This week marks the celebration of something that relates to every part of life: chemistry. As a part of National Chemistry Week, which is this week, the department of chemistry and biochemistry is kicking off the party today with chemical demonstrations....

For anyone looking to release some aggression or learn a martial art, the new NIU Self-Defense Club offers a chance to do both. "Self-Defense Club is a mixed martial arts environment where people learn multiple styles," said Adam Patterson, self-defense...

In honor of LGBT Awareness Month, LGBT Programs and the Presidential Commission on Sexual Orientation honored a relatively unknown war veteran, Deborah Sampson Gannett, Tuesday night at the Holmes Student Center’s Illinois Room. NIU communication professor...

You’ve seen them. All over campus, tables with pamphlets filled with information about sex, drugs and other health-related issues. Most people shy away from them, perhaps embarrassed by the jar of free condoms. But Rebecca Forbes, a junior double major...

Every two years, each state receives a higher education report card from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. This year’s "Measuring Up" survey put Illinois among the elite. "While the grades were a bit lower, Illinois public...

The Student Association recently received $20,000 worth of new computers and software. It also is still waiting for a $5,000 server. "In the summertime, our computers were really bad," SA Treasurer Shaun Crisler said. "A few of them were crashing every...

NIU is combining several of its community service programs in an effort to improve its "extended mission," said Anne Kaplan, NIU’s vice president for administration and University Outreach. The new initiative, called University Outreach, will provide...

Male college students may not have noticed, but for the last two decades they are statistically the minority among colleges and universities. Since 1979, women’s enrollment at four-year colleges has surpassed men’s. This gender gap is evident in the...

This Friday, the NIU Art Museum is sponsoring its sixth-annual visual treat of international proportions. At noon, buses will leave the Visual Arts Building for Navy Pier in Chicago, where a show dubbed SOFA will be held. The acronym stands for Sculpture,...

Tonight is the third-annual Poets Nite, being held at the Stadium Club, 1311 W. Lincoln Highway, which will showcase 12 to 13 poets during a three-hour show. Poets Nite slowly has had an increase in audience size each year, mostly through word of mouth....

With the flu season approaching, it may be wise to take the time to get a flu shot. Students can get a vaccination from University Health Service during the week or attend a flu clinic from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Holmes Student Center’s...

Hitting the back of the net is what soccer is all about. Freshman Chanelle Crosby has done just that this season for the NIU women’s soccer team. Crosby made her presence felt right from the start as she scored the game-winner in her first collegiate...