A series of classes that provide alcohol information are being offered by NIU's Health Enhancement Services. Health Educator Marie Kaemmerlen said the university is sponsoring these classes because of concerns of high alcohol consumption and alcohol-related...

The Sigma Chi fraternity's little sisters sponsored a party Saturday night that stirred some question as to whether the activity violated sanctions against the group. Student Association Treasurer Diana Turowski said at Sunday's SA meeting, "I can't believe...

During Sunday's Student Association senate meeting, 7th Ward Alderman Mark Powell made public allegations that he received threatening telephone calls from The Northern Star's Managing Editor Mike Lacy and that an investigation into the incident is being...

The only thing anti-climactic about this weekend's 6th Annual Fastbreak Fest was the post-tournament awards ceremony. While the NIU women's basketball team didn't clinch the tournament title until the final six seconds of Sunday's championship game, Huskie...

An NIU junior who fell from a railroad tressel early Saturday morning faces about ten hours of surgery Tuesday for a broken lower vertebra. Dale Spencer, 20, of 916 Greenbrier Drive, was listed in fair condition Sunday in the intensive care unit at Northwestern...

Members of the Black Student Union rallied in the King Memorial Commons Friday to urge black students to band together and fight incidents of what they called institutional racism at NIU. Pam Bozeman, former BSU president, told the black students who...

The Board of Regents approved a 10-year acquisition contract for the property at 801 N. First Street, DeKalb, formerly known as the Palmer Music Building. The approved contract-for-purchase of the facility, located on the eastern edge of the NIU campus,...

Victorious politicians from November's elections were sworn in to office yesterday at the DeKalb County Courthouse. Newly elected Judge Phil DiMarzio, State's Attorney Mike Coghlan, Circuit Clerk Maureen Josh and Coroner Dennis Miller pledged to uphold...

At NIU's AIDS Awareness Day Thursday, guest speakers lectured in the sparsely-filled Holmes Student Center's Regency Room about the facts, myths and proper precautions to take concerning AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). The awareness program,...

The Black Theater Workshop will present its last play of the semester, titled "Sign of the Times" on Dec. 3 in the Music Building's Concert Hall at 8 p.m. Tony Carter, president of the Black Theater Workshop, said that all acts and dances of the play...

The Board of Regents approved a proposal for the development of an academic promotion policy which would set an equal rate for pay increments to faculty at NIU and Illinois State University. The proposal passed by the Regents allows the Regents chancellor...

Holidays, holidays, holidays. It's that time of year again...first it's Thanksgiving, then it's Christmas. What's next, I ask you? There's something about this time of year that seems to evoke the sentimental in most of us—and the opportunistic in others....