It amazes me the lengths people will go to in order to get a good scare on Halloween. When you're a kid, it's enough to get dressed up like your favorite cartoon character and beg strangers for candy. But as years progress, young adults worldwide delight...

In the first scene of the movie "Ghostbusters," Pete Venkman, Ray Stantz and Egon Spengler search to catch a ghost that haunts a library. Well, maybe the Ghostbusters should inspect Founders Memorial Library. At the beginning of the year, the university...

Be a vandal, but don't overstep your bounds. Cast an egg, but never get caught. Trick-or-treating is a kid's tradition. Likewise, it carries certain etiquette, which must be followed and upheld to preserve the credibility of the tradition. If you plan...

All the hard work that the NIU wrestling squad put in last season has paid off this season. Though the Huskies were picked to finish third in the MAC, behind Central Michigan and Ohio, it was the only MAC team to get national attention, by way of a top...

Forget the candy. The Latter Day Saint Student Association wants your cans. This Halloween, the LDSSA will meet at 5:30 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on the corner of Fox Avenue and Sycamore Road to go door-to-door collecting...

Making friends, getting along with your roommate, getting involved on campus, choosing the right classes and getting good grades are just a few of the fears students are overwhelmed with during their first year at a university. For NIU students, the university...

Are you sending the wrong signals? Through a unique combination of improvisational comedy, education and audience participation, "Sex Signals" raised issues dealing with the good, the bad and the ugly of interpersonal relationships Tuesday night at the...

Martin Forward, a professor of religious studies at Aurora University, urged lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender students Tuesday night to keep faith in their religion despite scriptural objections to their lifestyle. Forward spoke to an audience of more...

Scan the Northern Star’s editorial page and there’s a good chance another column has popped up complaining about nothing to do in DeKalb. Disregarding all the clubs, sporting events and mingling on your residence hall floor, the Campus Activities...

f your family is looking for something different to do this Halloween, one option is the 10th annual Halloween concert presented by NIU’s School of Music. The concerts will be held at 6 and 8 p.m. today at the Music Building’s Boutell Memorial Concert...

Imagine that you are a parent who wants the best for your child. You would drive from county to county because each service that your child needs is located in a different area. Many parents in DeKalb and its surrounding counties have been doing just...

Wal-Mart received a letter in the mail saying there was a bomb in the store Monday afternoon. According to police reports, DeKalb Police responded to a call at 1:45 p.m. about an anonymous letter, which had residue on it, sent to the store, located at...