Boy, am I disappointed. It was my understanding that the 1980s were over. That was one of the major things I was going to be thankful for next week at this time when I'm at home for the holiday, stuffing myself with stuffing. I was happy that the decade...

NIU's womens organizations are not the only ones who need a place that has memories and traditions. If administrators continue with their plans to demolish the Wirtz House they will be depriving the entire NIU community and subsequent generations a piece...

NIU President John LaTourette will meet with the President's Commission on the Status of Minorities today at 3:30 p.m. in room 201 of Lowden Hall to outline goals for the commission for the next two semesters. Walt Owens, commission chairman and assistant...

While research provides faculty with knowledge and insight into their field, it also can draw teachers away from the classroom. Students, however, do not have to suffer from this situation. James Norris, dean of NIU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,...

Sangamon State University President Durward Long denied allegations that he fondled a female student at an SSU party and said he has not committed any sexual harassment "in the broadest sense" of the meaning. Long's response reported Tuesday by the SSU...

As Thanksgiving kicks off the pre-Christmas shopping craze, millions of gift-givers, nationwide will crowd the stores, abuse their credit cards and try to find "perfect" gifts for loved ones. In DeKalb, the task might be made easier for Christmas shoppers...

NIU civil service employees might find that completing or continuing their education is easier and more affordable than they thought. The university is offering tuition waivers for the spring 1989 semester to all university full- and part-time civil service...

The construction of the Superconducting Super Collider in Texas, in accordance with the tentative decision of John Herrington, secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy, could have a negative effect on NIU's present advantages. The SSC is a 53-mile underground...

WASHINGTON—The reason so many inner-city youngsters are tempted into the high-risk, high-profit drug racket, a Washington police official ventured the other day, is that they are fundamentally fatalists, neither demanding nor expecting more from life...

On Sunday, about 450 runners will line up to compete in NIU's 10th Thanksgiving Classic races. Both a 5-kilometer (3.1 miles) and a 15-kilometer (9.3 miles) walk/run are scheduled to start north of the Recreation Center on Lincoln Drive. The rec center...

Next semester's Panhellenic Council's executive board and subcommittee members were chosen Tuesday night at the council's regular meeting. Debbie Mitchel, Panhellenic public relations chairman, said the next council president will be Leslie Wegworth of...

A college bookstore consultant told the Holmes Student Center Bookstore Committee the bookstore already has the resources to provide anything a private vendor could offer. William Minney, President of College Bookstore Management Consulting, Inc., told...