Weekender critic retracts review, likes movie In an unprecedented turn of events, Weekender reporter Casey Toner announced the retraction of his review of the film "Darkness Falls." Toner announced the news at a press conference on Wednesday to a room...

The Faculty Senate debated a recommendation for a grievance process for students who have been subject to faculty misconduct at Wednesday's meeting. Also, a statement of professional ethics was added to the Faculty Senate bylaws. The Faculty Rights and...

Students trying to decide what to major or minor in found help in Grant Towers' Lower Lounge during Decisions 101 on Tuesday. The event, sponsored by Student Housing and Dining Services, allowed students to talk with advisers from different colleges and...

A bicyclist's collision with a car resulted in an NIU student being taken to Kishwaukee Community Hospital on Tuesday afternoon. The accident occurred just before 2 p.m. as the vehicle was turning left onto University Circle from Lucinda Avenue. The vehicle,...

Members of Minorities Inspiring Teaching Education had a busy Tuesday night writing essays, learning about scholarships and discussing issues relevant to their field. The meeting of about 20 attendees was led by Juletta Patrick, assistant dean for the...

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...

Replacing seniors Kristan Knake and Kim Boeding will be a tough task for women's basketball coach Carol Hammerle. But a talented incoming recruiting class may help ease the process. Hammerle has signed shooting guard Mary Basic, point guard Stephanie...