No, I'm not paying up on a favor I owe, and I'm not trying to schmooze anyone. But I really have to give three cheers to the Student Association Mass Transit Board and the Huskie Bus Line. On a cold and rainy day like Monday, I rode the early a.m. number...

It seems that wherever NIU goes, its parking problems follow. Not only is parking a problem in the center of campus, but parking also is becoming difficult to find at NIU's School of Engineering in Sycamore. The engineering school has been located in...

Several Sycamore residents on North Cross Street have issued complaints about NIU engineering students who are parking on the street instead of using the school's designated parking lot. Sycamore Mayor Redd Johnson said that on Mondays through Fridays...

Student Association Sen. Joe Annunzio was elected senate speaker by a majority vote of the senate Sunday night. Annunzio, serving his second term on the senate, beat out senators Regina Hudson and Michael Stumpf for the position, which was held by Tom...

In about two years, every NIU fraternity will be under its national chapter's risk-management policy to reduce liability related to alcohol. Interfraternity Council President Tom Zur said the IFC has a risk-reduction committee working on a risk-reduction...

Every evening during the winter, DeKalb's emergency refuge, Public Action to Deliver Shelter, opens its doors to the homeless. Starting at 7 p.m., people drift into the sparsely furnished parsonage at the First United Methodist Church, 311 N. Fourth St.,...

NIU will be joining with other universities around the country to participate in National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week, which runs today through Friday. "We want to raise the awareness of alcohol abuse and encourage students to participate in BACCHUS,"...

An FBI report about sexual assault states that one out of every five women will be sexually assaulted within her lifetime. In an attempt to understand why sexual assault is such a large problem on campus, the NIU Sexual Assault Task Force turned to students...

The Student Association senate accepted the resignation Sunday of Mike Goldstein, Student Committee on Political Action co-chairman, and approved more funding for WKDI's pursuit of an FM frequency. Goldstein, who has left NIU because of undisclosed personal...

To reduce the risk of alcohol-related accidents, the Interfraternity Council is trying to implement alcohol policies which call for fraternities to take maximum responsibility. "The alcohol policies are on our (IFC) own," said IFC President Tom Zur. "The...

Former NIU president and current political science professor Clyde Wingfield's work in one of several senior fellowships at the American Association of State Colleges and Universities entails the development of international programs. Association President...

In a referendum Thursday, a majority of NIU students voted to pay a one-time maximum fee of $10.47 to support the proposed conversion of WKDI to an FM frequency. A total of 1,004 students voiced their opinions at the polls Thursday. The outcome of the...