If you found out that your best friend had only eight weeks to live, you would probably do everything in your power to make life today better for them. That is what volunteering at the DeKalb County Hospice Center is all about: making today better for...

If you think you're the only one who wants more money, think again. Along with approving a step toward a fall 1991 semester tuition hike, the Board of Regents, NIU's governing board, might approve a fiscal year 1992 operating budget that reflects a total...

A misunderstanding interrupted a student fundraiser Monday when University Police shut the function down for about 40 minutes. Students from the Public Relations Student Service Association holding a booth outside DuSable Hall were told the street was...

You can never know too much. Students might think they know everything about sexual assault, but it still happens, said Judy Skorek, director of University Resources for Women. Sexual Assault Awareness Week started Monday and Sexual Assault Task Force...

As NIU's football team begins recuperating from Saturday's 23-14 loss to Toledo, it will be wondering what happened and focusing on correcting these mistakes during this week's practices. The NIU offense sputtered throughout the night against the Toledo...

A burglar smashed the glass door of a local restaurant late Sunday and stole $350 from the restaurant's cash register, police said. "Someone threw a rock the size of a 16-inch softball through the door," said John Schwartz, co-owner of P.J.‘s Red Hots,...

Candidates will jump from anonimity to the public eye today on the one day of campaigning before the Student Association's senate election Wednesday and Thursday. Forty candidates will rely on word of mouth, posters, flyers and support from friends to...

Sangamon State University's president announced Monday he will resign next June after a controversial seven-year span in office. SSU President Durward Long said, "Now that the university is at an all-time high and the path of progress clearly charted...

Legislation which would require newspapers to use a certain amount of recycled newsprint was approved last week with changes. Gov. James Thompson signed the bill, sponsored by Patrick Welch, D-LaSalle/Peru and made the bill even stronger than the proposed...

As NIU plans to build a center in Rockford, the University of Illinois will pursue a piece of the action. At the Sept. 5 meeting of the Illinois Board of Higher Education, U of I President Stanley Ikenberry said NIU did not keep in touch with them on...

NIU officials are tight-lipped about a news conference tonight where NIU is expected to announce a branch campus in Hoffman Estates. The campus is reportedly enhanced with incentives from Sears Roebuck and Co. and Hoffman Estates. However, the expected...

NIU students planning to return next fall will find their tuition bills $86 higher if Board of Regents Chancellor Roderick Groves' proposal to hike tuition passes. The current freeze—tuition has remained stagnant for two years—is likely to thaw by...