For students who are looking for more in church than sitting through sermons, DeKalb's Newman Center might be a fresh change. The Newman Center, 512 Normal Road,is a Cahtolic parish which opens all its programs and services to anyone wishing to attend....

Two education assessment seminars will be presented at NIU Feb. 6 and 7 by William Lyons, professor of political science at the Uniersity of Tennessee in Knoxville. The first session, geared for an audience of students as well as adminstrators, will begin...

The fourth annual Miss Black NIU African Cultural Pageant, schedule for Feb. 25 in the Music Building Concert Hall, will offer the NIU community a rare presentation of Afro-American culture. Pamela Bozeman, Miss Black NIU Pageant choreographer, said,...

NIU President John LaTourette recently slated $100,000 to increase the salaries of minority faculty members in compliance with NIU's affirmative action plan, beginning with fiscal year 1989. The funds are intended to pay any academic department two-thirds...

"The only thing I can say is thank God it's finally over." That's what Vivian Rancourt, mother of Susan Rancourt, said about the execution of killer Ted Bundy. And rightly so. Susan was one of Bundy's victims. But it's one thing for a mourning mother...

There are no concrete leads into the investigation of an NIU student who allegedly murdered his former girlfriend's parents and wounded her and her younger brother last August. The suspect, Richard Church, 19, Woodstock, Ill., has been a fugitive since...

Renovations of the Martin Luther King Memorial Commons and the permanent closure of Carroll Avenue will be delayed until the recladding of the Holmes Student Center tower is completed. According to the Campus Master Plan Executive Summary, construction...

Farmers and consumers alike are concerned about the effects of last summer's record-breaking drought and the resulting higher food prices, as well as the future of farmers' crops as a new growing season approaches. David Whitson, agriculture adviser for...

An eminent domain lawsuit filed by the Board of Regents last fall will end today upon the final approval of settlement documents by the Regents and local residents. The Regents filed the suit Oct. 14, 1987, on NIU's behalf to determine how much land south...

SPRINGFIELD—Contract bids for the repair of the Holmes Student Center tower will go to the Board of Regents for approval at today's Regents meeting. NIU President John LaTourette said Wednesday that if the bids are approved today, reconstruction of...

An application filed Nov. 4 for an extension adding 15 years of life to the DeKalb County Landfill will be up for review by the DeKalb County Board sometime between Feb. 2 and March 4. The local landfill extension would involve either a vertical expansion...

Once upon a time there was my cousin, Ken. Ken was a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin at Madison in the cold, wintry December of 1982, when this little story took place. My cousin and the two friends with whom he lived were having rough times...