According to icasualties.org there have been 6,693 American servicemen/women killed in the Iraq and Afghanistan campaigns. That equals almost 31 percent of the students at NIU. After all these years of bloodshed it seems as though there will never be...

In light of the bombings in Boston, I feel it is only appropriate I take the time to write a blog about the men and women who have given their lives in the pursuit of defending our freedom. I also feel the need to remember and honor those innocent victims...

Over the past couple of weeks, whenever we turn on our television to watch the news there has been some sort of story on about North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un. Usually the programs focus on how he is consistently bringing up talks about a nuclear strike...