This Sunday the NIU women's basketball team can achieve something it has never done in its entire existence. It has a chance to clinch its first North Star Conference regular-season title with a win over the visiting Illinois-Chicago Flames at 2 p.m....

NIU Greek chapters need to relearn the meaning of pride, according to a national fraternity executive director. David Westol, national executive director of Theta Chi, said hazing, a form of harassment or humiliation, is similar to cancer in that it grows...

The link between fraternities and drinking alcohol to sexual assaults is trying to be corrected at NIU. Beverly Beetham, NIU Sexual Assault Task Force chairman, said last semester, 14 rapes were reported to the Sexual Assault Response Team and two students...

Marijuana is more harmful today than 30 years ago. The level of marijuana's active ingredient, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), was two-tenths of one percent in the 1960's, but is now about five percent, according to a 1989 article in the "American...

Across the nation, many schools are revising academic honor codes to stop cheating on campus. However, Arra Garab, a 24-year NIU English department veteran, said an honor code system might not work at NIU because of a lack of tradition. Many universities...

NIU students should wait to rent off-campus housing, according to a Student Association adviser. A projected decrease in the number of students living off-campus during the fall semester could lower rents, said Brian Subatich, SA community affairs adviser....

The 3rd Ward Coalition continues to be an important social, maintenance and political force on the west side of DeKalb, according to area leaders. Local businessman Marshall Hayes, one of the founders of the coalition, said "the 3rd Ward does not have...

The Student Association Mass Transit Board's proposed Geneva shuttle bus has been scrapped. The shuttle, proposed last semester, will not be considered this year because of "budget constraints," said Mass Transit Adviser David Pack. The shuttle would...

Despite seven proven cheating cases this semester, instructors are often hesitant to report students for judicial action. NIU Judicial Office Director Larry Bolles said there were 29 proven cases of cheating at NIU during the fall semester and seven cases...

Students with disabilities who are unable to use NIU facilities will have a chance to air their complaints to the university next week. George Shur, University Legal Counsel and liason between NIU President John La Tourette and The Presidential Commission...

Although the birth control pill is nearly 100 percent effective when used correctly, incorrect use leaves some women with unwanted pregnancies. Jana Whelan, a pharmacy technician at Kishwaukee Community Hospital said the idea of the pill is "to fool the...

With internal difficulties behind the Student Association, some senators hope to return to business at Sunday's SA meeting. At the Feb. 18 SA meeting, senators discussed the removal of SA President Huda Scheidelman for over two hours, but never voted...