Once again, NIU's Health Enhancement Services has substantiated yet another aspect of student life that many people probably assumed to be fact. HES has confirmed students are more likely to have sex if they have been drinking. A survey conducted of 752...

Now is the time of year students across the country are searching for various ways to pay for their tuition. NIU students are no different. While it seems as though most scholarships are based on financial need, NIU offers several scholarships and tuition...

It's that time of year again, when a different incarnation of Santa Claus is on every corner, collecting money for the Salvation Army to help the less fortunate. The familiar Salvation Army kettles have been raising money for many years and last year...

Holiday cheer, eggnog and sniffling noses are all essential parts of a merry holiday season in the Midwest. But, as the last two weeks of the semester are upon us, noses are not the only thing which will be running. By the evening of Dec. 11, the tree-lined...

If you live in Greek Row you have a new representative on the DeKalb County Board. At last Wednesday's board meeting the board voted 22-0 to appoint Diane Mikula (R-5th district) to the seat formerly held by Rob Harris. Thomas Gary (D-6th) was absent...

The close of the semester is drawing and student finances are dwindling. Solution: start the Christmas job hunt. Christmas is a hustling, bustling time of year so employers are always searching for desperate college students who are willing to work for...

Buy, spend, indulge in consumerism, and purchase. It's that time of year again when, as a community, we flock to those meccas of mass consumerism, the malls. Seeing that there is no mall in DeKalb, where is one to shop when stranded in a corn field. Searching...

With violent crimes on the rise and gun-control initiatives rampant, martial arts classes are gaining popularity nationwide. NIU is no exception. Judo, karate and tae-kwon-do courses are offered by the physical education department, said Judith Bischoff,...

Violence and drug dealing, two hallmarks of gang activity, have appeared on the campuses of NIU and Illinois State University in Normal within the last month. While the NIU community is being hit with the reality of an established crack-dealing ring,...

It was a lonely cold campus here on Christmas Eve. The students left with joy and elation. As usual I had to sneak in and cover Christmas with the Student Association. And so I snuck on up to their second floor corner In nightshirt with candle and mini-tape...

While Christians celebrate the birth of Christ, Jewish students will remember an even earlier historical event. In 166 B.C. Judas Maccabes and his family successfully revolted against foreign occupation and restored Jewish control for over a century....

A new mayor reigned for a day over the DeKalb City Council Monday night. The new mayor presided over a meeting where the council approved next year's corporate tax levy, approved a zoning change for a proposed apartment complex, denied another zoning...