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...

Student Association President Paula Radtke and Student Regent Nick Valadez argued vehemently Wednesday on behalf of the NIU Judicial Board appeals system for more than 100 students who illegally registered into spring 1988 classes using a fraudulent "REG"...

DeKalb County Clerk Terry Desmond verified that two illegal campaigning reports were received at his office last week, but said he has little reason to believe the incidents were directly attributable to the named candidates. "A couple of calls were handled...

A Kane County Sheriff's Department spokesman refuted an article in Tuesday's Chicago Tribune which said drugs might have been involved in the death of an NIU student mauled by two pit bull dogs Thursday. The spokesman, who would not give his name, said...

The mauling to death of an NIU student by pit bulls last week has prompted the DeKalb city manager to ask for options on an ordinance putting tighter restrictions on ownership of the dogs. City Manager Mark Stevens said in a report to the council Monday...