Several campus organizations will meet at 9 p.m. tonight in the Holmes Student Center's Regency Room to discuss racial tension and general violence at NIU. Members of the Black Student Union, BROTHERS, Feminist Front and Freedom Now organized the meeting...

Finding an apartment and preventing repair problems before they happen can be simple if students know who to consult before signing a rental contract. Before students rent an apartment, they should consult the Apartment Complex Survey compiled by the...

The 1989 campus comedy entertainer of the year, Jim Barber, will perform his ventriloquism act Tuesday in the Holmes Student Center. Although Barber will make his first apperance at NIU, his past reputation at other colleges has made him one of the most...

Student Association Sen. Amanda Rutter has proposed showing one to two-minute movie clips of SA activities before the weekend movies shown in Sandburg Auditorium. These clips would "let students know, what the SA is doing" and encourage people to get...

A number of DeKalb school children will trick- or-treat and play games in Neptune residence halls at 6:30 p.m. today as part of Neptune's Halloween Fun Fest. The Halloween Fun Fest committee sent 1,500 fliers to kindergarten through fourth grade DeKalb...

The city-petitioned receivership for the DeKalb Center, 1100 W. Lincoln Hwy., has been dismissed on request by the city, student legal services and center owners. DeKalb city officials, NIU Students' Legal Assistance and the owners of the center, Tony...

Editor's note: This story did not run in its entirety in last Friday's edition; the completed story is as follows. The Star regrets the error. The InterFraternity Council's Judicial Board heard cases concerning Delta Chi, Phi Kappa Sigma and Sigma Alpha...

NIU faculty and students should buy any books still needed for this semester as the Holmes Student Center Bookstore begins overstock returns to vendors today. Assistant Manager Lois Kreidle said anyone planning to use a book later than that should call...

DeKalb Police have arrested two more individuals in connection with the battery of an NIU student that occurred in the 900 block of Hillcrest Drive, ending the search for any further participants. Kirk E. Sculley, 19, Oak Park, Ill., and Ted Alexandrakis,...

Sigma Kappa sorority and Kappa Sigma fraternity will bring the spirit of Halloween to Barb City Manor residents on Tuesday night. Joani Philpott, Sigma Kappa philanthropy chairman, said sorority and fraternity members will dress up and bring candy to...

Who is Victor E. Huskie, and why? The dog, the myth, the legend. He's gone from loveable and huggable and everybody's furry little friend to a Jekyll and Hyde sort of mascot. A split personality. One minute, he's the family pet. The next, he's Wolfen....

Spring back, fall ahead, right? No? Well, whatever. We all know that sometime this weekend (2 a.m. Sunday) we should set—or forget to set—our clocks back one hour (must be fall back). Do any of us know why we do this? First things first, you do not...