Montgomery Gentry and Chuck Wicks sang for charity to the tune of a more-than-$1,000 donation for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital 7 p.m. Sunday at the Convocation Center, 1525 W. Lincoln Highway. The concert was part of country radio station Q98.5’s...

Food, fashion, crafts and performances were among the festivities at this year’s Southeast Asia Club festival on Saturday. The Southeast Asia club decided to do things differently this year by hosting an annual festival instead of its typical performances,...

James Zanayed was re-appointed the Student Association (SA) Senate speaker at its meeting Sunday. Zanayed was contested by Stephanie Wiggins, SA senator and senior political science major, for the speaker position. Wiggins said her experience in the Air...

Melanie Joy, Harvard graduate and University of Massachusetts professor of psychology and sociology, gives a presentation about Carnism on Sunday evening in Wirtz Hall. Carnism she explains, is the belief system that influences people to consume meat....

In honor of Earth Day, author and psychologist Melanie Joy gave a free lecture Sunday night based on her award-winning book “Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism.” Joy focused on the concept of carnism, which she said...

Earth Day is April 22, and there are many ways people can keep the environment in mind. Melissa Burlingame, program coordinator for NIU’s Institute for the Study of the Environment, Sustainability and Energy, said saving energy is one of the easiest...