United States Reps. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill, and Fred Grandy, R-Iowa, told DeKalb residents agricultural conditions are improving in the country. Hastert said the focus of Monday's town meeting at the Dekalb County Farm Bureau was one issue—agriculture....

A strategy to use DeKalb's $300,000 in Venture Capital Funds in a series of projects was proposed by City Manager Mark Stevens to the City Council Monday night. Stevens said the city 18 months ago reserved $300,000 for a project, and he wanted to know...

Practically everyone connected with higher education can remember those summer and fall days in 1987 as some of the most painful days. The funding status of the system followed almost as rocky a course as the stock market did in the fall. With the state...

The Student Association gave support for spending an additional $100,000 if necessary for repairs to the Holmes Student Center tower, although no formal vote was taken on the recommendation. Sen. Dave Stern recommended the SA favor NIU spending an additional...

NIU pledged $41,804 of their $50,000 United Way goal despite the lack of pledging from students this year. "We recieved almost no money from the students", said student fund raiser Michelle Roberts, "but we have a couple of months left to get more pledges."...

The Student Association Mass Transit Board today will discuss the fate of a Huskie bus driver who left her bus last semester because of rider complaints. Board Chairman Phil Kessler said a driver "inexperienced with the weekend bus route" left her bus...

Police seized an undisclosed amount of cocaine and paraphernalia from a DeKalb residence Thursday. Police arrested John E. Wilkinson, 31, 133 Gurler St., and charged him with unlawful possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and unlawful...

The Illinois State Comptroller Roland Burris will be the key speaker at the annual NIU memorial service for Martin Luther King Jr. at 8:45 tonight in the Music Building's Boutell Memorial Concert Hall. The Student Association Minority Relations Committee...

Student Association President Jim Fischer told the SA senate Sunday NIU students could help defeat future tuition increases by passing the Illinois Student Association referendum on Jan. 28. "The referendum would provide $1 to the ISA from (each student's)...

Executive board members representing greek organizations will be discussing which of the newly established greek alcohol policy guidelines should be mandatory. The guidelines were created to "reduce the risk of people getting hurt" and to help prevent...

Three new renovation projects in Montgomery Hall are filling the hole left by the Nursing School. Conrad Miller, project manager for the physical plant, said the three projects include building three new laboratories, remodeling three existing labs, creating...

With the 10,000 people who contact NIU's Student Legal Assistance each year, Legal Assistance Director Don Henderson said the majority of cases concern landlord/tenant disputes. Of those 10,000 contacts, about 2,500 cases are processed annually, Henderson...