Most students who live on campus can relate to having a meal plan for dining in the residence halls.This year was my first year having a meal plan in my three years of college. My first week of school I was happy to see all the selections I could choose...
Dear NIU Computing Facilities Advisory Committee,As a Huskie at NIU, I am highly disgruntled by your proposal to charge students to use the printers on campus. In fact, I cannot recall a time where I have been more upset. Do you understand that you are...
On Thursday, NIU welcomes back Kenneth Womack, professor, published author and alumnus, to give a lecture in Reavis Hall Room 211 at noon to 2 p.m. Being an English major and aspiring writer myself, I was interested in interviewing someone who had studied...
Halloween. The time when the roving bands of students will be replaced by The Flintstones, The Simpsons, and the cast of Star Wars (the original trilogy, not the new ones). But the homicide investigation of Antinette "Toni" Keller has prompted a campus-wide...
I will not tip-toe around this topic by explaining how character and "realness" makes for a good governor or mayor. Instead I am going to tell you the truth. Politics is not for everyone.Many of you may not know this but right now I am eligible to run...
Where did the time go? It is already a week or so past the middle of the semester, and yet it feels like just last Thursday was move-in day. Some of you will soon reap the benefits of the hard work you put in this semester, while others will probably...
I've been wondering why so many NIU students go home on the weekends or make plans outside of town. It is completely understandable why so many students make this decision; there is not a lot to do DeKalb. Of course, you can always find some fun time...
We all know how zombie epidemics start. Some weird virus breaks out and spreads rapidly as the infected undead wander aimlessly amongst unsuspecting civilians. As unrealistic as such scenarios may seem, I am starting to see some disconcerting similarities...
Do you dream of doing something so awesome that it will fundamentally alter your being for the rest of your life? If your answer is yes, please keep reading.It's one thing to get straight A's in the classes required for your desired degree. But hands-on...
Halloween is a month away. Soon, decorations of spooky creatures will start filling the windows of people's houses. Jack O'Lanterns will stare from front porches at passers by. Screams will ring out from those scared in haunted houses and lost in corn...
I like to think of myself as an understanding person.I realize that everyone has bad days. When someone is unexpectedly short with me or cuts me off while driving, I assure myself something more important than me is going on in his or her life. Maybe...
On Sept. 2, a fire broke out on an oil rig platform 13 miles from the coast of New Orleans. Of the 13 crew members aboard, 12 managed to escape unscathed, with one suffering minor injuries. The following day, a tense anxiety gripped the otherwise Big...
