NIU students and parents alike will be asked to have fun safely this weekend at one tent in the tailgate section outside the last home football game. "Think when you drink" is the theme of the non-alcoholic beer tent sponsored by Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity...

Although a recent study by a California researcher reported many students have dropped their ethics by the roadside, cheating at NIU doesn't appear to be widespread. The 60-page study from the Joseph and Edna Josephson Institute for the Advancement of...

The Boston Globe Ellen Goodman The way I learned it, every American is supposed to be innocent until proven guilty. Under our system, you have the right to defend yourself. And if the accusation is serious enough, you have the right to a jury of your...

The new Student Association Senate Speaker, (elected with 21 of 30 votes), Sunday promised to keep an open door to student, senators and NIU organizations. Senate Speaker Preston Came said communication between the SA senate and executives was lacking...

Ooh, is da mudslingin‘ gettin' dirty. It's usually taken for granted that political commercials do more to smear the opponent of the person they're for than to praise the candidate who pays for them. But this year, some of the commercials are getting...

This is it. Illinois students have one last chance to speak out about the rising cost of higher education. Students, university officials and others can voice their concerns to the Joint Committee on College Tuition on Nov. 13 at the Southern Illinois...

It promises to be a rock concert like any other, complete with throbbing music, a light show, smoke and strobe lights. But this one will have a difference. Damascus, a Christian rock band, will perform at 7 p.m. Sunday in the Holmes Student Center's Duke...

The Student Association is sponsoring a contest to replace its old logo with a new "fresh look." "The logo we have now for the SA is very outdated and unattractive and does not describe what the SA stands for today," said Public Relations Adviser Lara...

A "little switch" took place in NIU's department of communicative disorders, according to the new department chair. Earl Seaver will replace James Andrews as the new department of communicative disorders chairman, while Andrews will take over Seaver's...

Illinois State University in Bloomington is under investigation by the state police and an internal audit. ISU President Thomas Wallace and attorney Joseph Goleash confirmed Tuesday night that a probe by the Division of Internal Investigation of State...

SPRINGFIELD—The Board of Regents expressed concern Wednesday about a proposed statewide work-study program that they fear will sap too much state money. The program, a cooperative education project, is planned with the intent of reducing reliance on...

SPRINGFIELD—Staff and faculty at Sangamon State University are ready to strike if needed, although no one wants employee-management relations to go that far. Ron Ettinger, president of University Professionals of Illinois Local 4100, told a packed SSU...