Eliminating the use of sexist language in the NIU Undergraduate catalog was one of the goals discussed at the Council on Instruction's Thursday meeting. Continuing a process started in 1985 to change all the sexist terms in the catalog, the council wants...

campus editor A group of demonstrators calling themselves "Students For America" gathered in the Martin Luther King Memorial Commons Wednesday night to protest the John Lennon Society. NIU history instructor and graduate student Michael Hickey said he...

In response to Mike Murvihill's letter about Star Wars (Feb. 9), I would first like to say I find it hard to believe we could build the whole Star Wars system for $30 billion to $60 billion when we have just recently spent $26 billion on Star Wars research...

The NIU women's athletic program officially gained membership to the North Star Conference Wednesday after the Athletic Board voted to accept a formal invitation from the league. As a result, NIU will join Notre Dame, DePaul, Marquette, Dayton and Valparaiso...

epresentatives from junior colleges and universities from all areas of the state attempted to formulate solutions to student drug abuse last week at a conference on illegal drugs. The two-day conference, held at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana...

Commonwealth Edison's Byron Nuclear station was given the go-ahead to operate at full power Jan. 30, although an environmental group claims widespread safety and procedural violations existed at the plant. The Sinnissippi Alliance for the Environment,...

Police say factional struggle bloodiest in three years; neighborhoods blazing BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP)—Shiites fought an alliance of Druse and communist gunmen for the third day Tuesday in a battle for control of Moslem west Beirut that has caused scores...

A fire at the Kishwaukee Professional Building, 8 Health Service Dr., caused $250,000 worth of damage to a dentist's office Monday afternoon, a DeKalb Fire Department report stated. The cause of the fire, which began in the office of Dr. Dennis Collins,...

NIU raised more than $40,000 for the 1986 DeKalb United Way Campaign, bringing the total city effort to $312,000, said campaign chairman Jack Felver. "This is the first time we surpassed the $300,000 mark. We raised just over $13,000 above our goal, which...

M. Michelle Byrne University Police arrested three men Monday night after one man allegedly pulled out a gun at the Chick Evans Field House. Alan Shubert, 21, 1307 W. Lincoln Hwy., was arrested at 11:19 p.m. Monday at his residence after an argument which...

The Corn Fest Committee, celebrating its 10th anniversary and DeKalb County's 150th birthday, is having a logo contest open to all artists high-school age and older. olf Langehaug, DeKalb High School art teacher, is a member of the Corn Fest Committee....

The Rev. Jesse Jackson will be at NIU Saturday to discuss issues related to Black History Month and his views on world peace. Jackson, who ran against Walter Mondale in the 1984 Democratic presidential primary elections, is the founder of People United...