Eight open cases of telephone harassment involving NIU student victims were closed when University Police charged a resident of the south suburbs in the incidents. Scott A. Vanwie, 29, Berwyn, turned himself in to UP Det. Deborrah Pettit Friday after...

The recent military coup in Thailand should have little impact on a nation that is experiencing unprecedented economic growth, said an NIU professor whose ties there date back to 1963. Political scientist Clark Neher, who has known new Thai Prime Minister...

The allocation of the governor's budget will be the focus of the Illinois Board of Higher Education meeting Tuesday. NIU President John La Tourette will attend the meeting at Illinois State University in Normal to debate the $122 million allocated by...

Residents of Stadium View II apartments were sent voter registration cards with bogus information. The registration cards said that the complex, 1315 W. Lincoln Hwy., was in Ward 6 instead of its actual ward, Ward 7. The mistake was made because the apartment...

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....

Tightening state budgets might force Safe Passage to cut services despite a rising number of people seeking help. Safe Passage provides monthly about 100 battered women and their children in DeKalb County with a 24-hour hotline, temporary shelter, counseling,...

Even after 10 years, the NIU Women's Studies Program is as busy as ever acquainting students with the contributions of women in society. An update of the WSU's publication, "About Women," was recently printed. The pamphlet contains excerpts from some...

"The first of April some do say/ Is set apart for All Fool's Day/ But why the people call it so/ Nor I nor they themselves do know," states a poem in 1760's Poor Robins Almanack about April Fools' Day. The first day of April is dedicated to practical...

Three bills designed to curb Illinois solid and toxic waste were introduced late last month by Sen. Patrick Welch. The bills' key supporters in the state senate are Sens. Welch (D-Peru), Barbara Flynn Currie (D-Chicago), and Clem Balanoff (D-Chicago)....

The month-long hispanic culture celebration "Compartamos Nuestras Cultura" kicks off today in the Martin Luther King Commons. "Sharing Our Culture," the theme for this year's Hispanic Month, is part of NIU's year of Unity in Diversity. "Hispanics are...