Taking a little more than an hour to tally, the votes are in and new Student Association senators have been elected. A total of 682 students came out to vote over the two-day election period, with 347 votes on Wednesday to add to Tuesday’s 335. There...

This week I feel the need to take a break from explaining things to do that require the spending of money. After all, most of us probably are too busy paying bills to be able to go out every weekend and spend money like there is no tomorrow. So what is...

Another candlelight vigil was held at the King Memorial Commons Saturday, but it wasn’t just to remember the Sept. 11 attacks. The Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program held a vigil to remember those who have taken their lives. The program was founded...

The current cold front hitting DeKalb County has affected mosquitoes carrying the deadly West Nile virus. Bob Drake, head of the Solid Waste and Environment for DeKalb County, said the recent cold is not enough to kill off the mosquito population, and...

Peace activist Kathy Kelly was on day 37 of a 40-day fast at U.N. headquarters in New York when the Sept. 11 attacks occurred. She wanted the U.N. to end its economic sanctions on Iraq. Tuesday night she spoke to a crowd of more than 125 people at the...

Past the Study Abroad fair and into the Holmes Student Center’s Regency Room, which was softly lit by a large iron-cast chandelier, there was a semi-circle of chairs surrounding a projector. Along the back wall, teachers milled about tables laden with...

Senators campaigned for the first time this semester on Tuesday as elections for the Student Association Senate began. More than 330 students turned out to vote for their future senators at DuSable Hall, the Holmes Student Center and Founders Memorial...

Today marks the beginning of elections for your new Student Association senators. The SA will hold voting from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at DuSable Hall, the Holmes Student Center and Founders Memorial Library today and Wednesday. Some students, like senior sociology...

For students in Reavis, Watson and Montgomery halls, NIU’s trying to make the air flow a little bit easier. NIU hopes to upgrade and replace existing heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and replace windows in the three campus buildings....

With university budgets tight and student enrollment up, an Illinois instructors union is concerned that public universities spend too much money on administration and not enough on education. In a report released this month, the University Professionals...

Seven years after he had to spend a week living off the change he kept in a jar, Dennis Barsema and his wife Stacey celebrated their $20 million gift to NIU Monday at Barsema Hall. "I’ve always felt that NIU has the best business school," Barsema said,...

Northern Illinois University is ranked No. 25 on U.S. News and World Report’s list of colleges with the most transfer students. The report, released in last week’s issue of U.S. News, used the enrollment numbers from fall of 2001 to calculate the...