The DeKalb Center, 1100 W. Lincoln Hwy., received a great deal of attention last fall when it incurred more than $6,000 in city fines, code violations, and liabilities. But the trouble-plagued complex has made a "360 degree turnaround," and people should...

Regents Chancellor Roderick Groves responded Thursday to the recent spats among universities as they battle for the suburbs. NIU's plans for facilities in Hoffman Estates and Rockford are the most recent proposals to spark competition and controversy....

A 1971 NIU graduate has made his way back to DeKalb to accept a promotion as president of Contel of Illinois. NIU alumnus William A. Zielke was appointed Contel of Illinois president, a position held since 1980 by the retiring Charles M. Rexroat. exroat,...

The Board of Regents made some union officials at Sangamon State University and Illinois State University smile Thursday when their contracts were approved. The six months of bargaining for better salaries for SSU professors ended Thursday when the Board,...

The Boston Globe Ellen Goodman In 1925, a handful of years after American women had won the right to vote, a rear admiral in the U.S. Navy expressed his anxiety about their "seemingly insatiable desire to interfere in matters they do not understand."...

NIU Provost Kendall Baker was not tapped for the presidency of Kent State University. The KSU Board of Trustees voted Thursday to name Carol Cartwright, vice chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of California at Davis, as president. Cartwright...

NIU students got a taste of being designated drivers. The NIU student chapter of the Illinois Public Health Association arranged the first designated driver night at McCabe's, 323 E. Lincoln Hwy., last Friday. The night was a class project for Allied...

Since Kevin was young, he has been fascinated with the military and the war that's often needed to achieve peace. A precocious child with an ability to read quickly, he'd devour whatever books he could get his hands on. And for the most part, those books...

Jerry Pettibone is back in DeKalb Friday to meet with his former assistant coaches, his players and the media before returning to his new stomping grounds in Oregon. Two days after accepting the football head coaching duties at Oregon State University,...

The Board of Regents spent about seven hours behind closed doors while visiting NIU this week. The Regents gathered for a two-part executive session on Wednesday and Thursday. During executive sessions, the meeting is closed to the media, the public and...

It's going to be more expensive to drink next year. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms will be collecting a new floor tax on alcohol and cigarettes beginning Jan. 1, 1991. The new tax, commonly referred to as a "sin tax," is designed to tax luxuries...

Although their culture is dying, Native American students are banding together and starting a new organization aimed at making people aware of their cultural existence. The Native American organization, started by the organization's President Jennifer...