Attention this time has turned slightly away from the 7-foot behemoth Chris Kaman. When the NIU men's basketball team travels to Mount Pleasant, Mich., for a 7 p.m. game today, the rest of the Chippewas - particularly the three-point shooters - will not...

Elections, speakers, fundraisers and Web design were among some of the issues discussed at the weekly Latino Cultural Awareness Committee on Tuesday. Rosalba Garcia, president of the Latino Cultural Awareness Committee, opened the meeting with an announcement...

Reality, racism, and respect are fundamental to early childhood learning and essentially fundamental to the infrastructure of the United States of America. The three R's were the focus of a conference sponsored by the department of education Tuesday....

Missed buses have caused several unidentified NIU students to threaten Campus Activities Board box office workers. According to a press release from the Student Association, several complaints from the Campus Activities Board have been made regarding...

NIU women's tennis coach Laura Scott said she's a product of Title IX, plain and simple. When Title IX was established in 1972 it opened doors previously closed to women. "In my high school, all the talk was about this great new legislation," Scott said....

For NIU seniors Kim Boeding and Kristan Knake, their last regular season home game did not end as planned. Boeding, Knake and the Huskies fell to Western Michigan 83-67 in front of 1,232 people on Tuesday night at the Convocation Center. "It's frustrating,"...

Giving explosive teams a second chance to score never pays off. Western Michigan took advantage of its opportunities in an 83-67 win over the NIU women's basketball team Tuesday night at the Convocation Center. The Huskies were led in scoring by junior...

In an effort to aid hungry families in Northern Illinois, the NIU geography department volunteered to partner with the Northern Illinois Food Bank in St. Charles. The food bank needed to identify areas of Northern Illinois that are in the greatest need....

If Cinderella is allowed to dress up for one night and have a fairy godmother to grant her wishes, then why can't Chicago-area high school girls? The Fashion Industries Organization is supporting the Glass Slipper Project Dress Collection, which provides...

The complaint is timeless, reoccurring and often the end of many relationships in college: I hate my roommates. They're driving me crazy! Despite the fact that year after year friends vow to respect one another's space, it seems that without fail roommate...

Following an impressive win Saturday over one of the MAC's favorites in Toledo, NIU hopes to avoid a hangover as it takes on Western Michigan at 7:05 p.m. today at the Convocation Center. NIU (12-14, 8-7 MAC) hopes to take confidence from the victory...

It is a well known notion that collegiate athletes make sacrifices. They have to attend class and maintain good grades, but take time away from their studies to practice. This leads us to the $64,000 question: Should college athletes be paid? This debate...