The DeKalb City Council adopted a three-year streetlighting plan Tuesday night. The plan would replace a large portion of the present mercury vapor lights with sodium vapor bulbs on major DeKalb roads, the Muller/Rolfe/Park and Greek row neighborhoods...

So what does integrity have to do with swapping baseball cards and bubble gum? Not much, if you side with Brian Wrzesinski, the 12-year-old Addison boy who bought a $1,200 1968 Nolan Ryan baseball card for 12 bucks. The story that hit the front page of...

SPRINGFIELD—Sangamon State University union officials are accusing the SSU administration of mishandling money for their own personal use. But administrators say the SSU constitution allows them to use school money for out-of-town business. At a meeting...

Despite the fact that Gang of Four first uttered these words over 10 years ago, the lyric remains as applicable to today's society as it did back in 1979. As a matter of fact, in the brief period the band was around, Gang of Four was consistently ahead...

Members of NIU's Athletic Board approved a $9,000 budget increase Wednesday to cover the printing of the men's and women's basketball and volleyball posters and schedule cards. The Coors beer company was the original sponsor but pulled out of their contract...

NIU's fraternities solved some problems Tuesday when their governing board accepted two proposals. The interfraternity council discussed and passed proposals regarding Spring 1991 Rush procedures and Fall 1991 Homecoming procedures. The Rush proposal,...

The winning edge is that "extra something" champions are made of. It's also that "extra something" that separates the best teams from the really good teams and is virtually impossible to obtain. But the NIU volleyball team has found it. Their edge rests...

Masses of students enter and exit the Holmes Student Center every day, but few realize the significance of the building's namesake. Nope, it isn't named for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective, but for NIU's fifth president, Leslie A. Holmes. Holmes,...

HEY! Let's send a crack team of Steven Sagal, Chuck Norris, Arnold Schwarzennegger, and Secret Squirrel over to Iraq to capture Salami Hussein and then force him to deliver pizzas to Lincoln Hall for the whole year. Just an idea. Now back to our regularly...

SPRINGFIELD—As tuition rises, the quality of education drops, according to a debate between a legislative panel and college students. The Joint Committee on College Tuition held its final public hearing Tuesday at the Southern Illinos University School...

"All That Jazz," the first album from the British pop-jazz band Breathe was a cool mix of radio-ready pop and crafty white-boy jazz that took American radio by storm. It also featured two powerhouse ballads, "Hands To Heaven," and "How Can I Fall," which...