A lack of affordable housing in DeKalb was the focus of a discussion by area social service agencies at a Nov. 22 press conference, held to commemorate Affordable Housing Week. DeKalb's Networking for Families, composed of 60 social service agencies in...

State Sen. Partrick Welch, D-Peru, has made a proposal calling for a separate governing board for NIU which has prompted different reactions from former NIU presidents. Richard Nelson, NIU president from 1971 to 1978, said he does support the proposal...

CHICAGO—Two Chicago-area legislators reiterated their position against the firing of CHANCE counselor Martha Palmer at a press conference Friday which turned into a confrontation between opposing NIU constituents. Backed by members of several minorities'...

Subsidized and low-cost housing provided by the DeKalb County Housing Authority is available for NIU students with families. "Married students or single parents with dependent children are eligible for some of our programs," said Chuck Kittleson, executive...

A proposal to create additional campus space for student-oriented offices is expected to be completed by the end of the fall semester. Jon Dalton, vice president for student affairs, said he has been meeting with students to discuss space needs for the...

A decision on what, if any, sanctions should be given to the suspended Sigma Chi fraternity will be made today at a meeting between the fraternity and Jon Dalton, NIU vice president for student affairs. Sigma Chi was placed on suspension Nov. 21 after...

The world ecology is in jeopardy, and, according to Andrew Tenachel, the only way for the situation to improve is if the people of the world start to realize their "individual responsibility toward a global environmental improvement." Tenachel, from the...

"Remember that a small group of people began the protest of the Vietnam War ... don't be discouraged by your small number." Chicago 9th Ward Alderman Robert Shaw encouraged the Students for the Freedom of Martha Palmer with these words at a student hearing...

The NIU Campus Activities Board concert committee conducted a survey last week on the musical tastes of students and what concerts they have attended at NIU. Committee Chairman Diane Dravillas said, "We wanted to find out what kind of music students listen...

A New York touring company will perform "42nd Street" tonight at 8 p.m. at the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second Street in DeKalb. "42nd Street" opened on Broadway in 1980 and won a Tony Award for Best Musical in 1981. Steve Duchrow, director of University...

A chance to explore the myths and magnificence surrounding Greece's and Holland's "Monuments, Masterpieces and Old Masters" will be offered to Alumni Association travelers this spring. Dimitri Liakos, associate professor of art history and appreciation,...

Although no criminal charges have been filed against the owner of two pit bull terriers which fatally attacked an NIU student Nov. 10, one or both of the dogs might be destroyed. Patrick Jaeger, chief of the Kane County state's attorney's Civil Division,...