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...

Faculty upset over pay raise recommendation Some NIU faculty are disgusted with the Illinois Board of Higher Education's staff recommendation of a 5 percent salary increase. The IBHE's orginal request for a 10 percent increase was reduced to 5 percent...

A few weeks ago, NIU President John LaTourette expressed his frustration about the lack of a state commitment to properly fund education. The exasperated administrator suggested (and this is a paraphrase) that he would throw himself in front of a train...

A hearing on the proposed expansion of the DeKalb County Landfill will begin March 1. Rodney Engstrom, owner of the landfill located on Saumanak Road in Cortland, said he expects that the 38-acre site will be filled to capacity by summer. There has not...

Political hats soon will be tossed into the gubernatioral ring in Illinois, and a majority of Illinois residents would like to see the next governor's stay in Springfield limited to eight years. Accordingly to a recent NIU poll, 62 percent of Illinois...

NIU might have missed a chance to block the expansion of the University of Illinoin's off-campus engineering program into areas that could conflict with NIU's own program. Bob Wallhaus, deputy director for academic affairs at the Illinois Board of Higher...

Although the suspected arson fire on the 10th floor of Stevenson Towers North occurred four hours after residence hall night security went on duty, floor residents do not believe they are living among the persons responsible. Tim Taylor, a 10th floor...

Indiana Jones where are you now? Although it might not possess artifacts that would make the great Dr. Jones challenge the Temple of Doom, the NIU Anthropology Museum boasts a rather impressive collection. Located on the first floor of the Stevens Building,...

The Washington Post SAN FRANCISCO—The same week that Ron Brown took over as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Edmund G. (Jerry) Brown, Jr., won the chairmanship of the California Democratic Party. National headlines went to the installation...