The first food drive sponsored by the Golden Key National Honor Society will be today in front of the Pow-Wow. The Golden Key will collect food from anyone who will bring the food to the Pow-Wow between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. The organization will accept any...

Two bus routes serving the Sycamore Road area have been consolidated after several weeks of discussion by the Student Association Mass Transit Board. A motion to combine routes 7 and 9 failed at last week's board meeting but passed Monday by a 9-1 vote....

A contract was signed last week allowing the WNIU radio station to borrow $650,000 to convert and move into the Palmer Music Building one year from now. The foundation, which owns the building on north First Street in DeKalb, will borrow $650,000 from...

The Pittson miner's strike that has captured national headlines for the past eight months found itself at NIU Monday, thanking area supporters and vowing to continue the struggle for all laborors. Tony Kujawa, district 12 executive board member of the...

There is nothing petty about apartheid—at least not any more. Last Thursday, South African President Frederik W. de Klerk announced an end to "petty apartheid" by declaring all beaches open to all races and by promising to scrap further apatheid restrictions....

NIU's Physical Plant is expanding its computerized system which monitors the heat and cool air flow in university buildings. Expanding the service to the Office of Campus Recreation and Lincoln and Douglas Residence halls is estimated to cost $385,000...

About 40 years ago, people might not have been as pleased as some NIU administrators to discover that almost 4,000 condoms have been purchased from the newly-installed machines on campus within a seven-month period. Some might find the machines located...

A controversy brewing over the sale of farm property for the possible construction of a shopping mall has DeKalb County officials concerned. The DeKalb County Board of Rules Committee took a step toward progress Wednesday when it voted 14-9 to allow interested...

A cultural pluralism class might be required if proposals presented by NIU's Liberal Arts and Sciences College or an ad-hoc committee are approved. Revising the general education curriculum and specifically redefining the requirements within the humanities...

College undergraduates lack basic academic skills and do not work hard enough at their studies, according to a survey of 5,000 college faculty members. More than two-thirds of the faculty surveyed in the Carnegie Foundation poll said colleges spend too...

The InterFraternity Council's Judicial Board tried a case this week concerning Phi Kappa Theta fraternity for violations of the IFC alcohol policy pertaining to spontaneous events. The board found the fraternity guilty of violating the policy for an incident...

Funeral services for Michael W. Tubbs, 18, will be at 11 a.m. today at the United Church of Byron, Second and Colfax Streets in Byron, Ill. Burial will be at Byron Cemetary. Tubbs died Tuesday night after the plane he was flying crashed about one and...