OK, NIU students. Get out your calendars and make room for some quality social events that will take place on campus in the next few months. The Campus Activities Board Coffeehouse Committee already has a full schedule of events planned for the fall semester,...

One more DeKalb firm made it to the big leagues. Micro Solutions Computer Center, 130 W. Lincoln Hwy., joined Connecting Point of America, the fastest growing franchiser in the computer industry. In joining with Connecting Point, Micro Solutions follows...

Tuesday afternoon's sudden and brief sheeting hail and tornado threats forced several students to seek shelter—and fast. Students in the Holmes Student Center were gathered in the lower levels while those outside ran to the nearest building on campus....

Construction in the Wirtz Quadrangle, which is scheduled to begin Sept. 4, will cause longer trips for pedestrians and vehicle traffic for the rest of the fall semester. Campus officials fear the construction will cause even more congestion through the...

The Washington Post No matter that a few weeks ago we wouldn't have recognized his name. Every American schoolchild knows now that Saddam Hussein is the No. 1 barbarian of the universe, having replaced Manuel Noriega, who replaced Mommar Gadhafi, who...

NIU officials are hopeful that Gov. James Thompson will sign a bill adding two voting members to the university's governing body. The Board of Regents—which consists of nine members appointed by the governor and three non-voting students—might expand...

The world of the Huskie football walk-on: along with the scholarship freshmen, he gets to spend four more days than the rest of the team in the August stickiness, getting to know the coaches. Like all first-year players (39 this year) he will spend much...

About 40 Soviet foreign exchange students visited NIU and the Chicago area Saturday and found many striking differences between Soviet and American life during their three-day stay in Illinois. Sergio, 16, one of three Soviet students interviewed, said...

NIU's Physical Plant is proceeding with its plans to reduce inventory where appropriate and convert warehouse space to offices and drafting rooms. James Harder, vice president for Business and Operations, said the plant is trying to make the program more...

Brett Hooghkirk's attorney asked the court Tuesday to reconsider its decision to allow Hooghkirk's videotaped confession to killing Lisa Garretson as evidence. Defense Attorney Bill Brady motioned to reconsider after he became aware of two recent Illinois...

Organization was the summer key for NIU's Student Association. The SA's spring-elected executive board, President Robert McCormack, Vice President Tanya Smith and Treasurer Mike Holy, agreed on a new mission for the group: "To be a pro-active, positive...

Abused children might feel all alone on the world, but a group here at NIU is trying to remedy that situation. The Woman's Law Caucus is currently planning to start a country-wide program that provides abused children with a volunteer guardian. The program...