Greg Ross said he firmly believes foreign languages are key to greater cultural understanding. Ross, the house coordinator for the International House, said foreign languages can provide excellent opportunities for participants to share ideas and perspectives...

Three workers who died this summer while working in Illinois corn fields have inspired a community forum on agricultural safety. The forum will be held at 7 p.m. today in the Heritage Room of the Holmes Student Center. Carrie Bueche, special projects...

Ana Castillo, acclaimed novelist, poet and short-story writer, spoke about race, sexuality and gender in the Jack Arends Visual Arts Building Tuesday night.Castillo's novel So Far From God and her poem-turned-novel, "Watercolor Women, Opaque Men," both...

Sycamore | The Sycamore Public Library, 103 E. State St. received a grant to fund the translation of the library’s materials. Mary Anderson, head of youth services at Sycamore Public Library, said the translated materials will include instructions for...

It is said the spirits of the dead return to loved ones who remember them on the Day of the Dead. To celebrate the Mexican holiday, the NIU Art Museum's "The Day of the Dead Artist Invitational" exhibit can currently be seen in Altgeld Hall. From Oct....