Humiliation. Degradation. Rape. A rape victim's sense of shame makes sexual assault cases harder for the police to solve. Rape victims, unlike victims of other crimes, suffer emotional and psychological damage, University Police and SART member John Lovell...

Volunteer orientation meetings for Big Brothers/Big Sisters of DeKalb County are scheduled this fall for persons interested in volunteering. There will be 17 meetings between Sept. 17 and Dec. 6 at 3:30 and 7 p.m. Volunteers are encouraged to attend one...

Fitness-minded students in Grant Towers now have more room to flex their muscles with a bigger weightroom in the basement of Grant Towers South. The facility, dubbed the Tower of Power, was expanded about 1000 square feet to accomodate 100 new members....

The $3.8 million asbestos removal project has scattered the University Health Service over eight locations, making it harder, but not impossible, to continue serving students. The building was vacated in May for clean-up work expected to begin later this...

Elections for the Student Association Senate were postponed Wednesday night in order to attract a more diverse group of candidates. SA Vice President Tanya Smith said the elections will be held 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sept. 19 and 20. All students interested...

Groups seeking Student Association recognition have mixed reactions to a 12-page application including affirmative action, secret rituals and mandatory workshop policies. About 225 student groups are affected by the new guidelines set by SA Vice President...

The summer's below-normal temperatures are being revenged by an early September heat wave which sent temperatures soaring to 95 degrees Thursday while the humidity climbed as high as 50 percent. The high temperature and humidity produced a heat index...

Free legal guidance is available to students who are unable to move into their unfinished Stadium View II apartments. An informational meeting for anyone who signed a lease for the Stadium View Apartments II will be held today at 10 a.m. in the Holmes...

After the summer break, some NIU students might find getting into the swing of things a bit difficult, especially when it comes to academics. Going from no credit hours to 15 or 18 is a task not all students can master easily. However, with the proper...

Students and faculty members at the NIU Art Department feel hard hit by the 1989 Helms amendment which bars the National Endowment for the Arts from funding "obscene" works. Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., was angered by the fact that $45,000 of taxpayer money...

Is there an intimidation factor for the NIU football team going into Saturday's game with the No. 10 Nebraska Cornhuskers? "I don't think it's an intimidation factor, it's more of a distraction," head coach Jerry Pettibone said. "Because of all the excitement...

When NIU's Amnesty International banned homosexual membership to protest the conflict bewtween ROTC policy and NIU's constitution, it did not anticipate objection by the regional office in Chicago. Donna Lundstrum, former AI chapter president, last April...