Local and regional health-related agencies will present more than 20 displays and exhibits at Kishwaukee Community Hospital's annual health fair. The fair will be held Friday in the KCH Murphy Center from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Local service agencies will...

Mother's Milk, by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, is one of the more refreshing albums of the year, or for that fact the last 25 years. They will simply knock you out with their brand of high-energy funk. The album cover alone is worth buying the album; check...

Cow tipping is one of the oldest forms of troublemaking known to the residents of a farm town. DeKalb and the surrounding areas are no exception. As a matter of fact, with Northern Illinois University so close, it would seem quite likely that DeKalb area...

The Illinois Board of Higher Education reacted favorably to Gov. James Thompson's legislation that would increase funds to improve minority recruitment and retention at public universities. The IBHE met Tuesday at Elgin Community College. The board evaluated...

The first official word about procedures for the Board of Regents' ad hoc committee on proposed policy changes has raised concern from Joint University Advisory Council members about circulation methods. Cheryl Peck, assistant to Regents Chancellor Rod...

When Andy Warhol said everyone is famous for 15 minutes during their life, he had no idea of how right he was. It seems everyone has a desire to be noticed and recognized that goes beyond the norm. Granted, everyone needs to feel good about themselves...

Students passing through the Wirtz Quadrangle will find the area a safer, more desirable place after the approval and completion of scheduled renovations. Although the main thrust of the proposed $300,000 project is the beautification of the quadrangle,...

Final renovation plans for the Martin Luther King Memorial Commons do not include the Wirtz House, but the structure's fate remains unclear. The renovation plans were passed by the King Commons Renovation Committee at their May 24 meeting and are now...

The Student Association Mass Transit Board will not know until later this month if the system faces a $16,000 deficit. The mass transit budget is based upon student fees charged per credit hour. Because the number of chargeable credit hours varies when...

Through humor, role-playing and personal interaction with the audience, a husband-and-wife team of karate black belts informed an enthusiastic crowd of the seriousness of sexual assault at the "Hands Off ... I'm Special" presentation Monday night. Dan...

Student Association members voiced their displeasure at one of Mayor Greg Sparrow's recommendations for 7th Ward aldermanic candidates at Sunday night's meeting. The senators spoke hesitantly about candidate Jeff Monroe and twice tried to go into closed...

The University Council Executive Secretary will nominate two NIU faculty members to serve on the Vice President for Student Affairs search committee at Wednesday's Faculty Assembly meeting. The meeting will be held in the Holmes Student Center at 3 p.m....