Due to a lack of academic space on the NIU campus, graduate art students who previously worked in Altgeld Hall art studios now must travel to the Art Annex in Sycamore. "We were told that this (Altgeld) was our temporary space," said Carl Hayano, graduate...

The Crystal Pistol, 1312 W. Lincoln Hwy., recently won three awards from DeKalb County Magazine for the best steak, best seafood and most romantic atmosphere for a restaurant in DeKalb County. "I'm very pleased with these awards," said Crystal Pistol...

Last Saturday, The Jungle got the bright lights and big city as DeKalb band JP And The Cats shot a video as part of a promotion package. Originally scheduled to be shot at either Chicago's Traffic Jam or maybe the Baja Beach Club, Jim Tulk, the lead singer...

Due to a reduction in employees and the expansion of NIU's campus, the NIU Physical Plant has a backlog of 22,000 hours of identified work to be done in academic and administrative buildings. A streamlining of plant operations has caused a reduction of...

Repairs on escalators in Founders Memorial Library, which have been out of order since early last semester, might soon be underway. Conrad Miller, physical plant project manager, is optimistic about repair plans for the broken escalators. "We're hopeful...

A DeKalb resident was arrested by DeKalb Police Friday for delivering cocaine. Kerry D. West, 335 S. First St., was charged with unlawful delivery of a controlled substance. Additional charges might be filed after the State's Attorney's office reviews...

One day a reporter from The Northern Star left the newsroom in search of student opinions regarding their campus representative body—the senate. The question posed to students on campus during the "man on the street" interviews was: What has the Student...

The Student Association Mass Transit Board voted Monday to spend $1,500 on three radios for the board's late night ride service. Board Chairman Dave Emerick said the radios will be bought with money that was not spent after bus route 3-C was discontinued...

"Language is the preparation for world leadership," said Geneva Smitherman, ending NIU's observance of Black Heritage Month Tuesday with the lecture "Black English Revisited: Talking and Testifying." Smitherman, a social linguist, is the author of more...

Living conditions in Central America might improve under the Bush administration, a scholar of Central American affairs told members of the Interfaith Network for Peace and Justice Sunday. Fred Morris, a minister for Malta United Methodist Church and...

NIU residence hall security is not perfect, but officials say they cannot rectify the problems themselves. NIU President John LaTourette said residence hall security is operating as expected, and is doing the best possible job. "We don't see anything...

A 1968 NIU mathematics graduate has been appointed director of the computing and telecommunications division at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. Naperville resident David Weber is in charge of the "overall running of Argonne,"...