Buying a new car might be easier for new NIU graduates than it seems. Several car manufacturers have programs for recent graduates to meet crucial downpayments. GMAC has a college graduate program designed for students earning a two-year associate degree,...

Springfest and Homecoming go hand in hand, at least in the case of greeks. Much like the fall festival, NIU fraternities and sororities will compete for trophies in various events this week. "Springfest is like Homecoming," said Interfraternity Council...

Where can NIU students find cheap seats, plenty of beer and competitive baseball fewer than 45 minutes away? Why,in Rockford, of course! The Rockford Expos are a minor league team and part of the Midwest League. The league includes 14 teams from cities...

NIU students had an opportunity to be 1500 feet above sea level at 90 to 100 miles per hour last weekend. Free plane rides were offered to students Saturday afternoon by The Flying Huskies, NIU's only aviation club since the early 1960s. Aaron Hansemann,...

Winter is gone and spring weather is erasing couch potato syndrome. Most NIU students exercise more when the weather allows for many types of fitness activities. Walking and working out at the Office of Campus Recreation are popular ways of keeping in...

The North Central Narcotics Task Force recently made its 400th drug-related arrest, the force's director said. Task force director Rick Rokusek said the 20-month-old program recently received a $189,000 grant. The force will use the grant to buy more...

Adventure and new experiences lie around the bend or even under the ground when people go on OCR Outing Centre trips. The Office of Campus Recreation has sponsored trips during the semester and is planning more trips for spring and summer, including a...

The North Central Narcotics Task Force arrested a Genoa woman Friday for allegedly owning and selling cocaine and marijuana after several months of investigation. Lorrie C. Vine, 35, was charged by the task force with unlawful possession of a controlled...

NIU still lags behind other Regency universities' graduation and retention rates for minority and transfer students despite some recent improvements. All three universities governed by the Board of Regents showed better, but still low, retention and graduation...

Summer construction projects and summer school funding are a few of the hot topics for Wednesday's Faculty Assembly meeting. NIU will look much different in the fall because of several remodeling projects on streets and buildings. Assembly Chairman J....

Conflicting attitudes exist about racism at NIU and in DeKalb, said an award-winning WNIU radio reporter. WNIU's Linda Muszalski received an award from United Press International for her feature report on campus racial incidents last semester. "I realized...

"George Washington was a great hemp farmer," author and activist Jack Herer said at Monday's West Lagoon rally to legalize marijuana. Herer is the chief spokesman for HEMP—Help End Marijuana Prohibition. Herer told several hundred people that not only...