by Bryan Shettig

The student loan market is among the lenders that are being subsidized by the U.S. government, but experts say that students shouldn't feel the sting of the current bailout and mortgage debt crisis when they look to land student loans. The uncharted waters of the financial landscape struck banks and lenders on and off Wall Street in a record-breaking fashion, just as residents scrambled to decipher how they will be affected. (0) comments

by Taylor Short

Since 2007, on-campus alcohol related arrests and burglaries have increased, according to crime statistics. NT's Center for Student Rights and Responsibilities released the statistics Monday. According to the report, there were 27 more on-campus arrests for liquor law violations, a 37 percent increase since 2006. (0) comments

by Whitney Thompson

The typically pristine Campus Green was trashed Monday afternoon in the name of binge drinking. Red plastic cups were littered across the area as three students tried to educate passersby about binge drinking. Jack Sprague of the communication design faculty assigned the presentation of several issues to students in his class this semester. (0) comments

by Tianna Howard

The houses on Sorority Row are not the only things turning heads, and the members of the Panhellenic Association have the grade point averages to prove it. The Association, which includes Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Phi, Chi Omega, Delta Gamma, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Pi Beta Phi and Zeta Tau Alpha sororities, has an average GPA of 3. (0) comments

by Corey Hennigan

Effective Jan. 1, Sandra Terell, former dean of the Toulouse School of Graduate Studies, will be NT's first vice provost for academic outreach. When filling the position, one goal was to find someone who knew higher education in Texas and the importance of working with other educational bodies on campus and across the state, said Wendy Wilkins, provost and vice president of academic affairs, said in an e-mail interview. (0) comments

by Gregg Turner

When students get their hands on a new iPhone or Blackberry, they shouldn't be so quick to toss their old phone. Students can help the environment by handing their old phones over to the Chiapas Project. On March 28, 2007, at the NT Women & Leadership Day luncheon, the project launched a program called Recycle to Eradicate Poverty. (0) comments

by Ryan Feuerhelm

The days of paper ads and fliers piling up in the dorms are over; a new era has been ushered in with the introduction of the kiosk. "The kiosks were implemented this summer," said Christina Herrera, a Crumley Hall front desk clerk. "It's a part of NT's effort to go green. (0) comments

HOUSTON (MCT) - The Houston-area death toll from Hurricane Ike has reached 32 with the discovery this weekend of two unidentified bodies found along the shore in Galveston County and the body of a Port Neches man found in Orange County. Meanwhile, 40 people who went missing during Hurricane Ike have been reported found, according to dozens of calls received by Laura Recovery Center's hotline after the Chronicle ran a related story Sunday. (0) comments