Josephine Mendez-Negrete's poignant voice resounded in the Clara Sperling Sky Room atop the Holmes Student Center on Wednesday night. Dressed in black with a resplendent, yellow shawl wrapped around her, Mendez-Negrete read, enacted and sang parts of...

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....

Native Americans Together Insuring Our Nations Sovereignty (N.A.T.I.O.N.S.) has been giving back and helping Native American students for its past 11 years on campus. The main goal each year is to put together a scholarship for high school seniors, undergraduate...

To cut a men's team to help make way for a women's team doesn't sit well with many non-revenue producing men's teams. "We're a small revenue sport and because we don't bring in the money, we're easily expendable," wrestler Scott Owen said. "When it comes...

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...

For student organizations that don't wish to be suspended from the Student Association, you better listen up. There are mandatory organizational meetings scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at the Holmes Student Center's Lincoln Room. "You have...