If the Marriott Corporation goes through with its threat to vacate Roy Rogers on March 6, it would not be the first time the corporation violated a contract, according to Robert Fredrickson, University Food Services director. Fredrickson said a Marriott...

The DeKalb City Council decided at their regular meeting Monday to begin accepting bids for the reconstruction of streets in Greek Row. The council directed the Engineering Division to solicit bids for the work on parts A, B and C of the plan which would...

Employers and recruiters will be on campus speaking to NIU students about internships and co-op programs Wednesday at the Co-operative Education Career Fair. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., about 44 employers will be at the Duke Ellington Ballroom in the Holmes...

The University Police are reorganizing their department in order to become nationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies. The main objective of the program is to help the police departments nationwide standardize...

The President's Fee Review Committee tentatively voted Thursday to pass the recommended $2.04 per semester fee increase for the University Health Service. All three student committee members abstained from the tentative vote to approve the proposed 11-cent...

NIU Nursing Professor Nola Pender has been named to the advisory council for the new Center for Nursing Research of the National Institute of Health. The National Institute of Health (NIH) is in charge of forming health policies in the federal government....

Like a guest on the old television series "This is Your Life," DeKalb County will be honored for its 150th birthday by competing photographers who captured a day in the life of DeKalb. The DeKalb County Sesquicentennial will provide a year-long program...

Exposing and combating the problem of physician malpractice in Illinois was the topic of discussion Wednesday at the DeKalb Public Library. Karen Imbus, victim coordinator for Statewide Consumer Advocacy Coalition, spoke at the library, 309 Oak St., to...

A DeKalb man was hit by a train early Thursday morning after an unsuccessful game of "chicken" on the railroad tracks. Steven Brooks, 30, 209 S. Second St., was killed after he was hit by a westbound train at 1:17 a.m. at the South First Street railroad...

The approaching completion of Byron nuclear station should help bring President Reagan's "supercollider" program to Northern Illinois. According to Robert Dwyer, Nuclear Spokesperson for Commonwealth Edison, a major consideration in locating a project...

City of DeKalb officials are considering plans for the construction of "spec" buildings in order to encourage industries to locate in DeKalb. The construction of the buildings is part of the city's economic development plan. DeKalb City Manager Mark Stevens...

Public Action to Deliver Shelter (PADS) is a program which allows NIU students, the DeKalb community and area visitors who have no place to stay spend the night at various DeKalb and Sycamore churches. Kathy Black, PADS member, said PADS is run entirely...