AP NATIONAL WRITER ROBERT DVORCHAK NEW YORK (AP)—Looking for a sign of the times? Try a circle with a red slash through it and fill in the blank. No smoking—in offices, restaurants, planes, airports, the White House and sports stadiums (baseball has...

The Faculty Senate elected Curtiss Behrens senate president and executive secretary of the University Council at last Wednesday's meeting. The Faculty Senate acts as the official faculty voice to the University Council and the administration. The University...

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER FRANK AIGBOGUN LAGOS, Nigeria (AP)—Thousands of people ignited bonfires, hijacked cars and rampaged through the streets of Nigeria's biggest city today to protest the military dictator's cancellation of last month's presidential...

Getting crank calls? There is now a different way to handle them. There will be a procedural change for handling annoying/obscene/threatening phone calls beginning July 27. The change in procedures became necessary following the recent merger between...

Charges are being filed against a DeKalb bar that allegedly served alcohol to a minor who later died in a traffic accident. McCabe's Night Club, 323 E. Lincoln Hwy., will be charged in the June 11 incident where it allegedly let Stacey Krusbe,19, DeKalb,...

WASHINGTON—When people ask how things are in Washington, you almost have to reply: Which Washington are you talking about? Last week, official Washington took note of the signs that President Clinton and his administration were finally beginning to...

With the words "I bring you civilized greetings in an uncivilized world," Professor Griff began his message on the miseducation and oppression of black youth in America. Speaking to about 50 people at the Carl Sandburg auditorium Tuesday night, Griff...

Incoming students will have a variety of health information available to them this fall, thanks to a poster currently being produced by Health Enhancement Services. The poster includes such items as safe drinking levels, safer sex guidelines and tips...

WASHINGTON—Why can't the Supreme Court simply interpret the Constitution and stop making law? The question usually signals that the court has (from the viewpoint of those who ask it) rendered another "wrong" decision. And it always reminds me of the...

NIU is keeping its "white elephant", the Woodstock Conference Center. The Woodstock Conference Center, which was donated to the NIU Foundation in 1987, has been operating at a $615,000 loss. NIU leases the property from the foundation and agreed to extend...

A 19-year-old DeKalb resident killed in a June 11 auto accident suffocated from her seat belt. Stacey C. Krusbe died in a traffic accident June 11 on Route 64, one mile west of First Street. Krusbe's car rolled over. Krusbe was pronounce dead on the scene....

Mabel Brantley, a professor of education at NIU from 1956 until her retirement in 1975, died May 31 in Macon, Ga. "She was really active in language arts and children's literature and a good friend," said Marion Sheriff, a retired education professor...