The Dairy Queen restaurant near the NIU's East Lagoon soon will be replaced by a new sit-down Tom and Jerry's restaurant. John Pappas, owner of Tom and Jerry's, 185 W. Lincoln Hwy., said he plans to build a new Tom and Jerry's on the Dairy Queen property....

The Northern Illinois Faculty Union will continue to solicit support for a collective bargaining election, but the union's main efforts for the next two months will focus on securing adequate higher education funding, University Professionals of Illinois...

The 3C bus service will end March 11, the Student Association Mass Transit Board decided, and a Huskie Busline student identification card policy drafted by the board will be effective March 21. The board discussed at Monday's meeting possibilities of...

Four of the five executive members of the NIU Young Democrats have switched their support from Sen. Paul Simon, D-Ill., to Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis. John Morreale, the group's chairman and DeKalb County director of the Dukakis for President...

Huskie buses might not stop at DuSable Hall between 6 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. today. Paul Johnson, street operations manager, said a high school sectional basketball game at Chick Evans Field House probably will result in too many cars parked near DuSable....

NIU students gave reactions varying from highly supportive to critical regarding the first issue of the "progressive, alternative" newspaper MUSH! distributed Monday on campus. Todd Kuzma, Student Association president pro-tempore and one organizer of...

NIU's English department will present a three-part program on employment opportunities Wednesday. Gerald Berkowitz, English department careers adviser, said Wednesday's programs are applicable to all students, not just English majors. "There is virtually...

Delays in contract negotiations and other obstacles for the Wirtz Quadrangle redesign have postponed plans for areas on the improvement waiting list. The project to improve the area between Wirtz Hall and the University Health Service was to be completed...

Just as a dream evokes an array of visions, Margaret Jenkins Dance Company and collaborators are said to emit the joys and tragedies of living through compositions filled with elements of dance, music, poetry, film and fine arts. The San Francisco-based...

Another pretrial was set for March 21 for the case of Demetrius Glenn, 20, who is charged with reckless homicide in connection with the death of NIU student Christine Billmyer. Assistant State's Attorney Duke Harris said the judge set another pretrial...

The presentation of an Oprah Winfrey show featuring Aryan Youth Movement skinheads provided an opportunity for a group of NIU students to clear their names and inform students that there are no Nazi skinheads on NIU's campus. About 100 students attended...

Communications studies students are producing a television show despite conflicts that caused the program to be discontinued earlier than scheduled last semester. "Paragon" is produced by students in Media Studies, formerly known as the Radio-TV-Film...