This Saturday, about 580 people will be listening to speakers and collaborating ideas in order to get a little closer to a solution that could bring all races together on college campuses and beyond. Student leaders and their faculty advisers from all...

Student Association resolutions passing through the SA Internal Affairs Committee and the surrounding controversy will be back in the spotlight at Sunday's SA meeting. The motion mandating all potential resolutions be reviewed by the IAC was tabled at...

Dreams, the fantasies of our goals, wants and needs. Let's peer into the dreams of a few of my favorite celebrities to find possible motives behind their behavior. Frightfully, the first person who comes to my mind is Mr. Bush. In his slumber, images...

More than 500 college students from five states will gather at NIU Saturday to discuss how to combat racism on their campuses. "Racial Discrimination on Campus: Promoting Peer Initiatives and Student Action" will be the topic of the national one-day conference...

Children will have a happy Halloween if it is safe, according to a list of "Safety Tips" released by the DeKalb Police Department this week. Every Halloween children are injured in auto accidents and fires. Others suffer from falls, cuts, bruises or poisoned...

Although a low voter turnout for the Nov. 7 general election is expected, DeKalb County supporters of the 911 referendum are not giving up. The DeKalb Police Department is "hoping very strongly" that the referendum will pass, Sgt. Robert McMorrow said....

Allegations of racism and ineffective action were many, but suggestions of a solution were few. In an open forum between students and DeKalb city officials, almost 50 people crammed into a small DuSable Hall classroom, but as the two-and-one-half hour...

An NIU journalism alumnus will visit from Costa Mesa, Cal. Thursday to speak about "Marketing Services Begin with Yourself." The American Marketing Association and the Public Relations Student Society of America are "sharing responsibilities" in promoting...

WASHINGTON (AP) _President Bush Thursday extended most-favored-nation trade privileges to Hungary and made it the first country to be freed from a 1974 law denying U.S. trade credits to most communist nations. Three days after Hungary declared itself...

Secretary of State and gubernatorial candidate Jim Edgar hopes to win over Illinois democrats by highlighting the importance of keeping one party from controlling the General Assembly and the governor's position. Edgar, at a campaign fundraiser at the...

The Holmes Student Center reconstruction will be completed by Dec. 11 as contractors finish installing outside panels and prepare to install the pyramid-shaped copper roof. NIU Project Manager Conrad Miller said panel installation on the student center...

No decision was made in a Student Association Supreme Court hearing Thursday night to determine the constitutionality of limiting SA advisers' terms. Former SA Community Affairs Adviser Brian Subatich petitioned the court to deem his June 3 approval constitutional...