Volleyball is a game built on momentum and emotion. A point scored here or missed there could mean the difference between a win or a loss. Through the first two matches against Northwestern and Kansas, the NIU squad looked close to unbeatable. The momentum...

NIU's Judicial Office kept busy with just an "average" semester last spring. Stevenson South residence hall had largest number of hall violations referred to NIU's Judicial Office last spring. According to figures from the Judicial Office, there were...

This past spring semester brought considerable change to the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house when a fire destroyed nearly the entire inside of the building. Now, some five months later, the house has been newly renovated for its members in time for the...

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER F. ALAN BOYCE BUXTON, N.C. (AP)—After six days and tens of thousands of evacuations from North Carolina to New York, Hurricane Emily struck only a glancing blow to a narrow island chain before dashing off to the North Atlantic....

An NIU student with great athletic ability, intellectual potential and his tuition bills paid might seem to have a lot more than most. But a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) by-law ended Oscar Chavez's hope of becoming a great asset to...

Today the Star ran the last of my four-part series on racism at NIU. Having been a project that dominated my life for the last couple of weeks, I was more than glad to have it finished and over with so I could return to the mundane world of Faculty Senate...

Editor's note: This is the fourth in a four-part series on racism at NIU. Today's analysis looks at the activities of hate groups on campus and profiles an individual activist in the hate movement. Racial tensions at NIU serve as a lightning rod to individuals...

An NIU faculty member was the recipient of a national award for excellence in human and family resources. Mary Pritchard, NIU professor and the national president of Kappa Omicron Nu honor society, was awarded the society's Adviser Award of Excellence....

In a letter which spawned a fury of debate and discontent during Wednesday's Faculty Senate meeting NIU President John La Tourette announced his intent to pursue an internal search for permanent replacements for two acting NIU vice presidents. At present,...

DeKalb children need a place to play, and they need your help. Students are needed to help construct a playground between Sept. 22 and Sept. 26. "Adventures In Barbland" is a community-funded and constructed project that will conclude on Sept. 26 with...

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER TOM STRONG WASHINGTON (AP)—The new head of the Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday he hopes he can unite Chicago, Illinois and Indiana in support of a regional airport. But Chicago and Indiana remain opposed to a plan...

LUMBERTON, N.C. (AP)—The lawyer for one of the men accused of killing Michael Jordan's father has asked a judge to seal the court file and close the courtroom during some pre-trial hearings. Meanwhile, two of the four people accused of stripping James...