The university is forming a task force to review alcohol policies as they pertain to fraternities and sororities. The purpose of the task force, as stated by Activities for Greek Affairs Adviser Dawn Sturma, is to study the current situation and make...

Homemade boats were on display at the East Lagoon Wednesday as the Homecoming Committee held the first recyclable boat race as part of Homecoming festivities. About 250 people gathered on the shores of the lagoon to watch the 20 participating boats attempt...

Students concerned with personal safety on and off campus can learn how to protect themselves through a program at NIU next week. A seminar teaching women how to protect themselves from dangerous situations will be held Oct. 21 at NIU, sponsored by State...

University Council members debated over the hiring of NIU graduates to teach at NIU and how it could affect representation of women and minority faculty at their meeting Wednesday. Questions arose from UC members about the University Council Personnel...

The responsibility of who is to blame for obscene or offensive posters that were approved by University Programming and Activities is a hazy line between student organizations. Michelle Emmett, director of University Programming and Activities, said UP&A...

Lecture will address minority women in workplace Minorities do not have to accept discrimination in the workplace. Tonight at 8 p.m. in DuSable room 204, Women in Communications, Inc. (WICI) will be holding an informative meeting with the theme, "Discrimination...

WASHINGTON (AP)—Most Americans are monogamous, but a significant minority engages in high-risk behavior by having multiple partners without always using condoms, according to a new survey. The study, published this week in the American Journal of Public...

The end is in sight. Patty Perkins, assistant to the vice president for Finance and Planning, said NIU's construction projects are making progress and are on schedule. Here's the breakdown: Parking Structure—"The precast (formed concrete slabs) work...

After completing undergraduate school, students face tough decisions, like whether or not to continue their education. In order to clear up any unanswered questions that might get in the way of the final decision, NIU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences...

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER DENNIS CONRAD SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP)—The Legislature's fall veto session opened Tuesday only to have leaders postpone action on the session's most pressing issues: Chicago school finances and riverboat casinos. Legislative leaders...

The University Council will meet at 3 p.m. today in the Clara Sperling Sky Room in the Holmes Student Center to discuss a wide variety of topics. The topic on the agenda most likely to stir debate from the UC members concerns a University Council Personnel...

As NIU undergoes more constructive surgery than Michael Jackson, many students and faculty are left wondering how the bills for all this work will be paid. The construction projects here at NIU have spent years in the planning stages and are only now...