Eight balloons drifted to Canada from Huskie Stadium, the launching pad for Sigma Sigma Sigma's Balloon Ascension Contest. More than 1,000 balloons were released by about 35 Tri-Sig women for their national philanthropy project during the National Anthem...

Two sexual assaults which occurred locally within the past three weeks are under investigation, DeKalb Police Sgt. Charles Kross said Friday. Although rumors about a string of rapes have been circulating on Greek Row, Kross confirmed only two assaults...

NIU President John LaTourette Saturday assured Hispanic students of his personal interest in helping them obtain degrees from the university. While addressing students' parents, who gathered at a potluck organized by the University Resources for Latinos...

SPRINGFIELD -NIU was granted permission to spend the revenue from the $150 tuition increase next semester as it comes in but received no additional general revenue funds when the state legislative session ended Friday. In a deal struck between Gov. James...

Student Association President Jim Fischer's appointment of SA Sen. Joe Annunzio to the University Committee on Reserve Officers Training Corps was approved by the SA senate Sunday. Annunzio was the only appointee Fischer brought to the senate this week....

Local health officials said victims of sexual assault should report to a hospital immediately in order for evidence to be obtained and medical attention, including counseling, to be administered. Donna Lalley, Kishwaukee Hospital clinical nurse specialist,...

A five-year $450,000 grant from the National Cancer Institute is enabling an NIU associate professor to probe the molecular processes involved in causing cancer. Biological Sciences Associate Professor T. Daniel Griffiths applied for the grant and is...

In a unanimous vote, the Student Association Senate approved $6,800 in supplemental funding for Towers magazine this Sunday night. SA Treasurer Todd Lipscomb said the additional funds will replenish monies which, he said, were erroneously taken out of...

Chicago's Second City, the comedy troupe that spawned such stars as Chevy Chase, John and Jim Belushi and Joan Rivers, will perform their latest material at NIU this month. Probably now the best known group of comics in the country, Second City originated...

While many musicians find themselves writing and composing many songs of their own, one NIU student strums to a slightly different tune. Corporate communications major Dan Modaff has made a hobby out of singing and guitar playing during the last eight...

NIU's first annual Deaf Awareness Week brought about a very positive interaction between the hearing and non-hearing students on campus, said Allan Vest, program for the hearing impaired director. The week was designed by Kevin Ballard and Kim Antos,...

The establishment of a new bond revenue entity might trigger a struggle for the use of a $10 million parity bond and, in turn, increase student fees. The possibility of making the NIU Parking Division a bond revenue entity is in the request stages. If...