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...

Despite one small hitch, the first event of Ethnic Awareness Week drew members of several campus minority groups to a forum about cultural stereotypes. A film entitled "Ethnic Notions" was to be shown Monday, followed by a forum about cultural stereotypes....

It is estimated 10 to 20 percent of all college students have some type of eating disorder, and help is just around the corner. Several services in the NIU and DeKalb communities offer care, either free or on a sliding fee scale, for students with such...

If Elna Jarvi hadn't been afraid to parallel park, she might not have died the way she did. The 60-year-old DeKalb resident was stabbed to death in the DeKalb municipal parking lot on North Third Street on Sept. 28, 1973. Jarvi bled to death after her...

The Student Association Mass Transit budget deficit will more than double after the mass transit board recalculates the budget this week. Earlier this month, the mass transit board projected a $36,000 deficit for fiscal year 1991, but a deficit of over...

The issue to keep or eliminate the Illinois and U.S. Consitution in order for students to graduate from NIU remains up in the air. NIU is currently the only university in the state that requires such a test. The test requirement will be discussed today...

An NIU student will go to trial in January for a charge of robbery. The charge stems from an Oct. 17 robbery of cannabis at 183 Douglas Hall. Robert E. Smith, 21, 322 W. Neptune Hall; Donnell C. Thompson, 1325 W. Lincoln Hwy., Apt. 504B; Alex T. Yates,...

What do Michael Jordan, Carl Lewis, Jackie Joyner-Kersey and Kamie Ethridge have in common? What don't they have in common? Wait, who's Kamie Ethridge? All of the aforementioned athletes have won a Gold Medal in the Olympics, but only one, Kamie Ethridge,...

It's that time of year again to ring in the holidays with eggnog, mistletoe and general cheer. And let's not forget the annual barrage of lawsuits about the the interpretation of the separation of church and state. Governments across the nation will be...

The recent publication of teacher evaluation results by the University of Illinois' student government raises an often-debated question: Should students have access to the results of teacher evaluations? NIU's policy states that evaluation results are...

The Student Association Supreme Court will begin guiding its course with bylaws after an old draft of the operating rules was found in the SA's archives Tuesday. SA Senate Speaker John Fallon motioned at the Nov. 19 senate meeting to formally request...