During my term as president of the Anime Association of NIU I have had many dealings with the SA and have come to realize how bureaucratic their dealings with student organizations really are. From meetings with no point to a 100-plus page budget guide...

The Northern Star, in hopes of giving students an opportunity to question candidates in the upcoming Student Association election, moderated a forum Thursday night. Candidates present at the forum were SA presidential candidates Shaun Crisler, R.J. Gravel...

The Pan Asian Interest Student Alliance hosted an open forum on Wednesday for Student Association candidates. Representatives from two of the three tickets showed to answer questions from students. Presidential candidate Shaun Crisler and student trustee...

The budget crisis was fresh on the minds of NIU president John Peters and Faculty Senate President Sue Willis as they addressed the University Council on Wednesday afternoon. Before Peters relayed the Board of Trustees plans to handle the budget to the...

Those who want to become more involved in activity programming on campus now have a chance. Campus Activities Board is accepting applications for various positions for the fall 2003 semester. Every year, CAB has a 100 percent turnover, said Jennifer Suerth,...

Fun and education at the same time? NIU's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry will combine the two in an evening of chemistry demonstrations tonight. The night's theme is "Mission: Chemistry." The show will include experiments designed to entertain...

The department of communicative disorders has submitted an application for reaccreditation of its graduate programs in audiology and speech-language pathology. In an effort to gain input from the student community and consumers regarding the department's...

About 11 ladies will be inducted into the Elogeme Adolphi Christian Sorority this Saturday. According to its Web site, Elogeme Adolphi Christian Sorority is a Christ-centered organization designed to build, edify and teach women from all walks of life...

With the dawning of war against Iraq Wednesday night, NBA arenas around the country halted their games to hear President Bush's speech. NBA games, and all other sporting events, are expected to continue as usual with few changes. So far, Major League...

Damn yo, this movie be straight up frontin'! As if you hadn't already figured out the entirety of the plot from the 30-second previews, "Bringing Down the House" is about Peter Sanderson (Steve Martin) unintentionally hooking up with Charlene Morton (Queen...

Jazz wizard Matthew Shipp has been working on a series of albums entitled "The Blue Series." His latest addition to the series is called "Equilibrium," and it proves just how versatile jazz can be. There's no horns of any kind; it's just Shipp on the...

Two home runs from third baseman Rob Marconi propelled NIU to a 12-10 victory over the University of Illinois on Wednesday. The Huskies (7-7) took down the U of I team (6-2) who entered the game with a team E.R.A. of 2.21. A home opener for the Illini,...