A ban on Halloween street parties in Carbondale reduced crowds, but police still could not completely contain those who assembled downtown. Carbondale officials, with the approval of Southern Illinois University officials, cancelled the Halloween Fair...

NIU Student Accountancy Society is holding a charity raffle from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Thursday in Wirtz Hall and the Pow Wow Cafeteria in the Holmes Student Center. Tickets are $4 and the proceeds will go to PADS. Prizes include a 19-inch color...

Advisers for students pursuing NIU nursing degrees in Rockford are available at Rock Valley College, since the Rockford Regional Academic Center has been closed. NIU offers a Rockford-based bachelor of science completion program for registered nurses...

NIU could lose its bid to buy the former Wurlitzer Company headquarters to private interests. Two private parties have shown interest in buying the property on 403 Gurler Road, four miles south of NIU, to convert it to a business incubator, said Steve...

When all else fails to alleviate housing condition problems between tenants and landlords, DeKalb Code Enforcement can help get needed repairs completed. The first step in getting apartment repairs completed is talking to the landlord. If all attempts...

Two former NIU presidents will receive personal treatment through "an idiosyncratic personnel weighting scheme" according to a memo from Public Administration Director Jim Banovetz. Sent to public administration faculty and delivered anonymously to The...

What to be for next Halloween. It kinda‘ has a nice ring to it, but the question, no matter how simplistic it would appear, is actually quite difficult to answer. Costume hunters might want to begin searching for next year's perfect costume now, to...

A Soviet Christian who was imprisoned for eight years in a Siberian labor camp will speak in the Holmes Student Center's Sandburg Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Georgi Vins, author of three books on Christian persecution in the Soviet Union, will present...

Robert Martens, assistant controller at NIU, was recently named vice chair of the Employee Advisory Committee, a 19 member group which governs the State Universities Civil Service system. Martens also serves as NIU's representative to EAC. He represents...

Excessive phone traffic during busy hours has helped prompt NIU telecommunications to upgrade the phoneline system so more calls can be handled at one time. The "bouncing busy hour" each day is from 9:30 p.m. through 10:30 p.m., said Dale Pollett, supervisor...

Several campus organizations will meet at 9 p.m. tonight in the Holmes Student Center's Regency Room to discuss racial tension and general violence at NIU. Members of the Black Student Union, BROTHERS, Feminist Front and Freedom Now organized the meeting...

Finding an apartment and preventing repair problems before they happen can be simple if students know who to consult before signing a rental contract. Before students rent an apartment, they should consult the Apartment Complex Survey compiled by the...