By recycling waste such as cardboard and glass, the owners of a local restaurant hope to raise enough awareness so their competition follows suit. Gavin and Mary Wilson, owners of Hillside Restaurant, 121 N. Second St., said they've always wanted to recycle...

Four of the five senators who signed Vice President Tanya Smith's impeachment notice withdrew their names Monday and decided to work things out with Smith. If the fifth person, Sen. Paul Fabrizius, withdraws his name the impeachment notice will be null...

Recent trends to protect academic freedom and artistic expression have reached NIU. The NIU Faculty Senate voted unanimously last week to adopt a position on academic freedom and artistic expression recommended by the American Association of University...

An internationally known, Pulitzer prize-winning author and educator will be the first speaker as part of NIU's "Distinguished Lecturer Series." Arthur Schlesinger Jr. will speak tonight at 8 p.m. in the Holmes Student Center's Carl Sandburg Auditorium....

Passing through airport security with a suitcase full of frozen rats often proves to be the most challenging part of conservationist Walter Crawford's career. Crawford and his staff spend months traveling the country with a dozen birds of prey-eagles,...

When men's basketball coach Jim Molinari took on NIU's coaching duties last year, he was faced with a plethora of challenges. The result was a highly successful season. Now "Coach Mo" prepares to enter his second season at NIU and looks to add a sequel...

Editor's note: This is the final part of a three-part series on homosexual students at NIU. In this installment two gay men discuss how AIDS has affected their relationship. In most Midwestern junior and senior high schools, being labeled a "fag" or "queer"...

Students and parents will no longer have to search aimlessly for hard-to-find information on campus crime. President Bush signed the Students' Right to Know Act of 1990 late last week, requiring colleges and universities across the nation to make campus...

A Douglas Hall door guard was battered during the weekend in the latest in a string of incidents that police say are caused by non-students attending NIU black Greek dances. The guard was checking a Douglas Hall A-wing crash door when two men started...

Mass transit board members clashed Monday over cutting bus service to make up for a projected $32,000 deficit spurred by rising fuel prices and low university funding. After heated debate, which spilled over to after the meeting, the Student Association...

People in the northern Illinois area with the neurological disorder Tourette Syndrome now can seek reassurance in a newly-formed support group. Tourette Syndrome is a complex, neurological movement disorder characterized by involuntary, repetitive muscular...

Now that the King Memorial Commons beautification project is complete, the only thing left to do is top it off with a statue of the man it honors. A selection committee formed of art professionals, NIU faculty/staff members, students and NIU alumni chose...