Burglars hit at least 12 cars parked on the NIU campus and 13 parked elsewhere in the city during the latest weekend wave of vandalism. Cars parked in the remote, gravel NIU lots located near Annie Glidden Road often are targeted by vandals, and this...

In a scurry to get enough senators to approve a new, scaled-down Student Association constitution, six students were called to Sunday's senate meeting and appointed as senators. The newly-appointed senators, which the senate approved 21-1, were allowed...

NIU's Health Service is still in the Holmes Student Center and won't get to go home this summer. The Health Service moved into the student center last year while remodeling took place in its building. Rising airborne asbestos levels had been detected...

An exhibition showcasing the nature-inspired ceramics of NIU assistant Professor Yih-Wen Kuo opened Thursday afternoon to an audience of over 50 students and faculty. "I take my inspiration from nature, from organic objects found in nature, and abstract...

The Northern Star has a new management team for the fall semester. With the present editor-in-chief Beth Behland graduating in August, Mark McGowan will become editor-in-chief when the fall semester begins. McGowan was campus editor this year. "Mark McGowan...

Meetings between students and administrators to decide how much control the Student Association has over more than $750,000 of student money are coming to an end. Final recommendations to Barbara Henley, vice president for Student Affairs, were drawn...

NIU's freshman English classes don't want no career women. Stewardesses and waitresses are bad news too. And forget about being a congressman or businesswoman, it's just not in style. Twenty of 150 frosh English classes are experimenting with gender inclusive...

Is steering people to use opinion-neutral words an effort to make them better communicators or is it bordering on political strong-arming? As with anything, it depends on who you ask. As NIU's Freshman English Committee experiments with guidelines pushing...

When it comes to financial aid, a student's status as "needy" is frequently not a term describing their own financial situation, but refers to their family's. In fact, a student's status as "needy" during their college years might give them an immediate...

The African influence on science will be the topic of two lectures on campus today. Ivan Van Sertima, a linguist, anthropologist and literary critic, will lecture at NIU today. The event, sponsored by the Center for Black Studies, BROTHERS and the Student...

Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar has proclaimed April 14-20 Affordable Housing Week. In recognition of Affordable Housing Week, the Housing Committee of Networking for Families in DeKalb has planned some special events. The Housing Committee will highlight the...

Student volunteers are needed to help stamp out acquaintance rape at NIU. NIU Counselor Barb Zuber said the Counseling and Student Development Center is looking for volunteers for a new Sexual Assault prevention program planned for the fall. Zuber said...