For students who cringe at the thought of filing taxes about this time every year, help is here. The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, sponsored by the Internal Revenue Service and the NIU department of accountancy, offers free tax assistance to...

The Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers branch is holding a social networking event at Eduardo's, 214 E. Lincoln Highway, tonight, so that you can learn more about the engineering field. The event, which begins at 6:30 p.m., includes dinner...

Leave it to the chemists at NIU to create invisible fire-breathing dragons, smoke-screen laser detectors, dart boards that blow up and cannons firing racquet balls toward the audience. NIU's departments of chemistry and biochemisty hosted an evening of...

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...

While playing on the patio of their house in Baghdad, 10-year-old Summer and her younger brother Samer fled in the direction of the front-yard fence as soon as they heard the thundering sounds of airplanes flying across the sky. They crouched down to...

Student Association senators mingled with students during the first "Meet the Senate Night" at Stevenson North's Fish Bowl Room on Thursday night. DuJuan Smith, a junior sociology major and SA senator, said the event allowed students to meet the senators...

The NIU women's gymnastics team will be looking for state supremacy at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Convocation Center when it hosts the State of Illinois Championships. The Huskies (8-10, 3-3 MAC), who are just two spots out for qualifying for the NCAA South...

The NIU Law Review's 12th annual symposium, entitled "Domestic Violence: Relief, Results, Reform," will be held from 8:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday in the Heritage Room of the Holmes Student Center. The NIU Law Review, a student organization composed of...

After playing on the road for the last month, the NIU baseball team will play a doubleheader at 12 p.m. Saturday against Calumet College of St. Joseph in their home opener at Ralph McKinzie Field. The Huskies (7-7) are riding a three-game winning streak...

After the first day of the NCAA Championships, all four of NIU's wrestlers still are alive for the second day. "Our guys have a really good attitude, and we are wrestling really tough," assistant coach Jason Hayes said. "To have all four of our guys still...

With the rising threats of terrorism to American soil, University Police Chief Donald Grady wants to assure NIU students that the University Police department is prepared for any specific threats of terrorism to the NIU campus. Grady said the heightened...

Opinions are extremely strong among veterans and professors when it comes to the second Gulf War. University Police Sergeant and veteran Albert Ekstrom said he believes war is a last resort, but the threat is great enough where the United States has to...