This will not be the first time the Student Association senate has rejected Subatich. Last year's senate did not want him as the community affairs adviser because he didn't understand what the job was then; and he still doesn't. The senate approved Mr....

I would like to address all the students who live in residence halls. On occasion, the many facilites in the residence halls break or are out of service. Usually the damage or inconvenience is the fault of a resident. All I ever hear is complaints by...

It never fails to amaze me how an architect could have designed a building with no windows that open. In almost every one of my classes, I find myself in an uncomfortably hot and stuffy room. Lack of ventilation cannot possibly be conducive to better...

Why do freshman have to live in the dorms? For some students, this may be exactly what they are looking for because it is a great chance to meet new people. However, this doesn't work for everyone. Other students want to be able to study in their own...

Well, it's that time of year again folks. No, I don't mean finding a Halloween costume, I mean complaining about the parking situation here at NIU. About this time of year the weather turns cold, windy and icy. I live in Lincoln Hall and the idea of parking...

Despite resistance from the tobacco state members of Congress and major tobacco producers, House and Senate negotiators agreed earlier this week, to ban smoking on all commercial airline flights within the continental U.S. and on most flights to Alaska...

It just doesn't seem worth it, does it? Out on a Saturday night, a bunch of guys with nothing better to do pull a man from behind the wheel of his car and beat him up. Boy, that sounds like a lot of fun. But the fun is just beginning for the five white...

If we try and drive a car on the sidewalk there is no doubt we will get a ticket, although the sidewalk is not posted ‘no cars.' The carded parking lot south of Founders Memorial Library is posted on the side of the gate machine NO MOTORCYCLES, NO BICYCLES,...

A dramatic 12-11 overtime win over Wisconsin-Madison Sunday lifted the NIU Lacrosse Club to it second consecutive title at its own Fall Lacrosse Tournament. The title game of the eight-team tourney, which was held on the field west of Stevenson Towers,...

When we were in fifth or sixth grade, many of us probably had only a vague idea of the dangers of alcohol. As today's society confronts children with alcohol at an earlier age, many of today's youth unfortunately are not afforded the same luxury of innocence...

On October 21, at halftime during the NIU-University of Nevada at Las Vegas football game, the Campus Activities Board will announce the Cater/Wagner family as the winners of the "Generation Celebration" contest. The contest, sponsored by CAB, is an annual...

A car accident might have been the cause of a partial DeKalb blackout Monday night which left an estimated 300 homes without power. Although Commonwealth Edison officials are unsure of the blackout's exact cause, they estimated "the problem was caused...