Dick Durbin returned to NIU Friday, 32 years after helping campaign for ex-NIU professor Mike Bakalis to become Illinois State Superintendent. "I didn’t think that at that part of my life I would run for anything," said the senior senator from Illinois....

The Student Association filled five of the six remaining senate seats at its nearly three-hour meeting Sunday. Six candidates out of the 12 applicants came before the senate for appointment. Sen. Mike Brady cautioned the senate not to be hasty in its...

The time for scheduling spring semester classes is looming, and students are arranging meetings with academic advisers by the dozens. Each of NIU’s six colleges has its own advising process. A student either can be advised by the department in which...

Errors. Errors. Errors. That was the tale of the two matches this weekend at Victor E. Court for the NIU volleyball team. In the match it won against Toledo on Friday, NIU had four less errors than the Rockets. "We kept the ball in play and forced them...

NIU’s Campus Child Care Center is holding its annual Children’s Book Fair today through Friday. The book fair will be open from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Child Care Center. All are invited to browse the 1,800 books, parent resource material, early...

A callback of funds from the state is a growing possibility in the minds of many university administrators and state bureaucrats. Added to already tight university budgets and the possibility of further cuts in the next academic fiscal year (July 1, 2003,...

A chaotic Saturday night during Homecoming weekend has NIU’s chapter of the NAACP asking serious questions about the safety of people attending events on and off campus, as well as who is held accountable when things go wrong. The National Association...

The stage was set Saturday with one disc jockey, two turntables and a microphone waiting for comedians to step to it and make people laugh. Soule Infinite Entertainment welcomed comedians including Honest John, Deray, Michael Blackson and a host of others...

This week has been designated to honor the many individuals who assist physicians in providing health care to the public. They are known as allied health professionals, and Nov. 3 through 9 is nationally recognized as Allied Health Professions Week. The...

A huge teepee stood at the east end of the Office of Campus Recreation Saturday. More than 4,600 people gathered at the Rec for the largest non-academic, non-athletic event on campus. Native Americans and a gym full of people joined to celebrate their...

One of the greatest fears of anyone who gets behind the wheel of a vehicle is getting into an accident. With traffic congestion both in DeKalb and NIU, traffic accidents are inevitable. However, crashes occur with a higher frequency in particular areas....

DeKalb’s own "Children of the Corn" rose from the fields to entertain an enthusiastic crowd Thursday night in the Player’s Theater at the Stevens Building. The first ever "Children of the Corn" production, which actor Chris McLinden, a senior theater...