In order to obtain community input about the future development of the university, NIU President John LaTourette has appointed fifteen regional senior corporate executives, including seven NIU alumni, to a president's advisory council. Tom Montiegel,...

The holiday season brings a time for sharing and that is what some NIU student organizations are encouraging as they sponsor food drives for the Salvation Army food pantry. The Public Relations Student Society of America is sponsoring a food drive through...

Combining water and the human body is the focus of "Aqueous Myths," a series of photographs by Suda House on display in the Photospace of the Swen Parson Gallery. House, a San Diego photographer, depicts the human-water relationship illustrating several...

Strong arguments that "continued United States covert involvement in Central America would be undesirable" brought victory to NIU's debate team during a recent weekend of competition. The thrust of the competition, hosted by the University of Wisconsin...

The DeKalb Sanitary District is planning to implement a program this month to reduce the problem of sump pumps connected to the sanitary sewer system. District Manager Mike Zima said at a special meeting of the DeKalb City Council Monday that illegal...

DeKalb Police have closed the case of a criminal sexual assault which occurred Nov. 23 after determining the facts of the case did not warrant a criminal arrest. In an official statement, police said all of the information they received from their investigation...

The Board of Regents has filed an eminent domain lawsuit on NIU's behalf to acquire property between Lincoln Terrace and Lincoln Hwy. and Carroll Avenue and Normal Road. The suit was filed Oct. 14 in the DeKalb County Courthouse, with the Regents, NIU's...

The death of Chicago Mayor Harold Washington will have far-reaching consequences, according to some DeKalb-area politicians. Washington, Chicago's democratic mayor of five years, died Wednesday after suffering a massive heart attack in his office. DeKalb...

A recent study ranked NIU's College of Education 15th in the nation and third in the state based on the number of professional presentations by each school's education faculty. Illinois' top-ranking education department is located at Southern Illinois...

The Ellwood House Museum in DeKalb will hold a three-day open house to celebrate the Christmas holiday. "Christmas Around the World" is the theme for this year's annual open house which runs Dec. 4-6 from 1 to 5 p.m. ooms in the Ellwood Mansion, 509 N....

Students and faculty members will tackle the topic of whether NIU's minority organizations contribute to or help solve the problems of racism in a forum tonight in the Holmes Student Center Diversions room. The Student Association minority relations committee...

From Swan Lake to nuclear war protesting, the NIU theatre dance department will cover it all Thursday night at the premiere of the annual fall dance concert. The concert will feature members of NIU's theatre dance department performing in five distinctly...