Alcohol enforcement officers and other liquor control officials gave owners and managers of establishments that serve alcohol in DeKalb an overview of liquor laws and enforcement policy on Tuesday night. Part of the meeting was a response to a covert...

The DeKalb County/NIU College of Law Juvenile Mediation Project, designed to allow juveniles who commit less serious crimes to go through mediation rather than prosecution, is putting out a call for more volunteer mediators. The project gives the state’s...

The Counseling and Student Development Center wants to mend students’ broken hearts. Coping with Relationship Loss, a new discussion group intended to help students heal after losing romantic relationships, will begin March 21 and will end April 25....

Darkness will dominate Greek Row no more. Members of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity joined the city of DeKalb employees in a "walk-around" Tuesday night examining the lighting on Greek Row. Ten Phi Sigma Kappa members expressed concern over specific areas...

Two arrests were made Friday evening at 1133 Market St. thanks to help provided by members of the Pleasant Street Area Neighborhood Association. Julio Hernandez, 42, and Jose Ruedas-Hernandez, 29, both of DeKalb were arrested on drug charges after an...

"Beautiful Eyes" may be the name of this week’s fundraiser held by Delta Gamma, but the real beauty lies in its cause. The fundraiser consists of tables set up at DuSable and Barsema halls and at the Holmes Student Center with cups donning pairs of...

More than 17 million Africans have died from AIDS since 1970. Four informed sources met Monday night at the Holmes Student Center’s Heritage Room to address the AIDS epidemic. "AIDS in Africa," opened with each audience member reading a statistic or...

Going to the Student Recreation Center may not be the only way to shed those extra pounds gained over the winter months. Weight Watchers at Work is a program that meets at noon every Wednesday at the Holmes Student Center in the Blackhawk Cafeteria. The...

International students have a new Latin American organization to work with their cultural needs. John Alexander, assistant director for Latino and Latin American studies, said I.S.L.A., International Students from Latin America, is intended to help international...

NIU students who want to increase their language capabilities can take advantage of NIU’s foreign language department. Currently, almost 3,000 students are taking a foreign language on campus, said Raymond Tourville, chairman of the foreign language...

The Student Association has yet to confirm dates for the open forum meetings on entertainment proposed by SA President Kevin Miller at Sunday’s senate meeting. "We’re thinking late March, early April," said Brooke Robinson, SA director of public affairs....

Every 10 years, NIU goes through the reaccreditation process, and this year, the time has come up. Jan Rintala, assistant chair of kinesiology and physical education, along with a steering committee, is busy compiling the first drafts of reports to present...