Some civic and student leaders think the Holmes Student Center is overcharging for catered food but food service officials maintain the prices are competitive and justified. The service caters all university and organizational functions held at the student...

Sometimes, finding out about the world around you can lead to depressing revelations about man's nature. Take the case of pseudo-house music creatures Milli Vanilli and Fab Morvan are not the actual singers on the seven million-selling album. The two...

The city of DeKalb announced various services and schedule changes Friday due to the approaching holiday season. Garbage collection regularly scheduled on Thursday will take place on Friday, Nov. 23. DeKalb Public Works Director Ronald Naylor said the...

Bowling balls and pins were temporarily replaced by turkeys and Coke bottles Saturday at the first Turkey Roll-A-Bowl. The roll-a-bowl was sponsored by WDEK, Kingsbury's Pick ‘N Save and Coca-Cola. The companies gave away prizes and groceries to people...

The Washington Post William Raspberry It's hard to know whether President Bush's behavior toward Iraq represents an action in search of an objective, an objective in search of a pretext, or a pretext in search of domestic and international credibility....

The last Student Association senator to push for Vice President Tanya Smith's impeachment removed his name from the petition Friday. After four out of five senators removed their names from the petition last week, Sen. Paul Fabrizius decided to keep his...

A high-pressure, natural gas leak on Sycamore Road forced the evacuation of several buildings and snarled heavy rush hour traffic Friday afternoon, DeKalb Fire Department officials said. A Caterpillar tractor hit a disconnected valve on a gas line and...

Examining stereotypical myths and how they relate to race and nationality is on hand tonight at a panel discussion sponsored by NIU's chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. "Basically, we wanted to address certain racial...

More counseling of DeKalb County Jail inmates might keep criminals from committing new crimes after their release, stated a Ben Gordon Center survey. Of 68 potential respondents, 34 inmates voluntarily answered the July survey to determine the need for...

Big Hat, a band that describes its sound as "not as hard as frozen pizzas and not as soft as a baby's bottom," will be appearing tonight at 9 p.m. at the Coffeehouse, 131 E. Lincoln Hwy. The band consists of Lorien, saxophone; Char Malloy-Baum, violin;...

If hands-on experience is what you want before going into the working world, NIU has the program for you. The Master of Arts in Public Administration (MAPA) program offers specialized education for students who are interested in management positions in...

A heavy caseload is preventing the DeKalb state's attorney from deciding whether to file charges in the election-night soda-handout at Stevenson Towers North. "It might be a while before I get to them (the police reports)," said State's Attorney Mike...