It was not a usual interview. I stumbled out of bed as is the case with most mornings and awoke half-way to the newspaper office while driving blindly on the interstate. I outlined the day's events in my head while shaking out of my semi-comatose state...

Julie Stege received six months of court supervision for beating a fellow NIU student on April 11. DeKalb County Courthouse records indicate that Stege, a John Lennon Society member and former Student Association Senator, "without legal justification,...

As NIU continues to interpret Regents Chancellor Rod Groves' explanations of proposed changes in Regents' policy, more people and stories wind their way into this ever-widening power struggle. Illinois State University's student newspaper, The Daily Vidette,...

After three months on the job, G. Allan O'Connor sums up his associate dean's position of NIU's College of Visual and Performing Arts as "bringing new students in and making sure they get out." O'Connor advises undergraduate students studying the field...

Founders Memorial Library's new director must choose either to reduce study space or to move some books to off-campus storage to solve the library's immediate space problem. Historian Steve Marquardt, former director of libraries at the University of...

Former NIU President Clyde Wingfield is one of 38 hopefuls for the presidency at the University of Florida at Gainsville. Wingfield applied for the position on June 20, according to the Independent Florida Alligator, the student newspaper at the University...

Tailgaters at Huskie home football games this year will have to face ID spot checks as well as other university alcohol policies. Bottles and bulk containers, such as kegs, will not be allowed, and alcohol also may not be consumed by anyone under the...

A sweaty brow, calloused hands, stained brown leather-laced shoes and a shadow of doubt hanging over a man aged by Father Time's sickle. This is the least likely image to pop into your mind as the first holiday of the school year is taken advantage of...

As physics and astronomy professor Hendrick Hoeve followed last week's Voyager II exploration of Neptune, he thought not of the progress being made, but of the other areas where the project's billions of dollars could have been spent. Hoeve said greed...

Sixteen NIU students were victims of sexual assault in the fall 1988 semester, said NIU's assistant director of nursing services at the University Health Service. Beverly Beetham reported that 15 of the victims were female and one was a male. The health...

A new residence hall designation now gives students the opportunity to live in an alcohol-free environment. Beginning this fall, students may opt for an alcohol-free lifestyle floor. An alcohol-free lifestyle floor can be viewed as a "support group,"...

Remember when fall meant going to the store with mom to buy a jumbo box of crayons or that new Bullwinkle lunchbox? These days NIU students have condoms on their back-to-school lists, and in most cases, mom doesn't buy them. The University Health Service...