A standing-room-only audience packed the Holmes Student Center’s Lincoln Room Thursday night for a lecture from Jon Alterman. Alterman, a member of the State Department’s Policy Planning staff, spoke for about an hour to the roughly 75-person audience...

University Police officers searched unattended bags, under seats and the roof of the Convocation Center during the arena’s Sept. 11 memorial Wednesday night. "We had a citizen come up saying he saw something suspicious," University Police Lt. Matthew...

NIU has officially experienced its largest year-to-year enrollment increase in 25 years. The annual "10th-day count" shows 1,166 more students on campus this year - a 4.9 percent increase from this time last year. NIU’s enrollment now stands at 24,948....

As students approached Central Park last night, they could hear the beats of music and unity. The "Cultures Welcome Night" featured performances by hip-hop artists Boo-Ray and Gemini, NIU’s Black Choir and the Rhythm Nation dance troupe. "This is very...

Butt. Stomach. Thighs. The pounds are piling on many freshman as they gain the dreaded "freshman 15." Many students gain the extra pounds simply because they fall into bad habits. "Between the extra food and the drinking, that’s more and more calories,"...

Members of the DeKalb and Sycamore police departments took the stand Thursday during the trial of former NIU student Todd Allgood. Allgood, 34, of Sycamore, is charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting another former NIU student on April 25, 2001....

This weekend's adventure takes us to the DeKalb Farmer's Market located on Palmer's Court, near second and third Streets. The market is run by Main Street/Dekalb Inc., which is a not-for-profit redevelopment organization that focuses on the preservation...

Micro Machines. Where did they go? Somewhere in the crack of my couch, I suppose. Does anyone remember those commercials that always played during the Bozo Show? This fast-talking man would say, "They're always on my mind because they're one of a kind,...

John Butler, assistant professor of communications, opened the fall semester of "NIU Notables" speaker series yesterday with a presentation about Sept. 11 and the rhetoric of war. A group of about 50 people gathered to see Butler’s presentation, titled...

Most teenagers leave for college knowing they have finally gained independence from their parents, but also knowing family is not too far away if they need to be called upon. Freshman Thomas Meiner and sophomore Bernard Hagevik of the NIU men’s soccer...

A former NIU student alleging Todd Allgood kidnapped and raped her took the stand again for cross-examination Tuesday. Allgood, 34, also a former NIU student, is charged with the April 25, 2001, kidnapping and sexual assault of the victim. She said during...

Take away the fact that "Monsoon Wedding" was filmed in India and it easily could be the story of any American wedding. Filmed on a 30-day schedule in September 2000, this film follows individual characters compiled of mostly first-time actors as they...