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...

On Tuesday November 14 the Duke Ellington Ballroom will be taken over by three men and a woman from Boston, Mass., the Pixies. The Pixies are currently on tour supporting their third release,"Doolittle". "Doolittle " is their first major label release;...

You know, sometimes we forget to remember the people we love. Strangely enough, we tend to think about these people only when it's too late. Sadly, we regret things that we blurted out in anger and things we never had a chance to say. The irony is that...

The public relations field is said to be one of performance recognition, and one retiring NIU professor will always be recognized and remembered. Albert Walker recently recieved the Outstanding Faculty Adviser Award from the Public Relations Student Society...

It's Friday night in DeKalb and you're faced with your usual prospects: hitting the familiar bars, standing shoulder to shoulder in a sweaty basement/kitchen or watching the latest movie release. Feel like heading out of town and cruising I-88 to Chicago?...

An increase in employers recruiting through NIU Career Planning and Placement has not only increased the number of job possibilities available to students, but also the variety of jobs available. Campus Recruiting Coordinator Jean Callary said although...

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) _A powerful car bomb exploded Wednesday in Syrian-policed west Beirut, killing four people and wounding 19. The blast came shortly before the expected arrival of newly elected President Rene Mouawad in the city's Moslem sector. The...