When and how did it all begin? Here are the stories of how these couples came to be. The Benbows How they met: Ralph went to work in a laboratory in Washington D.C. where Mary was a secretary. Her first impression:On the day they met, she became ill and...

Student Association Vice President Tanya Smith's position as NIU representative for the Illinois Student Association will be taken over by SA President Robert McCormack. The representative position is one which is usually held by the Student Association...

Three issues still remain unresolved in the College of Continuing Education and faculty senate members have no good reason to feel especially hopeful, senate member Sherman Stanage said at the Wednesday meeting. Provost Kendall Baker has yet to make it...

Overall, DeKalb County's election day went "smoothly," said the county clerk. County Clerk Terry Desmond said other than an incident of alleged ‘vote buying' outside Stevenson Towers, there were few problems Tuesday. "We had complaints of a large number...

State Sen. Patrick Welch and election officials deny any connection to allegations of voter fraud on election day. The concern stems from a Tuesday night incident when people voting in Stevenson Towers allegedly were given soda for voting straight Democratic....

An annual seminar to address black concerns in education will be held at NIU this year. The regional seminar of the Illinois Committee on Black Concerns in Higher Education is held at Illinois colleges every year, said Barbara Henley, student affairs...

Student Association Vice President Tanya Smith is bound by the group's constitution to perform any extra jobs others request. But Smith says she shouldn't have to do what other executives tell her to do. Smith said she has not attended recent staff meetings...

Two out of every 1,000 college student tested at 35 U.S. campuses are infected with the AIDS virus, according to federal reports. That might be good news considering those were the same figures given by a survey 18 months ago. The proportion of HIV-positive...

University of Houston Professor Jack Matson wants his students to fail. What?! Didn't you always suspect professors had this sort of hidden agenda? Well, Matson isn't as malicious as he sounds—he wants students to fail for their own good and creativity....

Students might still have to vote on an Illinois Student Association referendum next week despite efforts from SA officials to extend the referendum date. Since the referendum date was set Monday for Nov. 12, SA President Rob McCormack has been trying...

Traci Bauer wants to know why her fellow students get arrested. So the Southwest Missouri State University student and editor of the school's newspaper, The Standard, is suing 12 university officials to get access to crime file reports. "This had been...

Students living in some NIU residence halls may be curious as to why no sanitary soap dispensers are provided in floor bathrooms. Neptune East resident Michael Guglielmo is one such inquiring mind. Guglielmo, former president of floor four odd east, said...