Money is being wasted on expensive curtains for the student center and an "industrial hygienist" that does not exist, the NIU student regent said Sunday. In a scathing speech to the Student Association senate, Student Regent James Mertes said between...

If all goes well for DeKalb's liquor merchants, last call on Thursday nights will be an hour later. DeKalb bar owners and alcohol vendors are asking the DeKalb City Council to amend the municipal code to state that places which serve intoxicating liquors...

Eight Student Association senators recently resigned while the SA internal affairs committee is still working to track down other "ghost senators" not present at weekly meetings. "It's hard for the SA to call themselves a representative body when we can...

The Beta Alpha Psi accounting fraternity at NIU will take the hassle out of income taxes. "Any NIU student or faculty member can get their taxes done for free," said Mike Williams, vice president of the Beta Alpha Psi fraternity. Every spring, Beta Alpha...

The challenge of the 1990s for black people is economic justice, said Rev. Tyrone Crider to about 60 people Friday night. Crider, executive director of Chicago-based Operation PUSH, spoke for about 30 minutes in the Holmes Student Center's Duke Ellington...

Although a Student Association senator is calling the SA budgeting policy inconsistent, the group's treasurer said false correlations are being drawn between academic and social organizations. "In order to be funded, organizations must provide programming...

Blowouts are rapidly becoming a way of life for the NIU women's basketball team. Led by six players in double figures, the Huskies (16-4, 8-0) squashed North Star Conference foes, Cleveland State University, by a 98-65 tally Thursday night at Chick Evans...

Handicapped people needing a guest room have to look off-campus until the health center moves out of the Holmes Student Center. During the summer, University Health Services moved from its normal location next to the University Police station to the student...

NIU fraternities and sororities are uniting to become the first Illinois greek community to start a recycling program. "This program should show the community that we're not all fun and games," said Kathy Pascher, head of the program and member of Delta...

A man is walking around NIU and exposing himself, University Police said. According to UP reports, a woman was in front of the north doors of the Visual Arts Building Tuesday at 7:38 p.m. when she saw a man masturbating with his pants unzipped, said UP...

DeKalb's Human Relations Commission is looking to fill a vacancy in the nine-member board. The commission meets once a month and hears citizens' complaints about possible rights violations. No sooner did the commission gain Lydia Kaplan, who is employed...

Whoever stole $2,000 worth of the NIU anthropology department's surveying equipment also might have stolen similar tools from NIU during the past six months. Two transits, surveying devices used to map archaeological sites, were reported stolen this week...