Odd Girls is meeting the social needs of lesbian and bisexual women on NIU's campus. The group is designed to give lesbian and bisexual women an atmosphere where they can meet and talk. Kerri Price, co-president of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Coalition (LGBC)...

Having ten drinks in two hours can make one feel sick, and worse yet, unable to hold a steering wheel firmly. That fact is being promoted by this week's Party Smart National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week for those who may still doubt the fact. The...

The Student Association voted to revise some of its bylaws while recruiting a new senator at last Sunday's meeting. According to SA Vice President Dave Gonzalez, the bylaw changes are intended to keep the number of invalid ballots cast to a minimum and...

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER ED MCCOLLOUGH PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP)—U.S. warships stopped their first freighter Tuesday in the oil-and-arms blockade of Haiti, while a ‘‘crisis committee'‘ of Haitian lawmakers tried to break a standoff between the...

An international student from Kenya is doing her part to increase student involvement in the NIU community. Mukilah Maitha is the public relations officer of the African Student Association (ASA). The ASA is an organization of students comprised of a...

Several outbreaks of violence resulting in two injuries marred a Homecoming dance in the Chick Evans Field House Saturday night. University Police were called to the fieldhouse during the dance on three separate occasions, twice for crowd control and...

The Academic Planning Council analyzed several of NIU's health-related progams and a graduate program in biology Monday. The APC conducted a general overview of programs that served as "introduction and background into putting the reviews under consideration...

Following NIU's victory over Pacific this past weekend, rambunctious students tore down the north end goalposts and threw them into the lagoon. Those who missed the celebration shouldn't worry about not having a part in the festivities, because all NIU...

Whenever I read the letters to the editor, they are generally complaints. Rarely, if ever, do I see any sort of a compliment. It seems to me that people would rather take time out of their schedules to complain. Although my schedule is busy as well, I...

ROCKFORD (AP)—Frustrated authorities are wondering whether a gang summit might help solve an escalating battle for drug turf that has made this the deadliest year ever in Rockford. Police said Monday they would not broker negotiations between criminals,...

A fraternity that ignored an order forbidding it to hold its Homecoming dance at its house after the dance was banned from the Holmes Student Center will not be punished. Kappa Alpha Psi was told it could not have its dance on Homecoming weekend because...

The impending construction of a department store on wooded property in DeKalb has prompted environmentalists to try and save the targeted trees. At last week's city council meeting, a zoning change was approved that allowed Dial Realty, of Omaha, Neb.,...