AP SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT LINDA DEUTSCH LOS ANGELES (AP)—One of the black men accused of beating white trucker Reginald Denny had threatened to ‘‘hit and kill people'‘ because of Rodney King, and later hit Denny with a brick, a witness testified...

If you are a student who is thinking about holding a party at your apartment and selling alcohol, you might want to think twice.DeKalb Police made two arrests last weekend for people who were doing just that.Michael Cloud, 809 Edgebrook Drive, and Name...

A program review process being implemented by the Illinois Board of Higher Education could produce more program cuts at NIU, annually. The new procedure, which is an offspring of the IBHE Priorities, Quality and Productivity initiative, would allow the...

Boston—Some time ago, my friends adopted a baby and set about the business of getting to know him. I watched this process from a distance of many miles and from a perspective of many parenting years. I saw them become familiar with their son, to become...

At NIU, stereotyping greeks is not uncommon. In fact, it happens quite often. As for the greeks in fraternities, they are stereotyped as being "dumb jocks." This stereotype is very common because people think of fraternity guys as members of athletic...

CHICAGO (AP)—Leaders of the world's major faiths have declared a global ethic that laments environmental abuses, calls disarmament the newest commandment and condemns sexual discrimination. The Declaration of a Global Ethic, a historic attempt to find...

This afternoon students will have an opportunity to learn more about yet another campus organization when NIU's Lesbian Gay Bisexual Coalition (LGBC) has its open house. The open house is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. this afternoon in room 256A of...

NIU offers several opportunities for students to solve specific problems with the university. But the only office on campus that is strictly neutral and can assist students, as well as faculty, with their problems is the Office of the Ombudsman. The Office...

MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (AP)—Two of six Carbondale nightclub employees charged in the death of a Southern Illinois University student will go on trial this month. A Jackson County grand jury indicted the six, who are or were SIU students, in the Feb. 5 death...

NIU athletic department officials met with representatives of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) on campus Monday in an effort to establish possible future relations between the two institutions. In what could easily be compared to a first date, NIU...

Jim Trentadue is the president of the Asian-American Association (AAA). Meeting him at first can be a bit of a shock since his ethnic make-up is Italian (50 percent), Polish, German and Swedish. Trentadue is a second-year transfer student from Oakton...

The NIU Faculty Senate will conduct its first meeting at 3 p.m. today in the Clara Sperling Sky Room in the Holmes Student Center. The Faculty Senate consists of 30 elected faculty members of University Council and one member from each academic department...