About 70 students were left out in the cold Saturday night when NIU decided to close the doors on Omega Psi Phi's bash. As part of its 100 hours of community service, Omega Psi Phi sponsored a dance in the Regency Room of the Holmes Student Center after...

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER SHARON COHEN CHICAGO (AP)—After four days of picket line duty, it took less than a minute Monday for Leslie Lindberg's defiance to turn to joy. Tears streamed down her wind-burned cheeks as she and other striking American Airlines...

A new mayor reigned for a day over the DeKalb City Council Monday night. The new mayor presided over a meeting where the council approved next year's corporate tax levy, approved a zoning change for a proposed apartment complex, denied another zoning...

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER ANITA SNOW MEXICO CITY (AP)—Mexican lawmakers moved Monday to give their final stamp of approval to the North American Free Trade Agreement, despite last-minute pleas from opposition leaders to reject the pact as unfair. Sen....

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER DAVID BRISCOE WASHINGTON (AP)—President Clinton and Philippine President Fidel Ramos pledged ‘‘a new partnership'‘ based on expanding trade Monday, steering U.S.-Philippine relations away from the once-dominant issues of...

At first, NIU Wrestling Coach Philip Rembert was outraged at his Aug. 22 charge of unlawful use of a weapon. Now, it is just something that constantly lies at the back of his mind. And despite efforts to dismantle it, the charge still remains. Rembert,...

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER DAVID GOODMAN OYAL OAK, Mich. (AP)—An apartment rented by Dr. Jack Kevorkian was used Monday for a fellow physician's suicide, the first that Kevorkian has attended since he was released from jail two weeks ago on charges in...

The Heartland Blood Centers want your blood. There is a greater need for blood during the winter months and now is the last chance this semester students and faculty at NIU will be able to give blood. The final opportunity to give blood is from 10 a.m....

Have you ever been in a situation where you felt completely powerless to help someone who was in pain or having serious health problems? Do you feel you could have helped that person if you only knew how? American Red Cross CPR and First Aid classes can...

University Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred in the Grant Towers South lobby early Sunday morning. NIU Police Sgt. Ralph Taylor said a gun was fired at a Lukulo's Pizza delivery man by one of three subjects as he was pursuing them...

A Delta Upsilon fraternity gathering is under investigation after a pledge in attendance was taken to the hospital after he drank what witnesses said was a large amount of alcohol, and because the event was allegedly not registered with University Programming...

NIU faculty, staff and students gave testimony last week during closed hearings on the performance of the current ombudsman. Tim Skeers, chair of the Ombudsman Review/Search Committee, said about six people from different areas of the university community...