The issue of First Amendment rights versus politically correct speech codes has become one of the hottest topics debated in the academic arena. In the Sept. 4 issue of Editor and Publisher magazine, a column by Freedom Forum member Charles Overby attacked...

This is the holiest time of the year for Jewish people around the world. However, some NIU students are not going to be able to put their religion before their classes. Several students have had problems with their teachers when it comes to choosing their...

Mu Alpha Lambda, the alumni chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, is sponsoring the addition to the King Memorial Commons. The extension includes the expansion of brickwork for the courtyard and benches which will allow people to sit and view the...

No students in their right mind would miss it! It's a truly historical occasion and it's taking place right here at NIU—the dedication of the King Memorial Commons. The dedication will begin at noon today with performances by a steel drum band and a...

The club circuit in DeKalb is about to take a second look at its competition. Tonight is the grand opening of the newest, if not the "phattest" club in town. Phat City, located at 146 N. 4th St., will open its dance floor to the public tonight at 10 p.m....

The Illinois Board of Higher Education has hit a new bump in their initiative to streamline Illinois higher education system. Last week, distention among the ranks of the board forced IBHE Chair Arthur Quern to recommend tabling a motion to implement...

While animal experimentation continues to be a subject of controversy, NIU must follow stringent guidelines to ensure the welfare of the animals the university performs tests on. Both the psychology and biology departments at NIU utilize animals for research...

College students will have a chance to keep those expensive long-distance phone bills lower with Sprint's "Moonlight Madness" discounts. Sprint, an international telecommunications company, is offering the Collegiate FONCARD, a calling card targeted toward...

Seated in the Martin Luther King Commons, surrounded by several copies of the Bhagavad Gita, sat Ganapati Swami, a Chicago based Hare Krishna. Swami spoke Wednesday to instructor Jack King's sociology class here at NIU. While at NIU, he decided to stay...

Two dynamic speakers will be addressing the NIU community today as part of the King Memorial Commons dedication. They are Benjamin Hooks and Elaine Jones. Hooks and his wife Frances also will be honored at the National Association for the Advancement...

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER GEORGE JAHN SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP)—Croat forces unleashed at least four separate attacks against Muslim areas of Bosnia on Thursday in apparent retaliation for the massacre of Croat civilians. Croat forces bombarded...

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER CHRIS THOEN HULLENSAKER, Norway (AP)—Grenade-wielding hijackers, believed to be Iranians, forced a Russian passenger jet to fly to Norway, then surrendered Thursday after authorities promised to consider their demand for political...