Bacteria which water department officials say is not harmful has been found in samples of water taken from two DeKalb homes this summer. Water Superintendent Gerry Bever said the bacteria found is not harmful and is "not unusual for water supplies." He...

NIU's on-campus residents competed in a variety of activities for Unity Through Diversity Week including a hall decorating contest and sporting events. Lincoln Hall received the most points throughout the week and was the overall winner in the Residence...

Kishwaukee Community Hospital's fundraising club will kick off its annual drive this Thursday at 6 p.m. with a meeting of local volunteers. The club is seeking 700 members this year, said Dr. Robert Skabo, the drive's membership chairman. Skabo said membership...

The Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra, including some NIU students, opened its 10th season Sunday with "An Afternoon of Pops" at the Egyptian Theater. Conductor Arthur Montzka said the orchestra includes residents of DeKalb and non-music majors at NIU. "The...

As tradition calls, "Homecoming Hoedown ‘87" is rounding up a court of royalty. This year 31 students were nominated to represent their own organizations in the traditional homecoming court. From the 31 nominees, a panel of judges narrowed the field...

Cosette Kies, chairwoman of library and information studies at NIU, recently published "Supernatural Fiction for Teens, 500 Good Paperbacks to Read for Wonderment, Fear and Fun". The book, published by Libraries Unlimited, is a bibliography of fiction...

NIU and its traditions have come a long way since its very beginnings in the late 1800s. At its unofficial birth in 1903, Homecoming consisted of nothing more than an alumni meeting, banquet and varsity football game between the varsity football team...

The Student Association senate Sunday discussed the possibility of entering a Huskie Bus in the NIU Homecoming Parade and continued with "beginning of the year" committee nominations and approvals. SA senators and staff are making plans to decorate and...

The lack of floats entered in NIU's 80th Homecoming Parade has caused a great deal of controversy. ob Arrington, vice president of programming for RHA, said, "The Residence Hall Association (RHA) has been the only entrant thus far, and it is doubtful...

NIU will have to pay back 10 percent annually of the revenue bonds the university is using to pay for construction of a parking lot south of Founders Memorial Library, said Jim Harder, vice president for business and operations. The 10 percent will have...

An a cappella song about bulimia is just one of the selections in the repertoire of the three woman band "Betty," which will be performing a noon concert this Homecoming Week in the King Memorial Commons. "Betty," a Washington D.C. band, who has dubbed...

Preliminary studies of the damage on the top of the Holmes Student Center have revealed the possibility that the entire building might have to be resurfaced, NIU Physical Plant Director John Harrod said. Although NIU engineers originally planned to complete...