DeKalb residents will be saying good-bye and good-riddance to some hazardous waste this Saturday. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has scheduled a household hazardous waste collection project for the DeKalb area. The DeKalb County Farm Bureau...

Bilingual education helps to mainstream immigrants into American society without creating alienation and feelings of failure, according to two teachers speaking at NIU Wednesday. "We have people in high school which do not speak English. We have to gradually...

A California university is trying to get NIU President John La Tourette's interest in being its president although he hasn't decided if he wants to be interviewed for the job. La Tourette is one of five finalists picked to replace Fresno State University...

Ten families were forced out of their apartments when water flooded throughout trouble-plagued DeKalb Center Wednesday afternoon as firefighters put out a smoldering fire in one of the walls of the apartment damaged in Tuesday's fire. Complex owner and...

As part of National Hispanic Month, the assistant editor of the Chicago Tribune, an NIU graduate, will speak about stereotypes in the media Monday. Assistant Editor Manuel Galvan will give a speech titled "Stereotypes: How the Media Views Hispanics,"...

After jabbing back and forth in public, Student Association officials and NIU administrators will meet today and try to settle their differences about who controls student activity fees. The meeting of the advisory committee to Vice President for Student...

The DeKalb City Council will hear recommendations to clean up DeKalb's environment at a special meeting Monday. The Ad Hoc Citizen Environmental Committee will ask the council to adopt recommendations to help DeKalb become environmentally aware. There...

Victims of domestic violence are increasingly turning to DeKalb's Safe Passage for help. The number of people seeking assistance from Safe Passage, the domestic violence center in DeKalb County, increased 63 percent this year, said Pam Wiseman, executive...

NIU students are encouraged to attend an open forum today concerning the Fiscal Year 1992 student fees. "I would certainly encourage anyone with questions or concerns to attend," said Anne Kaplan, executive assistant to the president. The meeting will...

Date violence is no longer a "hidden crime" because of the efforts of the legal system, the police and social groups. The "domestic battery" law that went into effect in Illinois July 1, 1990, does not recognize dating violence as a form of domestic violence....

Role model. Cheerleader. Coach. Counselor. These words all describe the role a good mentor plays according to the coordinator of NIU's mentor program. Coordinator Kenneth Reeves said the mentor program is aimed at incoming freshmen who are interested...

Although construction in the Wirtz Quadrangle is mostly completed, University Police say they still are inconvenienced by the project. "We're surviving. It's a change, but we're living with it," said UP Chief James Elliott. The area between Wirtz Hall...