Despite a dripping, drizzling Saturday afternoon, the Black Student Union's first Chill Fest Block Party was considered successful by the soggy crowd in attendance. "Let it all loose," was how Michael Bonds, president of the Brothers Organization, described...

The Boston Globe I went to Bedford-Stuybesant the other night. The stylized Bed-Stuy seen through the aggressive fish-eyed camera lens of Spike Lee. The low-budget setting for the high-volume movie: "Do the Right Thing." In the big-city symposia and big-media...

An optimistic picture of NIU's future was painted by NIU President John La Tourette, but not without a tinge of caution. In the annual State of the University address on Thursday, La Tourette told almost 300 faculty, staff and students that increased...

The DeKalb North Central Narcotics Task Force has discovered DeKalb connections to a recent drug bust in Aurora involving cocaine with a street value of $400,000. "We are anticipating arrests in DeKalb over the next two months," task force sources said,...

Okay, the first week of classes have begun. Upperclassmen, give me your best/worst freshman story. What? A freshman came up to you in DuSable at five past ten, schedule in hand, and with a twinge of panic in his voice asked you where Room 111 was. Ok,...

Almost a decade after the position was filled, the College of Law dean is stepping down. Leonard Strickman, having achieved the goals he set for himself when hired in 1981, will retire at the end of the 1989-90 school year. Strickman, 47, will remain...

As the battle for control of the Board of Regents heats up, Regents Chancellor Roderick Groves' visit to NIU this week is sure to fan the flames. Groves will be on campus Wednesday to attend the semester's first Faculty Assembly meeting, to which he was...

A small amount of asbestos exposed last week during remodeling work in Graham Hall will not pose a health threat to students attending classes in the building today, NIU officials said. Asbestos fibers, a proven carcinogen to humans when present in the...

When NIU takes the field this Saturday, there will be a new top-dog at quarterback for the Huskies. Junior Stacey Robinson will make his first start as the NIU signal caller replacing four-year starter Marshall Taylor, but Robinson isn't totally unfamiliar...

The top story in Monday's Northern Star was not printed in its entirety. The following story includes the omitted paragraphs as well as new information. Although Board of Regents Chancellor Roderick Groves' will not arrive on campus until Wednesday to...

While thousands of fun seekers eat corn on the cob, shop and drink at this weekend's Corn Fest, they can "take five" and listen to sounds of all kinds at the sound stage. Sponsored by WDEK-FM, the stage will be occupied by a number of bands performing...

NIU faculty and staff salaries will increase by about 8 percent retroactive to July 1, as a result of a tax increase proposed by House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, and Senate Majority Leader Phil Rock, D-Oak Park. Gov. James Thompson signed the...