NIU is trying to squelch talk that it could have built a new broadcast center for the same price or less than the $1 million-plus needed to remodel the Palmer Music Building. Tom Montiegel, NIU vice president of development and alumni relations, said...

The flu season is here and it's time to watch for symptoms and have remedies at hand. Common influenza symptoms include fatigue, body aches, dizziness, upper-respiratory congestion, sore throat and headaches, said Michael Haines, NIU Health Enhancement...

In the 22 years since Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.‘s death, the struggle for equality has charged ahead politically, but slipped economically. Blacks have made political strides, including the election of black mayors in New York City and Chicago and...

The Northern Star is working to provide the NIU campus and the DeKalb community with a dependable source for information. In order to provide a quality product to its readers, the Star is continuing to improve upon its past accomplishments. This semester...

A Lincoln Terrace parking lot dubbed "the thumb" by physical plant employees because of its small size and remote location might help ease faculty parking problems. NIU Project Manager Conrad Miller said the lot opened at the end of last semester before...

Education majors are now the only NIU students that must pass the Constitution test in order to graduate. At the last University Council meeting of the ‘80s, the body decided not to interfere with the Undergraduate Coordinating Council's recommendation...

Men interested in joining a fraternity can participate in an all-fraternity Rush on Jan. 24, 25, 30 and 31 at several NIU fraternities. Fraternities sponsor Spring Rush because both students and fraternities are interested in the greek system. "There...

The term "house mom" is not used as much in NIU sororities as in previous years, but the idea is still similar. The traditional "house mother" checked up on the women, but that is "not my function," said Lorraine Low, Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority housing...

Twenty-one NIU students returned to their Greek Row townhouses Sunday after a Dec. 14 fire damaged two of the building's five units. The fire began in townhouse B at 808 W. Hillcrest Drive and spread to townhouse A. The blaze began when a heat gun, a...

Psychologists in NIU's Counseling and Student Development Center are supporting students this semester with the continuation of group workshops. A group setting allows psychologists to serve more individuals and address many areas. Sometimes, "five heads...

Men's basketball guard Robert Smith and two other NIU students will appear in court in the next three weeks for their alleged involvement in stealing a bag of cannabis. The 20-year-old Smith, 322 W. Neptune Hall, is charged with robbery after allegedly...

Illinois might soon be regarded as an "untouchable" state for higher educators if a low faculty salary trend continues, according to last week's discussion of the Illinois Board of Higher Education's proposed 6 percent salary hike. The predicted 4.5 to...