Winter months are especially rough on an Irishman. First, there's the fair Irish skin. It sits hidden for months beneath winter sweatpants and emerges to an angry sun sometime in April, ready to turn from Miracle Whip to Pink Cadillac to Cincinnati Red...

NIU students will have to pay more for their apartments this year than they did last year. Those living in NIU's Married Students' Apartments, 501 Annie Glidden Road, and Amber Manor Apartments, 807 to 833 Ridge Drive, will have to pay $10 more this year...

Voting. In some countries, people attempting to do this are shot at. In others, people battle in the streets just to obtain the right to cast their vote. In the U.S., voting is taken for granted—often with disastrous results. One group that should realize...

The Story County Attorney's Office in Nevada, Iowa, will not appeal an Iowa judge's dismissal of the case against NIU men's basketball player John Culbertson. Culbertson's active warrant and terrorism charge were removed Jan. 26 when Judge Steven Van...

NIU visitors might no longer be allowed to accumulate exempt parking fines if the Campus Parking Committee takes action on a proposal to limit the number of parking fines visitors can have cleared. Campus Parking Manager Lynn Fraser said campus visitors...

The Student Association Finance Committee approved two budgets totaling about $9,500 Wednesday and recommended to zero fund a third organization. The budgets must obtain final approval from the SA Senate. The Black Student Union budget, scheduled for...

Rodney Davis shoots for his 1,000th career point Thursday night when the NIU men's basketball team tries to end its nine-game losing streak. Davis, who leads the Huskies in scoring (17.1 ppg), assists (71) and steals (23), needs 12 points to become the...

A state house bill might declare former Chicago Mayor Harold Washington's birthday a state holiday. Chicago Rep. Mary Flowers of the House Rules Commitee proposed the bill, HB2942, on Jan. 13. If passed, April 15, Washington's birthday, would become a...

Administrators have to convince the Illinois General Assembly to approve a tax increase which is needed for higher education funding. This message, given by Gov. James Thompson Tuesday to the Illinois Board of Higher Education, was predicted by some education...

Club sports are great. Club sports offer wanna-be athletes the opportunity to participate in activities they enjoy. Club sports are organized. Club sports promote teamwork and camaraderie. Club sports keep members off the streets. Club sports want ink....

Four student organizations who submitted budget requests totaling about $21,000 to the Student Association Finance Committee cited increased costs as the reason for the requests. The Black Student Union's request of about $11,000 would go toward printing,...

NIU visitors, now exempt from certain parking citations, might have to pay for their violations. Campus Parking Manager Lynn Fraser said she will bring up the issue of visitor parking abuses for consideration at the regular Campus Parking Committee meeting...