A study commissioned by the City of Chicago proposing a buyout of Commonwealth Edison's Chicago system, which includes the DeKalb area, would be a "loser" for all involved, an Edison spokesman said. The proposal, released Wednesday by Chicago Mayor Harold...

The decrease in DUI arrests made by DeKalb and University Police since 1986 shows the stricter law has had deterrent effects. DeKalb County Police Lt. Kevin Hickey said he believes the law has been effective. "It seems to show up in people's attitudes....

NIU will have to do without a physics doctorate program because Provost Kendall Baker withdrew the $2 million prosposal from the Illinois Board of Higher Education. At the Faculty Assembly meeting Wednesday, Baker spoke on his reasons for withdrawing...

The NIU Law School received a $5,000 grant from the Illinois Bar Foundation in Springfield to finance the publication of a special issue of the Law Review. The Law Review is a student-edited publication run by the law school. Editor in Chief Steven Brody...

The Student Committee On Political Action discussed plans Wednesday to check into the methods NIU's Graduate Council uses to determine who will be required to take the Test of Spoken English, a fluency test given to foreign individuals seeking positions...

The Panhellenic Council Tuesday elected a new external public relations chairwoman but had to postpone other executive officer elections. Debbie Mitchel was elected to the public relations post. Most offices were not up for election Tuesday since several...

Realizing how little they know about other cultures is a rude awakening many nurses face overseas, said Nancy Savage at NIU's annual Roseanne Krcek-Frank lecture Savage has worked as a staff nurse, instructor and consultant for Project Hope in countries...

The eerie feeling of Halloween lingered in the aisles of Sandburg Auditorium as more than 1000 NIU students and faculty gathered to hear "True Ghost Stories of Chicagoland" Wednesday night. Richard T. Crowe, who believes he might be the only full-time...

Posters advertising that the band Naked Raygun would play at the Jungle were found in campus buildings in September, but the band was not scheduled to appear at the bar. Lito Neboniachi, owner of the Jungle, 1027 W. Hillcrest, said the posters stated...

Assistant City Manager Gary Boden said there are as many complaints from students against other students as any other type of complaints. "Regardless of who it is (making a complaint), they are just residents of the city of DeKalb," he said. DeKalb County...

When discussing NIU's proposed constitution Tuesday, the University Council expressed concerns about some of the changes and offered additional recommendations to the constitutional task force. The Presidential Task Force on Constitutional Revision will...

NIU's abiltiy to spend revenue from the $150 tuition increase students will pay in the spring, included in Senate Bill 1520, will top the issues affecting the univeristy when the state legislature meets for the next few days. The Senate and House of Representatives...