Alpha Phi Omega will open its Coed Rush to any student interested at 9 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday in the Holmes Student Center Heritage Room. The fraternity also will sponsor a campus recycling drive Saturday. Journalism society meeting Are you interested...

The Micro-fridge is looking to be the next invention to revolutionize the art of furnishing a college apartment or dormitory room. Robert Bennett is the brainchild behind the four-foot tall refrigerator, freezer and microwave oven. The unit has three...

Unity in Diversity Week did not effectively promote unity because of a lack of communication, said members of NIU's Black Student Union. BSU Vice President Demetricus Carlvin said communication could have been improved by publicizing activities through...

A woman who beat a man over the head with a bottle at the East Lagoon Sunday will be extradited to Florida for violating her probation on an alleged cocaine possession, NIU University Police said. Sandra E. Nehrling, 24, struck an unidentified male with...

NIU mascot Victor E. Huskie has a new $1,200 coat. The Victor E. Huskie Mange Fund, set up by the NIU Operating Staff, has collected $469 for the costume over the past three years. The NIU foundation added $750.00 to the fund to help finance the new outfit....

Within the past two years, every prosecuted illegal sale of alcohol in DeKalb has involved college students, said DeKalb City Attorney Ron Matekaitis. "Anybody going to school should have sense enough to know that selling beer is against the law," said...

Well, Unity in Diversity Week is over. Did you miss it? Don't feel bad. I didn't know it was going on until Wednesday, and I work at a newspaper. Some of you aren't too heartbroken about missing all the bands, activities and discussion groups. Unfortunately,...

NIU students have a chance to dabble in the stock market with monoply money. Students across the country can enter the AT&T Collegiate Investment Challenge, said Mike Burn, NIU contact person for the contest. The AT&T Collegiate Investment Challenge...

Greeks that graduate and leave NIU are able to reunite with the alumni and undergraduates of their sorority or fraternity during Homecoming. James Christensen, vice president of Sigma Nu Fraternity, said their fraternity is tailgating with their alumni...

The InterFraternity Council has formed a judicial board to govern the activities of the fraternities involved with IFC. Gregg Mylin, IFC vice president of administration, is one of the judges on the judicial board. Mylin said the board consists of eight...

Road-weary travelers desperately search for a night's lodging, only to be turned away into the chilly night. Is this a biblical account from long ago? No it's a current scene played out during Homecoming weekend when some unwary visitors find themselves...

Homecoming weekend, like Corn Fest, keeps the local police busy. The UPs concentrate on traffic through campus, tailgating activites, parking and stadium security, Lt. Ken Kaiser of the administrative services division said. The DeKalb Police are responsible...