice Y. Hom, director of the Intercultural Community Center at Occidental College in California and co-editor of...

"Pomp and Circumstance" may play a little louder this year in comparison to years past. Graduation, which will be held at the Convocation Center this year, will not be much different though the location will be much bigger. Joe Coots, marketing manager...

Being down 7-0 in the third inning against visiting DePaul didn't hurt the NIU softball team. The reason it didn't was because the weather was as bad as the defense of NIU (14-10). The game was called by the home plate umpire in the top of the third inning...