The Illinois Pilots Association has made available a $500 scholarship to a current college student who resides in Illinois. Applicants must have an aviation-related major and be a full-time student. The scholarship is for one year, but recipients may...

I was deeply moved by a movie I saw on TV recently and felt obligated to write about it. My housemates and I watched the television special "When It's Not A Stranger" concerning acquaintance rape. Let me tell you, not one of us could go longer than 10...

Friendly competition between fraternities is typical on college campuses, but NIU officials say when it leads to violence, competition has gone too far. Three Delta Sigma Phi fraternity members reported an attack between 20 to 30 Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity...

There is a lot of excitement coming out of Eastern Europe. With Marxism on the decline, and nearing death, many are heralding democratic governments as the way to go. It seems representative government is really in vogue. The best example of this comes...

The DeKalb Police's search for the owner of Sam's Pizza, 110 E. Hillcrest Drive and 114 E. Lincoln Hwy., has led to a dead end, but employees have a few gripes. On Thursday night, Michael J. Stafseth, owner of Sam's Pizza, moved out of the 110 E. Hillcrest...

Some questions concerning recent dumpings of The Northern Star were answered at Sunday's Student Association senate meeting. Star Editor-in-Chief Dave Kirkpatrick addressed the senate to clarify recent newspaper circulation problems. "The circulation...

Sales of almost 4,000 condoms from NIU-installed machines in campus buildings have been highest in the Holmes Student Center. A total of 3,963 condoms have been sold on campus between March 20, when the machines were installed, and Oct. 15, when the last...

An improved community program to provide emergency assistance to area children will add organization to the several other programs also present in DeKalb. The statewide Community Block Home Project, a result of 1986 Child Safety Hearings findings, was...

NIU President John La Tourette has designated this week NIU Care Week to help raise money to aid the American Red Cross Relief Fund. Z Ahmad, program coordinator for University Programming and Activities said "care week is an effort to get students, student...

NIU's Swen Parson computing lab will be freed from the constant threat of brownouts and power fluctuations after the completion of a $265,000 project to upgrade the electrical supply to the facility. The 12-year-old computer facility needs electrical...

Eleven NIU students have been diagnosed as having rubeola, or hard measles, after being exposed to the disease at a sorority dance Oct. 21 at the Clocktower Inn in Rockford. The University Health Service gave vaccinations Friday at each of the houses...

The DeKalb School Board, with a $2.2 million debt, submitted budget projections through 1992 that would return the school district's finances in the black. "We'll be in the black for the first time in many, many years," School Superintendent Jack Deere...