"I get away with murder," Sue Haas confides. Bouncers fear her and seldom ask for her identification when she goes to the bars. She even sat on the sidelines at the Homecoming football game sipping beer. She says her wheelchair keeps some people at bay,...

University Police said Wednesday that about 30 people "harassed" a pizza delivery person Sunday while she was being mugged at Lincoln Hall. But the victim claims a crowd of more than 150 people cheered her attacker as he hit her. While no one will confirm...

The saga surrounding the demise or the alleged demise of the College of Continuing Education might not be easily solved, but the least that could be done is some simple communication not involving memos. Faculty Senate member Sherman Stanage has been...

Democrat Jerry Cosentino should fill the office of Secretary of State. His opponnent, Lt. Gov. George Ryan, seems to be the greater evil in this race. This race is one of the many that comes down to which is the least harmful candidate for the position....

The Washington Post David Broder Five months ago, John H. Silber was engaged in an uphill fight even to get 15 percent of the votes at the Massachusetts Democratic convention, the minimum requirement for a place on the September primary ballot. Today,...

NIU's Sports Information Director, after recent publicity surrounding the issue of access to locker rooms, has clarified NIU's position. SID Mike Korcek said NIU's policy is to have locker rooms open to the media after games. Contrary to some other schools...

University Police are charging a Chicago man with battery and theft after he mugged a pizza delivery person Saturday night at Lincoln Hall. Aaron M. Beard, 20, Chicago, was arrested after he allegedly stole a $5.42 Rosati's Pizza, 120 N. Annie Glidden...

NIU officials are worried about losing money if Democrat Neil Hartigan is elected governor. Hartigan has vowed to do away with the tax surcharge begun in 1989 to support education if elected governor. His opponent Republican Jim Edgar supports the surcharge....

Sen. Alan Dixon rallied local Democrats to work toward a statewide sweep of the major offices this fall Tuesday at Eduardo's. "We can really win the entire thing this year," said Dixon, D-Belleville. Democratic polls show Democrats leading every statewide...

The NIU Executive Committee of the American Association of University Professors met Tuesday to discuss the faculty role in university decision-making, the chapter president said. In the discussion, several questions were raised concerning the College...

Some meteorology majors still feel as if they are being snowed by NIU officials who have not yet confirmed if they plan to drop the program. But meteorology professors believe the program will continue despite the financial concerns of the administration....

Unknown burglars crippled the NIU art visual communications program Sunday by stealing more than $12,000 in computer equipment from a classroom. The equipment—an Apple Macintosh computer, a laserwriter, an Apple II page monitor, a pagemaker and a keyboard...