Huskie fight song lyricist and former NIU men's swimming coach Francis Stroup recently was inducted into the North Texas State University Hall of Fame. At NTSU's Homecoming football game Saturday, Stroup was one of five members inducted into the hall,...

NIU student Lisa Taranto will vie for the Miss America Petite title in December after being crowned Miss Illinois Petite in September. The pageant, which was sponsored by the Casablanca Modeling Agency, consisted of 96 contestants. The contest has the...

More than 200 NIU students and DeKalb residents will participate in a 10K walk across campus on Sunday at 2 p.m. The annual Crop Walk, sponsored by Church World Services, is a nationwide effort to aid in the fight against hunger and poverty. The Crop...

Although DeKalb Fire Department paramedic Tim Hughes tried finding true love on "The Love Connection," his date turned out to be an "airhead," Hughes said. Hughes, 24, was featured on the daytime TV dating game Monday and Tuesday where he picked Kat,...

The NIU personnel office will be sponsoring a variety of workshops on Unity through Diversity, supervisory skills, personnel operations and personal development. Dates and locations of the workshops can be obtained from the personnel office. Personnel...

NIU sports fans remember all too well what happened the last time a Huskie team dove headfirst into the Big Time. Don't look now, but the women's basketball team is challenging the bullies. However, head coach Jane Albright said at Wednesday's Media Day...

Neoclassical theater is rarely, if ever, thought of in the same vein as rap music. But the NIU theater department plans to end that idea when they stage a highly original production of Moliere's classic commedia del'arte farce "Scapin." "Scapin," which...

Pretrials begin today at the DeKalb County Courthouse for NIU marketing professor David Richard Rink, who was arrested and charged with two counts of fraud Sept. 1. NIU Legal Counselor George Shur said, "My understanding is that this hearing is to set...

Editor's note: This is the second of a three-part series on the possibility of NIU's receiving its own governing board. This part focuses on those who oppose such a move. If Sen. Patrick Welch, D-Peru, and Rep. John Countryman, R-DeKalb, are going to...

The sound of music once again will emanate from King Memorial Commons at noon Thursday in order to draw students to participate in a rally sponsored by the Student Committee On Political Action. The rally is part of the Student Association committee's...

After officiating NIU's 41-5 homecoming victory against Toledo Saturday, three Big Ten referees were surprised to discover their cars had been towed during the game. Cars belonging to referee Gil Marchman, umpire Bob Pickens and field judge George Solomon...

After reviewing several possible three-year budget proposals Monday, the Student Association Mass Transit Board decided to delay voting on its recommendation to be given to the President's Fee Study Committee. Phil Kessler, SA services adviser and chairman...