Tuesday's tragedy affected many aspects of university life, including telecommunications traffic. NIU's main switchboard, at 753-1000, and the university's number dealing with opening and closing of campus, 753-OPEN (6736), received thousands of calls...

Christopher Jones, an assistant political science professor, opened up his POLS 382 Foreign Policy Decision-Making lecture, reminding students that "this is a time of speculation and rumors." The European Union has called Tuesday's terrorist attacks acts...

CHICAGO — Silence. That was the only thing noticeable on Tuesday. Not only on campus, but at O'Hare and downtown Chicago as well. Silence — an eerie, desolate silence. O'Hare International Airport, along with all U.S. airports, closed its flights...

Although Muslim extremist groups often are thought of as suspects in terrorist attacks like Tuesday's, NIU's Muslim Student Association frowns upon what has happened. "We do not support any terrorism act against any nation," said Abdullah Alghanim, a...

Reports of gas prices spiking in central and southern Illinois led students and DeKalb residents to hit the gas pumps, fearing a similar spike in this area today. Area gas stations were inundated with customers trying to get their gas, as prices remained...

Monday night, Kelley Minneci, an acting major at New York University, was able to stare out her dorm window at the sparkling Manhattan skyline. Tuesday morning started out with a 6:30 a.m. fire alarm evacuation. "We came back [to the residence hall] an...

Somber faces stared at the news in awe. Watching as a fireball engulfed both World Trade Center towers early Tuesday morning, most eyes couldn't believe what they were seeing. "The first thing I did was just pray," freshman mathematics major Brian Gill...

The Securities and Exchange Commission closed U.S. financial markets Tuesday after two towers of the World Trade Center were attacked by hijacked commercial airplanes. The President's Working Group on Financial Markets said in a statement that it was...

Kelly Mansfield, a data input controller for the Vehicle Services Division in the Secretary of State's Office, was among those evacuated at the Howlett Building, located in Springfield about 100 yards from the capitol building. "I was going to break and...

Cheap and fun. To a college student, those two words are pure bliss, and that's exactly what NIU's Huskie Den aims to provide. "We're expecting a good year this year," said Bob Carlson, assistant manager. The Huskie Den supplies students with a variety...

Lionel Hickenbottom is starting to make a name for himself in the Mid-American Conference. After starting in his second game at NIU, the sophomore strong safety was named MAC West Defensive Player of the Week Monday. Hickenbottom made 17 tackles, two...

You're coming home late on a Friday night to find a line wrapping around your dorm. You check your watch — it's a quarter to midnight — and curse under your breath as you fumble around in your pockets for your residence hall late night check-in card....