Sorority sisters and fraternity brothers living on Greek Row get to celebrate two things at once at Christmas time. As NIU students, they find that both the holidays and the end of final exams are worth celebrating with each other. "It's tense during...

The DeKalb City Council approved a raise in the maximum tax levy Monday, reflecting an increase in total city-assessed property values. The total Equalized Assessed Valuation of DeKalb property rose 15.4 percent in the last year. This will add about $165,000...

Brett Hooghkirk was sentenced to 27 years in jail Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to murdering Lisa Garretson and setting fire to her apartment on Aug. 21, 1988. In a surprise move, Hooghkirk's case was moved up on the court calender from a scheduled...

It's hard to imagine that decorating your artificial Christmas tree or sending out Far Side Christmas cards to friends somehow connects you with age-old traditions, but it does. According to "The Christmas Book" by Francis X. Weiser, many modern Christmas...

Forty thousand dollars will help make this year's DeKalb holiday celebrations the best ever. The Downtown DeKalb Association was given $30,000 in Tax Increment Financing money by the City Council, said DDA president Tom Burch. The committee hopes to solicit...

Along with Christmas spirit, snow brings opportunity to play outside in the white fluff stuff that comes around for only a season. And one way to enjoy the snow is to slap on some skis and hit the slopes. Thanks to NIU's Campus Activities Board, a ski...

CHICAGO—Not only did state university officials come under fire Tuesday, but the Illinois Board of Higher Education was criticized for its method of supervising the state's colleges. University and business leaders charged the IBHE with failure to have...

Christmas, what a holiday. Everyone is hustling and bustling to find ways to keep their friends, kiddies or grand-kiddies happy on that eventful day when the wrapping paper and ribbons litter the entire house. But if those gift getters only knew what...

Some NIU students who are struggling through the last days of the semester are looking forward to a special vacation. Sixteen students are going backpacking in the Grand Canyon with NIU's Office of Campus Recreation. The trip, which runs from Dec. 27...

After seven unsuccessful attempts to land a new broadcast facility for WNIU and its Northern Public Radio affiliates, station officials can finally channel feelings of frustration into productive mobilization. WNIU station manager Mike Lazar said his...

From Dec. 12 until Dec. 19, Jewish students and other members of the Jewish community will be saying "Happy Hanukkah" instead of "Merry Christmas." Lighting a candle in their residence hall windows is about all NIU students who are Jewish will be doing...

Money for higher education is still intact. In order to keep funding for higher education stable, Gov. James Thompson last week urged lawmakers not to override his veto of a bill for medical aid because it would force cuts in education dollars. Sen. Patrick...