MOSCOW (AP) - Soldiers charged thousands of protesters in the Gororgian capital early Sunday, and at least 16 people were killed in a crushing melee of clubs, shovels, sticks and stones, official sources and activists said. "They threw themselves on our...

The grotesque, better known as the gargoyle, in the flower bed east of Altgeld Hall was the target of another vandalism act over the weekend. University Police reports state that the grotesque was found Sunday spray-painted with green and yellow flourescent...

When it comes to working with food, NIU students consider it taboo. Jerry Arshem, food service student manager at Grant Towers South, said, "We've had quite a number of people apply this semester," although he said that toward the end of the semester,...

Lonise Bias, the mother of the late basketball player Len Bias, spoke to a packed Duke Ellington Ballroom Wednesday night on peer pressure and self-esteem. Bias offered a multitude of suggestions on how to be your own person and stand up for what you...

Confusion regarding the legality of a proposed gay rights ordinance in the City of DeKalb has lessened after an investigation into home rule showed that any municipality can implement such an ordinance. In the 1982 case, Hutchcraft Van Services vs. the...

A second discussion of next year's salaries for Student Association executives and staff members provoked a two-hour argument at an SA Finance Committee meeting Tuesday. The disagreement partially stems from an accusation by several SA members that Diana...

Imagine a grade school classroom in which two students are plotting a "harmless" prank. Ron, the older of the two boys (and the teacher's pet), is urging the younger boy to pull off a timeless schoolboy stunt. "Come on, Oliver, quick!" Ron whispers from...

Although many NIU students had not been born when the first Jeans Day was observed 19 years ago, today's Jeans Day marks a step toward increasing the gay awareness of the entire NIU community. The NIU Gay/Lesbian Union hopes to promote the "awareness...

Amid cheers of "four more years," DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow promised to stay the course after winning 64.5 percent of the mayoral vote in Tuesday's election. Sparrow received 2,895 votes, while challenger Adolph Miller received 1,255 votes, 7th Ward Alderman...

The second annual NIU Golden Image Awards, honoring black students for their contributions to minority organizations, will be held Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the Duke Ellington Ballroom in the Holmes Student Center. Robert Grimes, Alpha Phi Alpha member,...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration's Third World debt initiative won key endorsements Tuesday from the two international agencies expected to implement the strategy. Both Michel Camdessus, the managing director of the 151-nation International Monetary...

One situation frustrating Student Association President Paula Radtke is that she cannot guarantee NIU students that they will not face a tuition increase next fall. Students do not have a vote on the Board of Regents—NIU's governing board—and are...