Newman Catholic Student Center has added three new pastoral associates to its ministerial team. They are Sister Carla Rutter, Kathy Engelken and Marie Sellers. Rutter coordinates the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults program, teaches in the Religious...

This past summer, I met an Emmy award winner and had my face (see below) splashed across millions of television sets across the country. Really. My claim to fame? I was an audience member on "The Oprah Winfrey Show." O.K., so I exaggerated a little, but...

"Those Two Lenas" are coming to NIU. Dan and Marie Lena, critically acclaimed rape counselors, self-defense experts and founders of "People Against Rape," will present a follow up of their successful "Hands Off I'm Special" program at 9 p.m. Monday in...

An NIU art history professor recently spent a week in Rome, studying the Jewish catacombs not open to the public. Judith Testa, an associate professor in the School of Art, visited two catacomb sites now accessible with special permission from the Italian...

The number of reported cases of lyme disease is on the rise in Illinois, but no cases have been reported in DeKalb County in the last two years. Rosemary Lane, Director of the University Health Service, said the last case of lyme disease treated at the...

NIU students and DeKalb citizens are encouraged to learn more about each other at a Sunday picnic sponsored by NIU's largest student business organization and kicked-off by DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow. Sparrow will speak at the first NIU/DeKalb Community...

NIU's Black Greek Council governs four black fraternities and four sororities that began as service organizations. These organizations are overseen on a national level by the National Panhellenic Council. The fraternities in BGC are Alpha Phi Alpha, Kappa...

The DeKalb County Sheriff's Auxiliary Snowmobile Search and Rescue Unit is looking for volunteers to aid motorists during winter. The rescue unit originated in 1980-1981 to aid stranded motorists caught in snowstorms and accidents that are only reachable...

A cultural pluralism class might become mandatory for graduation if two separate campus groups get their wishes. William Minor, chairman of the sociology department, said the department is considering making the course a requirement for sociology majors....

The Lincoln Terrace site of the new university parking lot has yet to be installed with appropriate drainage equipment but the cost of the lot's construction will be $52,000. Conrad Miller, assistant director of the physical plant said there are some...

Nearly 2,200 NIU students will not be allowed to register for classes next semester if immunization policy requirements are not met. Illinois state law and university policy require all newly enrolled students born after Jan. 1, 1957, to provide written...

In a rape trial involving a former NIU student, the judge has postponed his ruling on the admission of hearsay testimony in the case until the trial begins on Oct. 16. On Dec. 10, 1988, Kimberly A. Howard reported a sexual assault and accused Christopher...