A weekend pro-life march in Washington D.C. is prompting NIU students and a local pro-life organization into traveling to the capitol to be counted with other pro-life advocates. The march, called "I Just Want to be Counted," is expected to attract about...

The history of the Black Nationalist movement can be traced through the work of Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King. Lou Turner, a columnist from News and Letters, a Marxist-Humanist newspaper, spoke to a crowd of 20 people in the Holmes Student...

A restaurant, bar and alcohol tax passed in a first-round vote April 16 has business owners and city officials caught on both sides of the tax fence. The DeKalb City Council probably will take its final vote on the 1.75 percent increase on restaurant...

Ducks will no longer need to swim between aluminum cans, candy wrappers and newspapers in Waston Creek after Sunday. About 10 to 15 Sigma Lambda Beta fraternity members will clean up Watson Creek, said Danny Gonzalez, public relations chairman. The newly-formed...

Club sports will get their share of Student Association money when the SA decides club budgets Sunday night. SA members will meet at 6 p.m. in the Holmes Student Center's Heritage Room. Organizations receive money for the next fiscal year based on their...

NIU officials will hold a ground-breaking ceremony for the Faraday II building Tuesday, although construction might not begin until September. Eddie Williams, NIU vice president for finance and planning, said the ground breaking will occur early because...

Summer has arrived earlier than expected, causing some to wonder how long it will last. The warm weather, which has brought shorts, T-shirts and sunglasses back into fashion, is a sharp contrast to the frigid temperatures of just a couple of weeks ago....

Campus Activities Board members still feel optimistic about the Student Association Art Collection despite an SA committee adviser's suggestion to hire a new manager. SA Community Affairs Adviser Brian Subatich recommended Sunday in his senate report...

After arguing 45 minutes over the amount to allocate for refreshments at NIU art show openings, the Student Association did not have enough members present last night to pass the Campus Activity Boards Visual Arts budget. Sen. James Mertes questioned...

The scene: the first day of classes your first semester at NIU. The mood: total chaos and mayhem. I'll bet none of us will ever forget our first week of school—wandering around aimlessly, trying to find what buildings our classes were in and how in...

NIU students who are still psyched after Earth Day can help clean the campus and recycle trash Sunday. The 1 p.m. campus cleanup, sponsored by the Student Association Campus Welfare Committee, is the school year's second, Committee Adviser Morenike Cheatom...

Student police patrols might be roaming campus next semester if the proposal gets needed approval. Morenike Cheatom, Student Association Campus Security Advisory Board adviser, said the board will decide whether to recommend the idea at its next meeting....