A Late Nite Ride Service for students with disabilities is a good idea. The Student Association Mass Transit Board might start using the Handivan for students with disabilities for those who need to use the service. Current vehicles used are not accessible...

Tuesday turned out to be Willy Roy Jr.‘s day to make headlines even if the NIU soccer standout didn't play a match. First came the news that the Huskie senior not only leads the Midwest region in scoring, but also ranks fourth nationally with 46 points...

The Blackhawk Dance Troupe will perform on Nov. 10 at 2 p.m. in the Holmes Student Center's Carl Sandburg Auditorium. The performance is part of NIU's theme of Unity in Diversity. The troupe is comprised of 31 Native American students ages 12 to 16. The...

Whenever I read an article about Iraq, or see a discussion about it on TV, the question asked is whether the U.S. should attack Iraq first. Well, pardon me for wondering, but didn't Iraq attack first by invading Kuwait? Since Kuwait is an ally which has...

Has anyone been to an NIU theatre production lately? Little Shop of Horrors is playing at the O'Conner Theatre in the Stevens Building. It seemed like a nice little play to see. So my roommate and I prepared to go get tickets. The lines were surprisingly...

LAKE FOREST - Rookie safety Mark Carrier of the Chicago Bears has never met his namesake and third cousin, wide receiver Mark Carrier of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. But it's inevitable the two will cross paths Sunday. "Something will happen and a Carrier...

The NIU women's volleyball squad chalked up another "brooming" Tuesday as NIU swept the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in three drawn out games: 15-13, 16-14, 15-11. The triumph treated NIU to a 21-7 season ledger with 16 of the victories being "broom"...

It's unbelievably tragic but true: 18 of our world's children die as a consequence of hunger every minute of every hour of every day. While this devastation is equivalent to the bombing of Hiroshima every three days, it is also true more people have died...

It is regrettable that your articles on the recent survey of faculty attitudes did not bother to find out how questions on the survey were phrased nor did they bother to intelligently ask what those answers might mean. A particularly egregious example...

If Student Association senators want to be nit-picky, they had better be careful. Perhaps Sen. Jody Jancaric should have written his specific intentions in his resignation, which he says were contingent upon being approved for the Supreme Court. However,...

This is in response to Sandra Overmeyer's petition drive to protest tuition increases at NIU: Good for you! I'm gratified to read of student leaders like yourself taking active steps to show the Board of Regents that NIU students will not permit such...

Students looking for advice about the world outside the NIU campus might find some answers at a career fair this week. The university is holding its second annual multi-cultural career fair, which began Monday and will continue through Thursday in the...