Student Association senators will voice their opinions on the deletion of the Constitution test requirement at the last senate meeting of the fall semester. The senate will meet Sunday at 6 p.m. in the Holmes Student Center's Sky Room. The Constitution...

The Campus Child Care Center provides care for the children of NIU students, as well as those of faculty and staff. Shirley W. Nelson founded the Campus Child Care Center ten years ago in Gabel Hall because she saw a need for child care, Center Director...

Interracial relationships are becoming more socially accepted, according to general responses at an NIU forum Wednesday. As part of Ethnic Awareness Week, long-term relationships between people of different races were discussed in the Holmes Student Center's...

A security phone system originally proposed in March 1988 will be installed beginning this week after a delay of more than a month. Student Association Welfare Adviser Morenike Cheatom said the $78,000 system is a long-awaited and welcomed safety improvement...

The Fareed Haque Quartet West, featuring an NIU lecturer of music, began its new Wednesday night tradition playing at the Coffeehouse Restaurant. Fareed Haque decided to play at the Coffeehouse because he said it is fun and gives the NIU students who...

The Student Environmental Action Coalition is having a fundraiser tonight at the Coffeehouse Restaurant at First Street and Lincoln Highway. DeKalb's SEAC is part of a national organization which attempts to educate people on environmental issues, said...

Increased regulation and concern with liability along with changing student attitudes might make "getting smashed" a thing of the past, especially on Greek Row. Sigma Pi fraternity sponsored a greek alcohol awareness seminar Tuesday evening discussing...

While police believe they know who killed Donna Doll and Elna Jarvi, they say they are truly baffled by the 1978 murder of Barbara Wagner. Shift Sgt. Chuck Kross, former head of investigations for the DeKalb Police Department, said that until a year and...

On Nov. 15, Second City sent one of its three National Touring Companies to set up stage in the Duke Ellington Ballroom and from their first greeting of, "DeKalb!?," the six-member troupe never missed a chance to comically entertain the 1,700-plus enthusiastic...

Amanda Bearse might not be a house-hold name, but after viewing an episode of the hit television series "Married...With Children," she can easily be remembered as the Bundy's upwardly-mobile neighbor, Marcy Rhoades. Bearse stars in the popular television...

During the inevitable post-Thanksgiving "home-stretch" toward finals week, thoughts tend to wander from the rambunctious and concentrate more on bound materials, bounced check notices and calming, inexpensive activities. With a working VCR in a cozy living...

I was racking my brain for column ideas when I realized the answer/topic was within my grasp. Literally. I was gulping down a Diet Coke with one hand and armed with a Bic pen in the other. This is a common ritual for me, as I consume a 12-pak of Diet...