Sixteen NIU students were victims of sexual assault in the fall 1988 semester, said NIU's assistant director of nursing services at the University Health Service. Beverly Beetham reported that 15 of the victims were female and one was a male. The health...

A new residence hall designation now gives students the opportunity to live in an alcohol-free environment. Beginning this fall, students may opt for an alcohol-free lifestyle floor. An alcohol-free lifestyle floor can be viewed as a "support group,"...

Remember when fall meant going to the store with mom to buy a jumbo box of crayons or that new Bullwinkle lunchbox? These days NIU students have condoms on their back-to-school lists, and in most cases, mom doesn't buy them. The University Health Service...

Getting off to a quick start is very important for the NIU volleyball team as it heads south to Eastern Illinois University tonight for the Coors/Coors Light Classic Tournament. The Huskies will face a fired-up host team tonight at 7 p.m. NIU defated...

A survey designed to target student transportation needs might alleviate kinks in the system and create new services for NIU students and DeKalb residents. "We're always seeking student input to improve the system," said David Pack, Student Association...

The recent pledging ban by two national fraternities has left Larry Bolles, director of NIU's Judicial Office, with mixed feelings. "My immediate reaction is that I'm overjoyed," Bolles said. "Realistically, though, I have mixed feelings. How do you enforce...

"Parenthood" is a wonderfully entertaining film that pokes at your funny bone, as well as pulls at your heart strings. The storyline quite accurately depicts the plight of a close knit, extended family whose worst fears about their children, and each...

Every family has its proverbial black sheep - the one relative that embarrasses the adults at family picnics and gives the youngsters nightmares of painful pinched cheeks. For the Russell family this character is Uncle Buck, a very rotund and sloppy man...

The Holmes Student Center reconstruction will be completed by the first week of December as the contractors install the outside panels faster than was expected. "Rich Cullen, in charge of the installation of the stone panels, is doing a super job. We...

O.K., I'll admit it. I stayed up and watched the Late Show the other night. And it was "Saturday Night Fever." Yuck, you are thinking. Yes, it was ugly, with wide collars, polyester bell bottoms, Barbie Blue eyeshadow and lots of flowing blow-dried hair....

You're bored. You want to watch something on TV, only there is nothing but junk written for third graders on. Maybe cable, you think. No, not unless you feel like enduring "American Ninja 2" for the 42nd time. So, you go to the video store, but alas all...

The fluorescent yellow letters that bear the name Mc Cabes have been a familiar sight to many people for years. Mc Cabes, 323 E. Lincoln Hwy., first opened its doors to the public in 1933 and since then has offered DeKalb a fun place to relax, interact...