Four NIU students accused of shoplifting in an allegedly racist incident at the Holmes Student Center Bookstore last semester took advantage of the opportunity to harass bookstore employees after increased security surveillance, according to an investigative...

Ah, the plight of the smash debut album. Many fresh, new groups have dazzled the world with a brilliant first album, only to disappoint newfound fans later with a mediocre second. While the Smithereens' Green Thoughts doesn't quite fall on its face musically,...

The Board of Regents has given NIU the go-ahead to pursue renovation of the Sycamore Arts Annex, used by the NIU art department, 2111R Sycamore Road, and has cleared the way for NIU to either purchase the property or continue leasing it. At their June...

NIU officials are not sure what will happen to salary hikes for faculty and staff if a proposed tax increase is not passed. Kenneth Beasley, assistant to NIU President John LaTourette, said pay increases are tentatively linked to a tax increase. In the...

Police arrested 25 people and seized $70,000 worth of drugs and $11,000 in cash during an investigation resulting in what police call "the largest drug bust in DeKalb County." Drugs confiscated during the nine-month investigation included cannabis, psilocybin...

A five-month search by the Board of Regents ended with the appointment of Thomas Wallace as the new president of Illinois State University. Wallace, chancellor of Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne, said it was "indeed an honor to be selected."...

Applications for the 6th Ward alderman position will be accepted by DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow through June 30. Sparrow said he hopes to appoint someone by August 1 to fill the vacancy opened by Alderman Steve Brody's resignation. Applicants must be registered...

Heavy drinking by students at NIU is greater than at the average American college, according to a drug and alcohol survey conducted last fall by the NIU's Health Enhancement Office. Of 484 NIU students responding to the survey, 60 percent were heavy drinkers...

"We have a singles' group dance at Matthew Boone's (Restaurant and Lounge, 122 S. First St.) on the second and fourth Sunday of each month," group coordinator Carollyn Mapes said. The next dance will be held June 26, at 8 p.m. with a 1950s and ‘60s...

If a committee of the Board of Regents this week gives its expected approval of plans for the Holmes Student Center tower's renovation, students will see a tower off-white in color with a square, enclosed roof section by mid-February of next year. Although...

Students, faculty and staff will have a chance to meet the four candidates selected for the vice president for business and operations position when the applicants begin campus interviews this week. The four applicants for the position will begin interviews...

The DeKalb City Council tonight will consider a proposal to fund 10 school crossing guards for the 1988-89 school year at a $41,000 cost to the city. City Manager Mark Stevens said he had originally anticipated to help fund six crossing guards. He said...