SPRINGFIELD—Staff and faculty at Sangamon State University are ready to strike if needed, although no one wants employee-management relations to go that far. Ron Ettinger, president of University Professionals of Illinois Local 4100, told a packed SSU...

Recently in the Chicago Tribune, results of a survey of people ages 18-30 showed that this group, our generation, is greatly motivated by our own self-centered greed. In addition it also said we lack honesty and a strong moral base. Seriously though,...

Working the comedy circuit "since the age of three" and being on the road for "57 years" certainly qualify Elayne Boosler as one of the hardest working comedians around today. Seriously though, the multi-talented comedienne has certainly made her mark...

President George Bush might be telling the United States that new Supreme Court Justice David Souter is not an activist judge, but an NIU political scientist doesn't agree. Lettie Wenner, political science department chair, thinks Justice Souter is more...

If you knew a pinata was full of hornets, would you hit it anyway? The Didjits sure wouldn't, according to the band's guitar player Rick Sims, but they will be playing at 9 p.m., Friday, Oct. 19 in Diversions. Sims said that anyone who wants to consider...

Although the city and the Student Association have so far avoided the "miscommunications" that plagued last year's alderman recommendatations, the SA remains the only student group to send Mayor Greg Sparrow a wish list for the 1st Ward Alderman post....

The Northern Illinois Sunfrog stands sixteen feet tall and weighs roughly 400 pounds. On close examination, one discovers that the Sunfrog breaks down into three individual units called Pat "Keith Moon" Samson, Jay Harris and Alex DeForest and in actuality,...

The world of the unexplained will be revealed to NIU students when "the Midwest's only professional ghost hunter" comes to campus Monday. Richard T. Crowe will appear in the Holmes Student Center's Sandburg Auditorium at 8:00 p.m. He will present his...

Leave poor Walter Sylvia Jr. alone. Los Angeles County prosecutors are making absolutely sure Sylvia will suffer for the rest of his life. Aside from mourning the death of his 6-year-old son in a car wreck, Sylvia was charged with manslaughter this week...

The smash hit musical "Little Shop of Horrors" is coming to DeKalb. From Oct. 24 through 27, 29 through 31 and Nov. 1 through 3, NIU's Department of Theatre Arts will present 10 performances of the musical version of the cult film by Roger Corman. "Little...

Students who need to brush up on their conversational Swahili or just need to get through Spanish for their B.A. requirement can check out the Foreign Language Learning Center. The center, in 101 Watson Hall, is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through...

Getting ready for the playoffs, Jim Edgar's "fact team" has started its season and named its "quarterback" and "starting line-up". Quarterback, Rep. Robert Churchill, R-Antioch, and line-up players Sen. Jack Schaffer, R-Cary, Rep. Kathleen Wojcik, R-Schaumburg,...