JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP)[[cf80]]—Twenty-four blacks and a white policeman were killed in overnight factional fighting, and a pre-dawn bombing damaged offices of the governing National Party, police said today. All the deaths occurred in townships...

No charges were filed against an NIU student who police said falsely accused another NIU student of raping her, the DeKalb County State's Attorney said. "I don't expect charges to be filed against the victim," said DeKalb County State's Attorney Mike...

NIU students with National Guard or reserve enlistments can withdraw from classes and receive a refund if called to active duty. However, this is not a mandatory procedure authorized by federal law, such as job protection offered employees, said NIU Legal...

Students will decide in a referendum this spring whether NIU will continue its Illinois Student Association membership. SA Vice President Tanya Smith said an SA investigation and recommendation will precede the vote. "Ultimately, it is up to the students,"...

Sophomore computer science major Adama Swick doesn't appear ferocious, but once this 27-year-old die-hard Star Trek fan goes into character, she's Ketkela Sutai-Vrag of the Klingon Terror Fleet. Swick, who is ship's captain of the NIU Star Trek Club,...

Student fees were raised again to offset a debt incurred by the university. "During the spring semester, the mass transit board saw a need to raise student fees 56 cents per credit hour in order to erase the $15,400 debt," said Todd Allen, Student Association...

Students might have let their own destinies slip through their hands by not clammering for lower tuition at state universities Wednesday. Only five students bothered to take the time to talk with a committee of legislators, educators and students about...

Artists receiving federal grants to create artwork must sign a pledge stating their works will not be obscence, but the current definition of obscenity is being called "vague and restricting" by some in the art community. If artists vilolate the pledge,...

Claudia Pitts is a self-described "popcorn-making monster." Don't worry, she's not dangerous until she's behind the counter at the historic Egyptian Theater, 135 N. Second St. Pitts, a graduate psychology student at NIU, is one of about 100 volunteers...

Fear of crime in New York City has changed the fall childhood ritual of school shopping. Remember going to the first day of grade school decked out in store-stiff Levis, carrying a brand new book bag and Snoopy lunchbox? Well, upscale youngsters in New...

Careless errors by NIU President John La Tourette's Fee Study Committee, La Tourette himself and the Board of Regents made the fee for The Northern Star non-refundable this year. But officials believe correcting the mistake would be a bigger headache...

The Leftover League? The Casserole Conference? How about the Oddball Association? By the end of the decade or sooner, if Division I football independents aren't invited to join either an existing conference or a newly-formed mutant group, they could form...