The Student Association now is short two directors: Courtney Crawford and Sarah Hammer. The reasons for both resignations are quite different, however. Circumstances surrounding Crawford's resignation in particular are clouded in mystery due to tight-lipped...

He's making a list, checking it twice and Santa Claus is bringing the latest books to a stocking near you. Staff members at both Borders Books and Music, 2520 Sycamore Road, and the Junction Bookstore, 822 W. Lincoln Highway, say business is going well....

"'Tis the season" at NIU and with that season comes the end of the semester, Christmas, New Year's and for many students, a rush to get airline tickets for flights home and to holiday hot spots. This year is different from past years though, because of...

It's 3 a.m. and your English term paper is due the following night. You gather all of your notes and begin to write the paper, but before doing so, play a game of Snood. It's evident by the clock that you've spent hours playing and spent no time on the...

Besides being a place for entertainment and a beautiful new building, NIU's arena will bring something else the university sorely needs — parking. Of 3,000 parking spaces, so far 300 are designated for daily student use. "We've blocked 300 for a regular...

Finals week is almost here and few students are safe from the stress it brings, but one campus organization hopes to relieve students of their tension by hosting three days of traditional Jewish dancing, games and food. Hillel, a national organization...

Arcade Dreams owner George Broches agreed on Monday to immediately forfeit the bar's liquor license and halt the future sale of alcohol to avoid a possible revocation of his license. During a hearing at the DeKalb Municipal Building, 200 S. Fourth St.,...

With finals a week away, many students will be burying their heads in the textbooks and then attempting to sell them back to the stores, but chances are, they won't receive much of what they originally paid. "It's too high, and the used books are too...

Human Resource Services' new payroll system experienced an obvious glitch Friday: the weekend. The conflict arose when direct deposit checks were deposited while the printed checks waited in pigeon holes at Campus Mail Services in the Dorland Building....

The NIU office of Records and Registration and the communication department are donating food items to local food pantries in the DeKalb area. Mary Wasilevich, a communication instructor at NIU, is asking her students to donate food items, which will...

Appointments, personal vendettas and resignations were all on the agenda for the Student Association Senate meeting Sunday. In a 17-15 vote, with one abstention, the senate waived the second reading of a bill concerning executive appointees drafted by...