Eating McDonald's food, taking cell phone calls, chatting with friends and doing homework — all this occurs during Student Association senate meetings, held on Sunday nights at the Holmes Student Center's Clara Sperling Sky Room. According to the 2000...

About 12 miles from the Pacific Coast, the landscape is mostly barren and sandy. A rough semblance of a road leads from the city to a small, empty section of land. Between a couple of life-sustaining rivers, the stark land of ancient Caral, Peru, is dotted...

To make the campus a beautiful place, little changes always make a difference. Thanks to the Alpha Delta Pi sorority, a new tree and bench will be added to the East Lagoon, which is located in front of Montgomery Hall. The campus' oldest sorority is sponsoring...

If you build mud pits, they will come. That, at least, is the hope of NIU's Alpha Phi sorority as it gets ready for Saturday's Mud Olympics, the first-annual philanthropy to help Cardiac Care and Research, which works for treatment of heart disease in...

With Greek Row's annual Tugs competition in full swing this week, the same question will be asked that has been asked for years. "Why?" asks Pat Morrell, a senior finance major. "I don't get it. It's just a tug-of-war. Why do people take it so seriously?"...

DeKalb police arrested a Sycamore man they believe kidnapped and sexually assaulted an NIU student Wednesday afternoon. Todd S. Allgood, a 33-year-old NIU student, was arrested Wednesday night at his home at the Edgebrook Trailer Park with help from Sycamore...

The findings of the President's Task Force on Undergraduate Life will be presented formally to President John Peters at 3 p.m. today at the Holmes Student Center's Heritage Room. Nolan Davis, assistant to the president and task force chairman, has finished...

Marketing department secretary Ellen Panzer was treated like a queen on Wednesday. For Secretary's Day and Week, Panzer received flowers, a cake, earrings, numerous cards and was taken out to lunch. "The cake was delicious," Panzer said. This amount of...

The DeKalb and NIU communities are mourning the loss of English professor Jan Kiergaard, who passed away Monday at his home. Kiergaard, 49, was a 1969 graduate of DeKalb High School and received his bachelor and master's degrees in English at NIU. He...

Asian American Heritage Month turned to the movies Tuesday night to examine what it means to be an Asian American. The Presidential Task Force on Asian Americans and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies sponsored the presentation and discussion of the...

Tuesday's announcement of five finalists for the University Police chief position narrows a search almost 10 months in the making. The candidates, who have held jobs from Iowa to Bosnia, will visit campus in May to interview for the job. After two-day...

After graduation, NIU leaves a lasting impression in graduates' minds. However, bad memories are causing problems for university officials as they look for support from black alumni. "It is a challenge trying to get graduates involved," said Michael Pattrick,...