Lightning early Friday morning struck an annex of NIU's Social Science Research Institute, causing a fire that burned out a main fuse box and wiring. No one was hurt, and the 5:45 a.m. fire was put out quickly by DeKalb firefighters with hand-held extinguishers....

NIU will receive about $2.3 million over the next four years for two grants to enhance research in agricultural genetics and treatment of teenage drug abuse. Agricultural research, totaling $1.7 million over the next three years, is being conducted at...

About 6,400 students enrolled in English composition classes this fall will have the opportunity to use one of 29 new MacIntosh computers. Freshman English Director Robert Self said the computers were a gift from Apple Computer Inc. and are valued at...

A group of DeKalb County residents who favor womens' rights to abortion have formed the DeKalb County Coalition for Choice in response to a Supreme Court ruling on Webster v. Reproductive Health Services which gave states the power to restrict state-funded...

These past few months have made political history. Our values have been questioned. Our rights have been questioned. But who would think that in a society where you get equal pay for equal for equal work, no matter what color, sex or god you pray to that...

Happy hour at your local watering hole could become just another hour if a bill passed by the General Assembly is signed by Gov. James Thompson. Specifically, the proposed amendment to the present Liquor Control Act would prohibit taverns from offering...

The announcement of DeKalb 7th Ward Alderman Mark Powell's resignation last week brought sighs of relief from several of Powell's colleagues on the DeKalb City Council. "I'm glad to see him leave," said 3rd Ward Alderman Bill Hanna. "He was a powerless...

Although the crackdown on Chinese students by a communistic government diminished any hope of a peaceful movement toward democracy, the idea of a democratic China remains a possibility, said NIU political scientist Brantly Womack in a lecture Tuesday...

Labels. Everything in this world seems to have some sort of a label. And I'm not talking the kind of labels on your aspirin bottles. I mean the kind that just recently got a priest in a bit of a tiff with some other members of the Catholic Church because...

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case in October originating from Rockford which will determine if states have the right to enforce regulations on abortion clinics. Dr. Richard Ragsdale of Rockford lost his lease to operate out of Rockford Memorial...

Representative John Countryman, R-DeKalb, might run against Senator Pat Welch, D-Peru, for a state senate seat, and the winner could hold a key position in determining which political party will have the power to reapportion the voting districts for the...

Heartland Blood Centers will be holding a blood drive sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs July 25 at the NIU Student Recreation Center and July 26 at the Holmes Student Center. The blood drive is from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. both days, and the entire...