A decision on a proposed gay rights ordinance for DeKalb has been postponed until public meetings addressing the issue are held. The DeKalb Human Relations Commission voted unanimously in April to send a proposal for the ordinance to the DeKalb City Council...

On college campuses the sayings "Hey dudes, let's party!" or "Party it up!" are fairly commonplace. How about the saying "Party smart!" though? It's still got the word "party" in it. "Partying smart" simply means that a person should be responsible for...

About 44 NIU students could test positive for the virus that causes AIDS. Carol Sibley, communicable disease coordinator at the University Health Service, agreed with a year-long, 19-campus study's findings that two out of every 1,000 students are infected...

The state has allocated $20.4 million to NIU to begin construction of the new Faraday Hall II addition. Eddie Williams, vice president for finance and planning said in fiscal year 1987 NIU's finance and planning office had monies appropriated for the...

In today's fast paced world it is tough to find a restaurant that serves good take-out or dine-in meals at a decent price. For 25 years The Dill Pickle, 817 W. Lincoln Hwy., has been offering the public a tasty alternative to costly, preservative-filled...

A blood shortage has cut a path through nine Illinois counties within the past two to three months due to the high number of traumas that require blood types O Positive and O Negative. This is the worst shortage in 47 years, said Ann McKanna Aurora Heartland...

NIU's Student Association has formed a new committee to better relations with the city of DeKalb. The Community Affairs Committee serves as a tenant union "plus a whole lot more," said Brian Subatich, committee adviser. The committee will deal with the...

What happens when an entire cast of actors, the stagehands and even the director allow their personal lives to affect their work? One might conclude that the result would be absolute chaos. Anyone who had the extreme pleasure of seeing the production...

"Casualties of War" is a rivoting, compelling movie about what happens to men in the face of death, destruction and violence. Though we've recently been bombarded with films about Vietnam, "Casualties of War" exceeds its bloody predecessors "Platoon",...

The Board of Regents is the governing body for NIU, Illinois State University and Sangamon State University. It comprises nine members and a non-voting student regent from each of the three Regency schools. A chancellor position was created for the Regents...

Although two NIU students reportedly saw former classmate Richard Church on campus Tuesday, the fugitive continues to elude the police. The suspected murderer of his girlfriend's parents has disappeared, but some unfounded sightings have been reported,...

"Here's the story, of a man named Brady..." I recently wrote a piece on the 1970's making a comeback, and all my friends have referred to it as "the Brady Bunch column." Funny, I only mentioned them twice! This made me think: why do we have such a fixation...