A damaged pipe located in the Holmes Student Center caused an undetermined amount of damage to the Students' Legal Assistance Office after springing two leaks in a two-week period. Conrad Miller, physical plant administration and support service manager,...

DeKalb County Sheriff's Police and Sycamore Police have recovered the large amount of highly dangerous and potentially fatal drugs that were stolen Sept. 5 from a parked ambulance near Sycamore. Two Sycamore juveniles were arrested Wednesday and charged...

The Illinois Board of Higher Education approved a $40,000 grant allocation Wednesday to fund the development of the new Northern Illinois Regional Academic Center in Rockford. Board of Regents Chancellor Roderick Groves said, "The first step on the plans...

Disagreements over compensation from last April's fish kill in the Kishwaukee River following a farm accident have left the Environmental Protection Agency and Lincoln Land Hog Farm owner Charlie Schelkopf at a standstill. "No agreement has been reached...

Six charges of unlawful towing practices by the City of DeKalb against Michael Fitzgerald, owner of NI Towing, will be heard at a jury trial Oct. 26. James Minnihan, Fitzgerald's attorney, said Fitzgerald has entered a plea of not guilty to the six "nuisance"...

Three of the four student members of NIU's parking committee have not been present at the committee's monthly meetings since January, said Bob Bornhuetter, committee chairman. Bornhuetter noted the students' absences at the committee's first meeting of...

The NIU Huskies Athletic Association will be the new name to replace both the Huskie Club and NI Club, several members of the Huskie development program confirmed Thursday at the weekly coaches luncheon. Although the name has changed, the product is still...

In celebration of 30 years of service, the Illinois State Scholarship Commission is turning in a new direction to urge parents to begin long-range financial planning for college educations. Bob Clement, executive director of agency relations for the commission,...

An interim president for Sangamon State University was selected Wednesday by the Board of Regents in a special telephone conference call meeting. However, the new president's name has not been released yet. Regent Brewster Parker said the reason for the...

Results of three surveys conducted by NIU's Commission on the Status of Women have not shown feelings of gender inequality in the workplace among most female NIU faculty members. NIU President John LaTourette said the results of the "Gender-Related Problems...

A group of students opposing the dismissal of a CHANCE counselor brought the issue to the attention of freshman students attending an informational CHANCE meeting Wednesday night. Protesting students passed out fliers and displayed signs showing their...

Neil Kepner, NIU's Holmes Student Center accountant, has been named interim director of the HSC Bookstore to replace current Director Stanley Shedaker, who will leave Sept. 16. Shedaker has been bookstore director since the fall of 1986. Shedaker said...