An increase in the number of class sections offered next semester will be one result of the $125 tuition surcharge approved by the Board of Regents in September. James Norris, dean of NIU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said more class sections...

Student Association Senate Speaker Joe Annunzio's idea to remove some of the "dead weight" from the senate might have been a bit unorthodox, but it was far from "frivolous." On the contrary, the issue is worthy of serious consideration. It is the senators...

NIU President John LaTourette said he has "documented evidence" that CHANCE counselor Martha Palmer has known the reasons for her dismissal "all along," although Palmer has maintained the opposite to be true. LaTourette said Monday that reasons for Palmer's...

The DeKalb City Council authorized the city manager Monday to select a replacement for Police Chief Joe Maciejewski, who announced he will retire Feb. 18. Maciejewski, 65, did not release a statement to the press and said he would not discuss his retirement...

One week after the election of Vice President George Bush to the presidency, three NIU administrators expressed their concerns that the nearly $3 trillion national deficit will not decrease under the leadership of the president-elect. Leonard Strickman,...

Third Ward Coalition members plan to ask for funding to demolish condemned buildings and to improve building exteriors at the Nov. 28 meeting of the DeKalb City Council. Both Tax Increment Financing and rehabilitation loan funding provide possible sources...

An 18-year-old Paw Paw woman was killed east of Paw Paw when the car she was driving crashed into a bridge and caught on fire. Amy B. Moran was pronounced dead at the scene of the one-car accident by DeKalb County Coroner Dennis Miller at 12:30 p.m. Friday....

Student Association members Sunday night heard a letter from one University Council member stating there probably will be changes in the handling of illegal class registration cases—changes the council member said she is not in favor of. In a letter...

NIU's Albert Resis received new information on a historical mystery while in Russia last month at a 10-day international symposium. The information came regarding the 12-day "disappearance" of Joseph Stalin when Hitler invaded Russia in 1941. Nikita Khrushchev...

Well Now Throughout the United States, the incidence of incurable sexually transmittable diseases (STDs), such as herpes, AIDS, and condyloma, is on the rise. One of these diseases, condyloma or venereal warts, appears to be linked to the growth of a...

The DeKalb City Council will discuss forming a search committee at its meeting at 8 p.m. tonight to help the city manager select a replacement for Police Chief Joe Maciejewski, who will retire Feb. 18. Maciejewski discussed his retirement plans with DeKalb...

About 12 John Lennon Society members protested the city's loitering law Friday by marching from the Martin Luther King Memorial Commons to a downtown DeKalb bank where they joined several people at 1 p.m. for a sidewalk picnic. Dressed in army fatigues,...