Some kicked their feet in the air while others got jiggy with it Tuesday night at the "Do It to the Crowd" dance-off. Delta Gamma walked away as the female victors and Sigma Phi Epsilon won for the men in the 13th annual dance competition presented by...

Music from a harp drifted through the Thurgood Marshall Gallery in Swen Parson Hall during the LBGT Spring Reception. About 35 students and faculty members enjoyed conversation and refreshments during the reception sponsored by the Presidential Commission...

Hard luck and great plays by the opposition has NIU's softball team on a two-game skid, coach Donna Martin said. NIU (14-11) will get its shot to get back on track today when it takes on Western Illinois (13-18) at 3:30 p.m. in Macomb. The Huskies originally...

NIU administrators, faculty and students have waited anxiously for several months to learn of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's financial plans for higher education, and today they wait no longer. At noon today, Blagojevich is expected to present his state 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...

Baseball is America's pastime, but college baseball loses its luster. It's nothing against the program here at NIU, it's just that on May 9 when school ends, all the students will go home and forget all about how good or bad the team is doing. The student...

There are more than 45,000 Americans in need of organ donations, according to the Organ Donations Registry. About 320 people who registered for transplants died while waiting in 2001 in Illinois, according to the Organ and Tissue Donation Network. Thanks...

Yolanda Walton, a sophomore English education major who has lived in the residence halls for two years was unable to get a room for next year when she went to sign up. "I was really upset because I didn't know where to live, and they told me to go find...

Students and their siblings are invited by the Residence Hall Association to a weekend filled with fun, frolic and free prizes. "The best thing [for a kid] is coming to see visit your big brother or sister," said Sarah Cooper, public relations officer...

IU students, administrators and departments have united - all in the name of the squirrel. Community members have decorated about 50 plaster-cast squirrels provided by Ars Nova, a student-run art organization established more than 30 years ago. The collective...

Shaun Crisler knew you would read this article about his climb to become the Student Association president when he first arrived at NIU in 1998. He just didn't know how to make it happen. However, through a combination of hard work, charisma and voting...

Today, members of the faculty and staff of the university, as well as students, will gather and celebrate in honor of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Awareness Month. The Presidential Commission on Sexual Orientation is hosting its annual spring...