LISLE—Two state university officials debated the next steps to be taken for a DuPage County multi-university Wednesday. Edwin Stueben, Illinois Institute of Technology West vice president, and the University of Illinois at Chicago's Irving Miller were...

Poetry is Lucien Stryk's escape from the everyday. Stryk, an English professor at NIU, does more than just teach creative writing and poetry classes; he is a renowned poet who translates and also writes his own poetry. His latest book of poetry, "Of Pen...

The Student Association Academic Affairs Committee is beginning a pre-test to decide how to administer teacher evaluations. "The pre-test is a way of smoothing out the details before it goes to a larger scale," said SA Academic Affairs Adviser Willie...

Mudslinging. Student Association presidential hopefuls John Fallon and Rob McCormack are embroiled in a rumor war during the last day of executive office elections. McCormack told The Northern Star that rumors about cutting funding to the Panhellenic...

NIU professors are up in arms after being called lazy and overpaid in a report given to the Illinois Board of Higher Education. "Improving Quality, Cost Effectiveness and Accountability in the 1990s," a report made by 23 Illinois leaders, claims faculty...

Professor Griff is back and not with Public Enemy, but just as hardcore with his new group "The Last Asiatic Disciples." For those of you who don't know Griff, he used to be with the group Public Enemy as their Minister of Information. During the summer...

NIU women's basketball standouts Tammy Hinchee and Carol Owens added selection to the United States basketball Writers Association District Four team to their list of accomplishments for the 1989-90 season. Hinchee, a 6-foot-2 senior forward, and Owens,...

It's that time of year again—Lynn's Holiday Column. In case you haven't noticed, I get really into the seasonal stuff, and Easter is no exception. "Here we go," you may be thinking. "She's going to talk about jelly beans the whole time, or worse yet,...

The Holmes Student Center space problem might be relieved with a new student life center, but who will pay for the 45,000-square-foot addition raises another question. Barbara Henley, vice president for student affairs, said the Student Center Space Study...

You may have seen the incredibly successful Broadway musical, or the not-so-incredible movie version, but on April 12 at 8 p.m. "Annie" will be presented in a completely unique way. The Hearing Impaired Teachers in Training (HITT) at NIU will present...

Age: 21 Major: Physical education Occupaton: Student manager, Neptune Main Desk Years with Main Desk: Two; this is my first full year as a manager. What does your job entail? I'm in charge of getting change and helping with the problems the desk workers...

About 2,150 ballots were cast Wednesday to elect next semester's Student Association president, vice president and treasurer. By 2 p.m. Wednesday, there already were more than 1,500 ballots cast, said SA Election Commissioner Ray Callahan. Although most...