Hey! It's him. He's back again. Yes, it's the ever popular, often insensitive, always offensive, perpetually insulting Dan O'Shea. It's been a week and now he's back to sink his vocabularic (try saying that with a mouthful of jello) teeth into another...

The DeKalb area records one of the largest rates of reported child battery cases in Illinois, according to the Department of Children Family Resources in Springfield. In DeKalb County, an average of 39.7 cases of child abuse were reported per 1,000 children...

A collection of bills providing tax relief and protection against neglect for the aged were signed by Gov. James Thompson last week. "One of the fastest growing segments of our population is senior citizens, said Rep. John Countryman, R-DeKalb. "Currently,...

"If you followed the events in China over this year and you have contradictory impressions of what happened, then I think you've been following things closely and are making progress in your understanding of China"—Brantley Womack, NIU professor of...

NIU students will have to dig deeper into their pockets than Illinois State University students in Normal, even though the schools charge the same for tuition. Tuition for NIU and ISU this academic year is $1,714. However, NIU mandatory fees are $670.36,...

NIU's Counseling and Student Development Center received accreditation by the American Psychological Association for its predoctoral internship program. It is an "extremely" important recognition that "sets us (NIU's Counseling and Student Development...

The Student Association will have a full house, thanks in part to numerous write-in candidates. Elections Commissioner Ray Callahan said results for candidates who turned in petitions and were officially listed on the ballot are correct. Callahan said...

Low voter turnout in the Student Association Senate election has been attributed to a lack of advertising by the SA. "It hasn't been crowded," said Ray Callahan, SA election adviser. Callahan said about 400 people voted Wednesday and estimated a total...

From what I understand, some students believe that those of us who do columns here at the Star never actually have any points to get across. Well this one is for you. Take a look at those American companies that are investing in countries where people...

Although this summer's NIU enrollment figures remained virtually the same as last year, there has been a noticeable shift to off-campus student enrollment. This ends a three-year pattern of increasing on-campus enrollment, said Nick Noe, NIU's director...

The Illinois General Assembly passed a series of bills to aid the fight against drugs and protect the U.S. and Illinois flags. Illinois' series of drug-related bills, passed last week, come on the heels of President Bush's national plea to help fight...

The Board of Regents is the governing body for NIU, Illinois State University and Sangamon State University. It comprises nine members and a non-voting student regent from each of the three Regency schools. A chancellor position was created for the Regents...