Two psychiatrists' reports have indicated a 19-year-old DeKalb man charged with murder and three counts of sexual assault is mentally competent to stand trial. At a competency hearing for Matthew Reimann Monday in DeKalb County Court, the state and the...

Lack of fiscal review by the NIU Physical Plant led to cost overruns during the remodeling of former NIU president Clyde Wingfield's house, according to a report by the Illinois Auditor General. The report, released Wednesday, indicated NIU misspent thousands...

The outstanding academic achievements of students and faculty will be recognized on NIU's first University Honors Day April 26. The event, originated by the senior honor society Mortar Board, will include initiations and recognitions by university honor...

In response to recent restrictions on residence hall laundry room hours and to increase student involvement on campus issues, the NIU's Students' Relation Coalition has established itself as a communication link between students and administrators. The...

Because of the unsightly debris in the Kishwaukee River and in NIU's East Lagoon, the Recycling Station is initiating a clean-up project April 26. The starting point will be the restaurant It's Greek to Me, 223 W. Lincoln Hwy., and will travel to First...

An NIU sophomore and a DeKalb resident were killed in a car accident Saturday morning in a southwest Chicago suburb after the car struck a guardrail and spun several times in the air. Douglas Peterson, 20, 846 Stevenson Towers South, and Paul Oosterbaan,...

NIU will be visited next weekend by about 30 youths who have dropped out of school and their retired teachers as part of a special university project in Chicago's South Side Engelwood neighborhood. The youths, aged 16 to 20, either have completed or still...

The provost's relationship with the faculty and the university president was the main topic of discussion at an open forum Friday for provost candidate John Gruber. Although Gruber said he did not know much about this relationship at NIU, he said the...

The bronzed bodies. The scantily-clothed men and women. The crowd whistling and chanting as the lights dimmed. No, it is not a description of spring break in Florida. It is a description of the Sixth Annual Mr. NIU and Second Annual Ms. NIU 1987 Body...

Students will be able to celebrate springtime in DeKalb this week by participating in the activities of Spring Fest '87. A Second City touring group will kick off the week by holding an improvisation workshop from noon until 2 p.m. in Martin Luther King...

The NIU Speech Team placed 17 out of 120 at the National Oratorical Tournament in San Diego, Calif., the weekend of April 10 to 13. NIU senior Dan Donnelly, senior Mike Kirch and sophomore Lori Lesniewski attended the tournament. "It's quite an honor...

NIU's Judicial Board has recommended a combination of deferred suspensions, dormitory transfers, fines or work assignments for 11 students charged in two racial incidents on campus. Although eight of the students have accepted sanctions against them,...