The DeKalb Center, 1100 W. Lincoln Hwy., has in two weeks repaired all but three of its 104 structural code violations. Community Services Director Bill Nicklas said repairs remain for the three largest negotiating items; the roof, the brick facade, and...

NIU faculty member James Lankford, through research funded jointly by Mobil Ear, EAR division of Cabot Corp. and NIU, has discovered and isolated some of the causes of hearing loss in farmers. Lankford and his staff tested 576 farmers in three days at...

The third annual fall "Concerto in Crafts" Arts and Craft Show will be held at the Piano Factory in St. Charles, Ill., on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free and about 60 crafters will be featured. Jazz Lab Band concert The NIU Jazz Lab Band,...

Iota Phi Theta fraternity, a social service organization for minorities, is starting a chapter at NIU. Hank Sawyer, a NIU senior, is a transfer student from Eastern Illinois University where he was a member of Iota Phi Theta. NIU's Student Association...

Increasing the awareness of the effects of drinking and driving is the purpose of the "Think...Don't Drive and Drink" program from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. today in the Campus Cinema parking lot, 1015 Blackhawk Drive, DeKalb. "It (the program) is an experience,...

NIU's College of Business will continue to use Chicago's western suburbs for its extended master of business administration programs through 1991 at a cost of more than $210,000. According to a report from Board of Regents Chancellor Roderick Groves,...

Although it was demanded earlier, the attendance of three NIU officials was not required at Tuesday night's mass meeting to discuss recent violent attacks on the NIU campus. Attendance at the meeting was demanded of NIU president John La Tourette, Judicial...

It has been said there is no such thing as a free lunch or a free ride. NIU students interested in public administration will shatter that myth Friday in Chicago. NIU's Division of Public Administration will provide free transportation to the "Public...

Face it. The large majority of college students drink. It's no great mystery. Unfortunately, some of us drink not because we like the taste or we are thirsty, but because it is expected of us. We think that by drinking alcohol, we suddenly transform into...

We all need to be taken care of at some point in our lives. Our parents or guardians care for us when we are babies and later help ease our entrance into the cold, cruel world. We couldn't do it alone. Unfortunately, in too many cases the caring usually...

The DeKalb City Council met quietly Monday night until the NIU Student Association sparked an explosion of words when it presented a resolution condemning campus violence. Jennifer Novak, acting SA community affairs adviser and liaison, told the council...

Gov. James Thompson and the Illinois State Legislature are once again dangling funds in front of NIU administrators for the acquisition of the DeKalb Wurlitzer property. The legislature earmarked $2 million of a $358.2 million bill for NIU to acquire...