A jury trial for Michael Fitzgerald, NI Towing owner who is charged with unlawful towing practices, has been postponed to Nov. 2 because witnesses for the city of DeKalb were unavailable. Fitzgerald pleaded not guilty to six charges brought against him...

The number of NIU students caught cheating has increased four times from previous semesters. The University Judicial Office has handled 20 cases of cheating this semester. "This early in the semester there are usually five to six (cheating) cases," said...

Vincent Nall, president of Ideal Industries in Sycamore, was awarded NIU's first Executive Award for Excellence in Corporate Achievement. The award is sponsored by the Marketing Honors Society and is given in recognition of corporate executives, with...

Recent work by Chicago painter Susan Bloch will continue to be on display this weekend through Nov. 12 in the X/S Space at the NIU Art Gallary, 212 W. Superior St., in Chicago. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Bloch's...

Two Greek Row streets will be closed Saturday for a homecoming block party. DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow said the city "worked out the particulars" to close Greenbrier Road between Russell Road and Hillcrest Drive for the party. The road, from the Pi Kappa...

Two NIU special education faculty members have received a three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education to help prepare educators of the hearing-impaired to work in rural areas. John Luckner, assistant professor in the Department of Educational...

It is not NIU's job to prevent credit card companies from advertising in unauthorized areas said University Legal Counsel George Shur. "There are certain places on campus where we allow commercial activities to occur," Shur said. Unauthorized posters...

There are conflicting views about whether the awarding of the Nobel Prize for Physics to Fermilab Director Leon Lederman will improve Illinois' chance of getting the proposed Superconducting Super Collider. Susan Mogerman, assistant press secretary for...

The DeKalb Interfaith Network for Peace and Justice is coordinating local emergency relief efforts for the victims of Hurricane Joan. The hurricane struck the east coast of Nicaragua Saturday with 120-mile-per-hour winds and moved inward through Uganda,...

NIU housing officials say credit card companies are violating university policy when they post applications and sales pieces in the residence halls. "Any solicitation for any for-profit enterprise" is prohibited on residence hall bulletin boards, said...

A pre-trial will be held today in the DeKalb County Courthouse for a Board of Regents' eminent domain lawsuit filed last fall. The lawsuit was filed Oct. 14, 1987, on NIU's behalf to determine how much land south of the NIU campus the university can obtain...

Two student Regents disagree with a state senator's belief that NIU should have its own governing board. State Senator Patrick Welch, D-Peru, said he believes NIU should leave the Regency system in favor of forming a governing board of its own. "I think...