On October 26, 2008, the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) community suffered an unprecedented tragedy. Two UCA students, Chavares Block, 19, and Ryan Henderson, 18, were gunned down and killed while standing outside Arkansas Hall, a UCA residence...

Whether tragedy strikes in a location across the country or a few blocks from campus, the root of gun control issues needs to be identified and remedied. The Editorial Board would like to clarify that as these issues exist in the DeKalb community, it...

Pass: Students bring memes to campusThe students of NIU are being seriously creative with the things they’re coming up with to occupy time. Creating random events has become the goofy new trend on Facebook that is taking over the internet whether the...

NIU is making deliberate efforts to create a safe and inclusive campus by hosting diversity events that hope for change yet create none. The main goal is to serve a “diverse student population,” according to the Office of Academic Diversity, Equity...

On Oct. 3rd, several organizations on NIU’s campus will be cosponsoring a Democratic Gubernatorial Candidates Forum at 5:30 p.m. in the Sandburg Auditorium. The Forum will feature seven candidates vying to be the Democratic Nominee for Illinois Governor...

Players in the NFL are exercising their constitutional rights by making their voices heard with a silent form of protesting before their respective games through sitting, kneeling or simply avoiding the most widespread pregame ritual in the nation by...

I am so fortunate to have been born 90 years ago. When I was a kid, we didn’t have color films, TV had been invented, but they didn’t know how to broadcast it. Now we are in the midst of a climate change, and some people are killing others because...

The Editorial Board stands behind the university’s decision to wait until fall 2018 to begin the formal search for the next president.Wheeler Coleman, NIU Board of Trustee’s chairperson, and Dennis Barsema, the Board’s vice chairperson, sent out...