In his State of the University address, NIU President John La Tourette said that NIU students were "just as satisfied with the education they receive here as students at other Illinois universities." In response to the president's remarks, we at the Star...

AP SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT LINDA DEUTSCH LOS ANGELES (AP)—Testifying for the first time at his beating trial, Reginald Denny said he couldn't remember the attack at the flashpoint of the Los Angeles riots. During a break, he left the witness stand and...

Regent Sylvia Nichols has had her seat pulled out from under her by Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar and that could mean a table full of trouble for the Board of Regents. Nichols' term on the Regents ends this year and in order to stay on the board, she must be...

A plan to expand NIU's Office of Campus Recreation is garnering strong support from the Student Association. The plan would expand the OCR by adding two all-purpose gymnasiums and adding weight room space. According to Rico de Lara, assistant director...

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER A.V. GALLAGHER CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP)—A judge Wednesday upheld a law restricting Medicaid payments for abortions, ordering the state to halt funding for the procedure for poor women, except in limited cases. Circuit Judge John...

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER SNJEZANA VUKIC MEDJUGORJE, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP)—U.N. trucks piled high with food and medicine entered embattled Mostar Wednesday, negotiating past enraged Croat women who sat in the road singing hymns to keep the aid from...

The 1993-1994 school year has begun and the housing department has had its hands full with new students. The dormitories are not completely full, according to Jack Felver, Assistant Director of Housing services, but "this is not a surprise, the trend...

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER Michael Fleeman LOS ANGELES (AP)—The 13-year-old boy who reportedly triggered the Michael Jackson child abuse probe should be denied any contact with the pop star, the boy's father says in court papers made available Wednesday....

AP MEDICAL WRITER Brenda Coleman CHICAGO (AP)—A blood test commonly used to detect new malignancies after surgery for colon cancer—the second leading U.S. cancer killer—is virtually worthless, researchers found in a large new study. About 500,000...

SAN DIEGO—Back on the other edge of the continent, in Washington, the National Endowment for the Arts, responding to yet another debacle, is saying, as usual: The peculiar goings-on (this time in San Diego) are aberrations; NEA approval of the grant...

She's probably one of the busiest students on campus. April McLaughlin is currently juggling work at the Center for Black Studies, the Vice Presidency of the Black Student Union (BSU), writing for Lifeline, working in Douglas Food Service and attending...

Closing in on their 25th anniversary next semester, the Black Choir is proud of its past and excited about its future. When the choir was founded in 1968 by Kenneth Lennon, the choir sang not only gospel music, but also sang secular, or popular music....