NIU students need to take care of their voting status soon, a DeKalb County official said Friday. Chief Deputy Clerk Sharon Holmes said the number of students registered is low because there is not a presidential race this year. Holmes said her office...

With Cornfest over and classes starting, students have an opportunity to relax before the reality of the fall semester sets in. For five days of rides and entertainment, the 103rd annual DeKalb County Fair opens Wednesday, Sept. 5, in Sandwich. The DeKalb...

Students who wish to lose weight can enroll in a new program called "Horizons." The program was developed by NIU nutritionist Ellen Parham, who started "Horizons" in 1983, Parham said. "The program evolves as we learn better ways to do things," she said....

Teaching is a profession that is in short supply, at least according to the latest reports from the National Education Association. However, this claim has become the subject of some debate between the NEA and another national education group in recent...

NIU students will know what the Student Association is doing, said the group's public relations adviser. The SA's promise of change this year will be linked to the public through Public Relations Adviser Lara Cipolla, who wants to get the word out and...

Faculty involvement in NIU operations and procedures got a boost last week with the forming of a new academic organization. NIU's Faculty Senate held its first meeting Wednesday. For the first time in NIU history, every faculty division will be represented...

A week after a tornado ripped through Plainfield, an NIU commuter is just beginning to put the remaining pieces of her life back together. Kris Bullmer is a divorced mother of three grade-school age children in her mid-30s. A full-time senior special...

Three new restaurants have appeared on the streets of DeKalb. Nick's Sandwiches, 185 W. Lincoln Hwy., opened its doors for business on Aug. 25 in the old Tom and Jerry's building. Owner Tom Tsiftilis is a veteran of the DeKalb restaurant business. At...

NIU women's basketball coach Jane Albright completed her 1990-91 staff with the announcement of two assistant coaching appointments. Last season's graduate assistant coach Kamie Ethridge has been named a full-time assistant coach. Ethridge replaces Kim...

No news is good news. This sacred scrap of wisdom, which is mumbled by seasoned newsroom veterans and whispered by anxious journalism school pups, isn't widely accepted by the reading public. It comes from what the media call the "man bites dog" mentality:...

An NIU facility for off-campus graduate programming in Rockford might be established if a staff recommendation to go ahead with plans is approved Wednesday. The Illinois Board of Higher Education's vote, to be cast at its meeting at Decatur's Millikin...

Eight quiet months have passed for NIU's $78,000 security phone system. "Generally speaking, (the phones) have been used very infrequently," said Officer Albert "Swede" Ekstrom. The 17-phone network began service in January as a way for staff and students...