Residence halls have been adding to the security measures used, but housing officials said students need to participate in the security for it to work. The three areas posing the largest threat to student security, are letting strangers in crash doors,...

Anyone relatively new to the DeKalb area may not have heard of Otis Ball. Once upon a time, several years ago, DeKalb's favorite son delighted local residents through a variety of musical incarnations. There was Art Deco. There were the Slut Kings. There...

Huskie Line bus officials say students should not be hesitant to ride buses, despite three accidents in as many weeks. The three accidents, which occurred Jan. 25, Feb. 6 and Feb. 9, only injured one person. NIU Student David Herda was hit by a bus Jan....

Two newly-elected Student Association senators took their names off a petition to remove the SA president from office because they did not know what they were getting into. Senators Gavin Kemp and Steven Zarch removed their names from the impeachment...

Campus job opportunities reflect a need for more workers, according to some Student Association leaders. "There is available on-campus employment, but not all of it is used," said SA President Huda Scheidelman. The NIU food service is a major student...

Money for school is not hard to find if students know where to look. Dorothy Razniewski, account technician of NIU's Financial Aid Office, said about 350 private donors provide much of the money for scholarships. These different scholarships depend on...

While glasnost has set much of Europe on end, it also has reached NIU with the signing of research agreements with Soviet scientists. Marvin Starzyk, chairman of NIU's biological sciences department, said the agreements will give NIU scientists a chance...

NIU broadcast students can gain vital experience at the NIU student run television station, Channel 8, which begins broadcasting Monday. The student run Channel 8 news, which began broadcasting 17 years ago, is a fully operated news facility able to transmit...

The North Central Narcotics Task Force opened 83 cases and made 53 felony arrests in its first year of operation, DeKalb Police said Monday. "It think it's outstanding when you consider that the officers that had entered had very little background and...

Although few cases of Lyme disease, a potentially fatal illness, have been found at NIU, its effects are still a concern for health officials. Lyme disease is an illness contracted from the bite of an infected "deer" tick found in more than 40 states,...

Tom Ochs is sick of bugs and rodents. Ochs, an NIU graduate student, is a resident in the Varsity Square apartments, where he claims he has had numerous problems with roaches and mice. "I have been moved out of my apartment eight times so that it could...

The benefits of knowing a second language are increasing the demand for foreign language courses at NIU. "There is a great growth in the demand for foreign language," said Marilyn Skinner, chairwoman of NIU's foreign languages and literatures department....