A small amount of asbestos exposed last week during remodeling work in Graham Hall will not pose a health threat to students attending classes in the building today, NIU officials said. Asbestos fibers, a proven carcinogen to humans when present in the...

When NIU takes the field this Saturday, there will be a new top-dog at quarterback for the Huskies. Junior Stacey Robinson will make his first start as the NIU signal caller replacing four-year starter Marshall Taylor, but Robinson isn't totally unfamiliar...

The top story in Monday's Northern Star was not printed in its entirety. The following story includes the omitted paragraphs as well as new information. Although Board of Regents Chancellor Roderick Groves' will not arrive on campus until Wednesday to...

NIU's physical plant employees worked on more than 60 projects this summer, including the ceiling in Lincoln Hall's dining areas, remodeling bathrooms in Neptune, installing smoke detectors in Stevenson North and repairing columns at all four Stevenson...

A March 27 memo written by Chancellor Rod Groves and sent to the three Regency presidents includes the following statements: "The presidents are to report to the Board through the chancellor and to be accountable to the Board through the chancellor."...

One confirmed and one suspected case of measles has already been reported at NIU this semester. The NIU student with the confirmed case had been properly immunized with the measles vaccine as a child, but still caught the disease, said Carol Sibley, health...

Saturday's gray sky was certainly no indication of how the NIU soccer team fared in its exhibition game with the Chicago Power. The Huskies used their enthusiasm and youthfulness to take a 3-1 decision from the Power, a professional team that played in...

The trend of declining freshmen enrollment throughout Illinois universities is acting as a double-edged sword at NIU by decreasing outside revenues and increasing class availability. Patricia Hewitt, associate vice president of business and operations,...

I have several theories about college students. Yes, there are the obvious ones that deal with beer, sex, finals and general uninhibited nakedness, but there are also theories buried way deep down under all those other theories that you may have never...

The DeKalb Board of Education is asking NIU to give up about $31,000 in alcohol sponsorship because they claim that the ads promote alcohol consumption by DeKalb minors. "Parents and educators are worried about substance abuse by our youth," said board...

Despite a dripping, drizzling Saturday afternoon, the Black Student Union's first Chill Fest Block Party was considered successful by the soggy crowd in attendance. "Let it all loose," was how Michael Bonds, president of the Brothers Organization, described...

The Boston Globe I went to Bedford-Stuybesant the other night. The stylized Bed-Stuy seen through the aggressive fish-eyed camera lens of Spike Lee. The low-budget setting for the high-volume movie: "Do the Right Thing." In the big-city symposia and big-media...