Students interested in the cold war have a chance to see a video tape of a U.S. Institute of Peace seminar which featured American and Soviet diplomats. The seminar, held last August in Washington D.C., was a landmark in U.S.-Soviet relations, said Martin...

NIU President John La Tourette is showing he's serious about demonstration of ethnic and cultural diversity at NIU, and people are taking notice. Z. Ahmad, program director of University Program and Activities said he "firmly believes so" that La Tourette...

NIU employees, in an effort to bring attention to unfair wages, will picket today at 3 p.m. in the Martin Luther King Free Speech Area, outside the Holmes Student Center. The picket line will be made up of members of the American Federation of State,...

We're all different. Some of us are athletic; some of us can write poetry; some can do other things. We all have our unique abilities. However, some of us have unique disabilites. Some are mentally handicapped. Some live at Genesis House. Genesis House,...

NIU Civil Service employees will not be forced to take vacation days or unpaid leave during the holiday break. President John La Tourette said he has been fielding a number of questions from civil servants who fear they will lose work time and money when...

With the widespread appeal of comic book-influenced movies like "Dick Tracy" and "Batman", comic book collecting has become a popular activity among college students. And NIU students are no exception to this trend. "Comic collecting is fun and interesting,"...

Three area legislators are asking the Illinois Board of Higher Education to use caution when examining NIU's Hoffman Estates project. And officials at Roosevelt University are getting ready to protest the NIU extension to the IBHE. State Sen. Virginia...

NIU students may soon be able to enroll in a major that will "train them for life." NIU physical education professor Ed Thomas has proposed a major in "Restorative and Martial Arts," which will positively transform students both physically and mentally....

Mayor Greg Sparrow is blasting the four council members who voted against his nominee for 3rd Ward alderman Monday night. Sparrow charged members who voted against nominee Gary Wiggins had either a personal or political vendetta against himself, Wiggins...

A fight that sent two NIU students to the hospital and brought charges against three football players have NIU officials scrambling for details. Formal complaints against the players were lodged with NIU's Judicial Office on Tuesday. DeKalb Police charged...

Although record-breaking temperatures and heavy rains pounded the northern Illinois area Tuesday, winter should be here this weekend. Dale Helgerson, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Rockford, said the mercury climbed to 65 degrees early...

The University Health Services might have gotten less than it bargained for after moving its headquarters to the Holmes Student Center. New tests conducted for asbestos in the student center show that health services moved next door to the complex's only...