As an activist and rock star, U2’s Bono sat cross-legged, sporting a black blazer over his black vest and white unbuttoned shirt. From under his usual green cap, his blue eyes peered at the Wheaton College Edman Chapel audience. He visited the Midwest...

The NIU Board of Trustees discussed fears of future state budget cuts and the low amount of donations given this year during its Thursday morning meeting. The board also took action on several funding requests, approved a new doctor of audiology degree...

According to The Associated Press, United Airlines stock dropped 64 percent after being halted for most of Thursday morning. This comes the day after losing a government-backed loan United said would have saved the company from bankruptcy. Chief executive...

The Bush administration’s recently passed Homeland Security Act likely will have an effect on some NIU students. The act was designed to improve the nation’s security and created a department that will deal with American domestic issues and take steps...

Van Amos, program director for the Center for Black Studies, is ready to begin celebrating Kwanzaa. Kwanzaa’s seventh-annual celebration begins Friday at Stevenson Towers’ Multi-Purpose Room. The event starts at 7 p.m., and doors open at 6 p.m. In...

Many people have gone through the pain of a friend moving away. A trusted and loved person who has been around for years suddenly is not so close anymore. Perhaps someone who understands this well is Harry Clark, NIU’s Information Services manager of...

Some Student Association-recognized organizations won’t be able to present their budget to the finance committee this semester -- but they haven’t been slighted. SA Treasurer Shaun Crisler, also the head of the finance committee, has re-designed the...

Problems for NIU basketball’s Anthony Maestranzi began before he was even born. "He didn’t come from a very good gene pool," said the freshman’s father, John. With his dad at 5-foot-9 and mom at an even 5-foot, Anthony is set with 155 pounds strapped...

DeKalb has the ability to resemble a ghost town whenever the holidays roll around. Professor John Beachy, a longtime DeKalb resident, will spend the holidays visiting relatives in Minnesota. Beachy recommends jetting out of DeKalb and into Chicago. "I...

Aren't the holidays wonderful? The snow is beautiful, families come together and, of course, we exchange presents. -Wait, scratch that. Let's start over. Aren't the holidays stressful? Cars are buried in a foot of snow, families get on each other's nerves...

Students performed songs pretending to be music superstars such as Jennifer Lopez and Ja Rule Wednesday night, but some of them claim not to remember it. Master hypnotist Jim Wand visited NIU to provide entertainment for about 500 students in the Carl...

For senior Shane McIntyre, the act of pretending to be a newborn baby, curled up in the fetal position after classmate Kursten Strothman just gave birth to him, was a situation the sports management major never thought he’d see himself in. Similar out-of-the-ordinary...