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...

NIU President John Peters gave as many specifics as he could at Wednesday's University Council meeting as to what actions would be taken to cut the now 2.9-percent reserve for NIU's fiscal year 2003 budget and the 8-percent reserve for fiscal '04 budget....

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....

The NIU Steel Band has been mesmerizing audiences with its rhythms for 30 years. G. Allan O'Connor, music professor emeritus and co-director of the NIU Steel Band, said he got the idea to form the band in 1968 after having his first encounter with the...

OUR STATE FACES A FIVE BILLION DOLLAR DEFECIT. TODAY -- I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A BLUEPRINT FOR SOLVING THIS CRISIS. IT WON'T BE EASY OR SIMPLE. BUT YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR THE DETAILS, SO I HOPE YOU'RE ALL SITTING DOWN. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR CONSTITUTIONAL...