Studies show a fit and trim NIU has exceeded the goal of the National Health Services on overweight people. The national office has set a goal of no more than 20 percent of the people on campus to be what the office considers overweight by the year 2000....

Sycamore police have arrested a Maple Park man and charged him with aggravated kidnapping, armed violence and armed robbery in connection with a robbery and abduction which took place Saturday morning at the Clark Gas Station, 1655 Sycamore Road. Sycamore...

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER MATTHEW FORDAHL CHICAGO (AP)—Parents, teachers and bored students are calling a city hot line by the thousands and asking the same, unanswerable question: ‘‘When will schools open?'‘ ‘‘I couldn't tell you,'‘ volunteer...

Mold grew in Faraday Hall on something other than a science project last week. Thousands of scientific journals and books in Faraday Hall's second floor library were discovered to have mold growing on them early last Friday morning. According to Ruth...

A meeting of NIU's parking committee last Thursday gave faculty and students the chance to discuss something more upsetting than the day's rainy weather—the parking problems here at NIU. At the meeting, the committee fielded questions and complaints...

Due to funding cutbacks, there will be fewer security officers patrolling Huskie football games this season. According to baseball coach Joe "Spanky" McFarland, who was acting as the athletic department's spokesman, there will not be as many officers...

CASCO BAY—From my window, I watch the cat as he sets out on his appointed rounds. He stops to inspect the bird feeder, moves on to the asparagus bed and then, gingerly, steps around the wasp mound. Having staked out this territory, he assumes his morning...

Organizations seeking Student Association recognition must attend the presidents' meeting at 9 p.m. tonight in the Holmes Student Center Capitol Room. Existing or newly-forming student organizations need the recognition of the SA to receive funds generated...

Although Labor Day has passed, summer vacation for students in the city of DeKalb continues indefinitely. Teachers in DeKalb have been on strike since Aug. 25, when classes originally were slated to begin. The strike affects a total of 3,800 students...

Students interested in taking the Graduate Record Examination on Oct. 9 can get a head start studying by taking the review session which begins Saturday. The price for this review session is $195 for NIU students and $279 for non-students. Steve Johnson,...

Students who wish to play a larger role in deciding how the campus is run by participating in student government are running out of time to turn in petitions for the upcoming SA Senate elections. In order for a student to have a name placed on the official...

Two females were attacked last Wednesday, and the DeKalb County Sheriff's office believes the same person may be responsible for both incidents. DeKalb County Sheriff Roger Scott said in the early morning hours of Sept. 1, a 22-year-old woman was walking...