The Washington Post This is a good news/bad news column. It gets better as it goes along. Stick with me and you'll see why. The bad news is that as the fall campaign season begins, slash-and-burn negative campaign ads still fill the airwaves. it-and-run...

Although NIU is known for its little oddities, it's amazing why accidents aren't hinged to the university's reputation. No, NIU has enough ailing oddities to squelch the chances of changing the Home of the Huskies to Home of the Handicapped. The students...

Witnesses who saw an unknown assailant break one man's nose and punch another's face on campus Friday night cannot identify any possible suspects, University Police said. "Officers have determined from talking to witnesses that they are either unwilling...

Finding the right student organization to join can be made easy by attending NIU's second Organizational Expo. "All students can see what NIU can offer," said Z. Ahmad, University Programming and Activities program coordinator for student organizations....

NIU might get $500,000 for a graduate-level center in Rockford by the end of October if all goes as planned. The Illinois Board of Higher Education approved the money last week, a signal that Gov. James Thompson was waiting for before deciding to release...

Both the NIU art museum and the NIU law library will gain space from the art museum's move to the old auditorium on the second floor of Altgeld Hall. The law library will use the space once occupied by the museum to accomodate their expanding collection....

I was truly disturbed by the article "Credit Abused by Fraternity." It was written as if a judicial hearing was taking place. The members of Omega Psi Phi did not deserve the insensitivity of the press. The drawing of the map with a key was truly out...

Charles Walker wanted to die. And people on the NIU campus Tuesday wanted his wish to be granted. Walker was scheduled to die by lethal injection today for the brutal murder of a Southern Illinois couple in 1983. Walker shot the couple and robbed them...

DeKalb Mayor Gregory Sparrow announced Monday he will accept applications for the open 1st Ward alderman post in DeKalb. "I purposely did not fill the position until NIU students were settled in with school," Sparrow said. NIU student Christine Hoagland...

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...

Installation of a new $500,000 fire detection system in the Holmes Student Center will not endanger those who use the building daily, student center director Judd Baker said. The new system is required to meet upgraded fire safety codes. Student center...

Last semester's proposal for a student-run credit union at NIU has come to a standstill while supporters try to regroup. Three out of the five students who came up with the idea graduated, and two haven't linked up with the NIU professor behind the idea,...