Four DeKalb area homes and the Ellwood House are open to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, when the Ellwood House Association holds its 21st annual "Tour of Homes." The 30-room Ellwood House, 509 N. First St., DeKalb, was built in 1879 by...

Many of you think of famous rock stars such as Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Peter Gabriel, and U2 when the phrase Amnesty International is mentioned? How many of you realize that there is much more to Amnesty International than just musical messages? How...

Although the Woodstock music festival took place over 20 years ago, many people in Germany still think hippies are a part of the American scene. This was one of the discoveries made by a group of American consultants, including NIU political scientist...

Unity in Diversity is here at NIU for the third year in a row, yet many people are not sure what it is or what it stands for. University Programming and Activities Program Coordinator, Z. Ahmad, said the purpose of the events is to create an appreciation...

An open microphone rally pitted pro-choice supporters and anti-abortionists head-to-head in a battle of words and ideologies Wednesday. Pro-choice supporters rallied at the Martin Luther King Commons to protest government interference in attempting to...

The Illinois Student Association will present Rep. John Countryman, R-DeKalb, with a "Legislator of the Year" award during its fourth annual statewide summit this weekend. The award shows the students' appreciation for the extraordinary efforts of legislators...

Illinois might have a law dictating academic requirements at state universities by 1993. Governor Jim Thompson said that requirements need to be flexible enough to admit "students who did not have the opportunity to take the required courses or disadvantaged...

The Holmes Student Center space study committee, exploring the possibilities of acquiring more space, has hit a dead end. The student center space committee was originally headed by Jon Dalton, former vice president for student affairs and co-chaired...

Suggestion: think twice about breaking up with your girlfriend. Just when you thought it was safe to end that not-so-perfect-anymore relationship with your girlfriend—or boyfriend, as the case may be—you pick up the Saturday Chicago Tribune and read...

In response to decreasing graduation rates at NIU and other public state universities, the Illinois Board of Higher Education is developing strategies to help minority retention. Although 3,758 freshmen entered NIU in 1980, only 2,116 eventually graduated,...

The Boston Globe The geese are overhead, flying south in V-formation as crisp as a sharpened pencil. We watched them from the porch in a Maine light transformed by September clarity. Now we follow their lead, proceeding on our own annual migration. The...

The DeKalb Police Department is patrolling downtown DeKalb on weekends to stop acts such as vandalism, littering and the illegal selling of alcohol. The police used foot patrolmen in plain-clothes and uniform, as well as "marked and unmarked" police vehicles,...