If you were late for class, 10 yards from the bus, and saw that it was ready to pull out, would you be fit enough to run to catch it? The majority of the U.S. population would miss the bus. The benefits of fitness are numerous. Getting fit not only increases...

"The 1988 Farm Agenda in Congress" will be hosted by 14th District Congressman Dennis Hastert, R-Oswego, and his special guest Iowa Congressman Fred Grandy Monday, Jan. 25, in DeKalb. Grandy, better known as "Gopher" on ABC's former hit series "Love Boat,"...

A member of the NIU Black Alumni Association accused the NIU CHANCE program of discriminating against CHANCE freshmen by requiring them to sign contracts banning them from participation in greek activities. Rodney Robinson, a 1981 NIU graduate and a project...

A ruling last week by the University Council Rules and Governance Committee confirmed Student Association President Jim Fischer's standing as a voting UC member. Committee Chairman William Monat said the group's decision in regard to Fischer's UC status...

Recent bad weather conditions have slowed progress on the new NIU parking lot under construction south of Founder's Memorial Library, but the lot now is available for faculty and staff parking. NIU Parking Division Manager Lynn Fraser said efforts to...

The Campus Security Advisory Board might be abolished if the board's members determine there is no use for it. Board member Julie Stege, also the Student Association welfare advisor, said one topic of the next meeting will be whether to choose a new chairman...

Two new issues will face the NIU Student Association this semester—the Illinois Student Association referendum and the revision of the SA constitution. The ISA referendum asks students to provide $1 to support the ISA, said SA Vice President Cam Davis....

Yes, it's that time again! Time to welcome you all back to this frozen tundra otherwise known as DeKalb. I knew it was you because I recognized all your wind-chapped faces peeking out from underneath those parkas and that ever-popular "NIU Walk"—body...

The Voluntary Action Center in DeKalb and the DeKalb County Police Department have become active in efforts to encourage safety belt usage and decrease injuries. National Safety Council statistics show that about 80 percent of all injuries and fatalities...

A few Suburban Estates residents were in for a surprise when they returned from their semester break to find their collections of road signs missing from their apartments and replaced with search warrants. The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office obtained 15...

Citing frustrations with the state's continuing problems of funding higher education, Illinois State University President Lloyd Watkins resigned Jan. 14. "The lack of commitment to adequate funding for higher education is more than regrettable, it is...

NIU will ask the Board of Regents to allow the university to seek bids for a contractor to perform an estimated $923,000 in repairs to the Holmes Student Center tower. Conrad Miller, NIU physical plant project manager, said representatives from Raths,...