NIU fans can get their first peek at the 1989-90 men's gymnastics team Saturday night (7:30 p.m.) after the football game at Chick Evans Field House when the team competes in its annual alumni meet. The exhibition meet, called the Ranck/Sorenson Alumni...

NIU's PanHellenic Council elected seven new officers Tuesday night for its executive board. "I'm really excited about it (the new officers). There's a lot of diversity. All these people have been really active in PanHel," said Leslie Wegworth, current...

Three NIU fraternities are participating in versions of "bring your own" alcohol parties, a developing trend among fraternities as an alternative to keg parties. Mike Stomberg, Delta Sigma Phi fraternity president, said the fraternity began the BYO party...

It's hard to believe that a full length picture can be done about the first year, or even more specifically, the first class for five medical school students. However, Gross Anatomy is one movie that attempts this feat, and the attempt is not a good one....

NIU's biological sciences department will expand its research efforts and get a jump on stringent new federal regulations after $418,000 in remodeling of the animal facilities in Montgomery Hall is completed. Biological Sciences Chairman Marvin Starzyk...

The Student Association will have to wait until next month for approval to change the selection process of the University Council's 14 student members. Presently, only seven of the 14 UC appointments are made by the SA, with the remaining seven appointed...

Students might have an easier time choosing apartments and proving charges of landlord discrimination after a student apartment survey is completed later this semester. The Student Association Community Affairs Committee received approval for additional...

Representatives from NIU's administration were conspicuously absent at Wednesday's open hearing on the effectiveness of Illinois' higher education governing boards. "There is difficulty in getting true evidence when you can't get administrators to talk...

For the first time, a cruise ship has been chartered specifically for college students during spring break. The 800 passenger SS Veracruz will offer two charters. Both will depart from the Port of Tampa, Fla., one on March 12 and another on March 19....

Joan Rivers said, "Somebody said to me, the biggest stress factors in life are the death of a spouse or a loved one, a new job, and moving. I've got it all." Two years ago, Edgar Rosenberg, Rivers' husband of 23 years and adviser in business, died, and...

NIU President John La Tourette passed out The Presidential Spirit Award to six campus organizations Tuesday. The awards were given to those who earned the highest number of points in the Homecoming spirit competitions. "This award is an honor which organizations...

Two NIU students gathered months of artistic efforts and presented their individual works last Sunday in the Holmes Student Center gallery. Julie Vari, in working toward a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, has hung her eight-piece display titled "Absolute...