New information about the effect airplanes have on the atmosphere is coming to light. David Travis, a professor from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, will give a speech titled "Jet Contails and Climate: Information Gained from the Grounding of...

Originality is left behind with Jonasay's "Spare Dimes For Dust." Jonasay is a group of four men from Washington, D.C., that comes together to make music that doesn't quite fit an exact genre. Some call it folk rock, others call it pop rock. For the most...

Student Association President Kevin Miller appointed SA Senator Andrew Nelms the interim elections commissioner, which according to Brooke Robinson, SA director of public affairs, is not a conflict of interest. The elections commissioner is an executive...

Gary Colabuono loves his job more than any sane person has a right to. Colabuono, an NIU alumnus and former Northern Star employee in the ’70s, is in charge of marketing one of the most popular arcade video games in the country. He does so as marketing...

Forecasting fashion is never an easy task. It is time to get swept away by spring's bright, sexy and sophisticated new looks. Light and fun colors like lilac, coral, sky blue and peach are the new trends for spring. -As the weather gets warmer, it will...

The "Dead or Alive" fighting games were first made famous for their bounciness. What do I mean? Let me explain. "Mortal Kombat" had fatalities. "Street Fighter" had a hundred awful spin-offs. "Dead or Alive" had girls with really jiggly breasts. - So...

The Faculty Senate met Wednesday to discuss various faculty and student policy issues, and most importantly to debate the enactment of an office privacy policy. Mark Cordes, faculty rights and responsibilities chair, presented a new policy citing various...

More than 60 people packed into Otto's Underground the last time Fixate played. This time, DeKalb-native Fixate will play upstairs as the headlining band for a concert Friday night with Meqqa and Pelao. "Last time we played there, Mike and Joe was playing...

Controversial Methodist Rev. Greg Dell will speak today on campus about sexual orientation and the church. NIU will honor Dell this afternoon at a ceremony celebrating the NIU Gender Studies Collection, which is the Founders Memorial Library’s new set...

Should I stay or should I go? That is the question 141-pound Ohio native Josh Wooton asked himself over and over again. He had to decide whether to wrestle at an in-state school such as Kent State or an out-of-state school such as Northwestern, Purdue...

Student Association Senator Jeff Meyer filed a motion with the SA Supreme Court on Tuesday asking that it reconsider a recently rejected complaint, which alleges that the SA violated the Illinois Open Meetings Act several times. Meyer’s motion comes...

NIU will get a glimpse of America’s political past tonight when a former Black Panther Party leader visits campus. Bobby Seale will speak at 7 p.m. today at the Holmes Student Center’s Carl Sandburg Auditorium. Seale is the former chairman, surviving-founder...