NIU students registered to vote in DeKalb County can cast their ballots in Tuesday's mayoral election in one of seven polling places. Polling booths are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Polling places for each DeKalb township precinct in student-populated areas...

The man responsible for designing and landscaping most of the NIU campus and volunteering his landscaping skills to other organizations for the past 39 years will retire Friday. Anthony Lorusso, Physical Plant campus planning coordinator, was hired in...

Seven out of every ten Illinois residents would like to see Illinois Commerce Commission members elected by the public rather than appointed by Gov. James Thompson, according to a survey conducted by the Citizens Utility Board. CUB and the Illinois Public...

WASHINGTON (AP) - High-fiber diets that are low in fat and cholesterol might be healthy for adults but not for babies, according to infant dietary guidelines released Wednesday by a major baby-food maker and endorsed by federal nutrition officials and...

Krzyzewski: NCAA should share wealth with lesser conferences (AP)—The Final Four coaches, aware of their own precarious job security, were critical Wednesday of athletic directors who succumb to pressure and fire coaches before there is a chance to...

NIU might host a summer learning experience this year for economically disadvantaged high school students. The program, called the Summer Educational Experience for the Disadvantaged, is a nationwide program sponsored by the American Chemical Society....

On Friday, March 31, the Holmes Student Center will play host to a variety of entertainment for the most diverse of students. Sponsored in part by the Campus Activities Board, Northern Night Life begins at 8 p.m. and continues until 3 a.m. Northern Night...

A member of NIU's governing board believes that the schools' sexual harassment policies need revision. At the March Board of Regents meeting, Regent Sylvia Nichols suggested that NIU, Illinois State University in Normal and Sangamon State University in...

An NIU student was struck by a car on Normal Road near Founders Memorial Library Wednesday. Susan Livingston, 20, of 803 N. Ninth St., DeKalb, was struck at about 1:50 p.m. and taken to Kishwaukee Community Hospital, Capt. Warren Lubbers, DeKalb Fire...

Increased interest in NIU's chapter of Boost Alcohol Consciousness Concerning the Health of University Students (BACCHUS) last fall has encouraged the organization to continue its efforts to educate NIU about responsible drinking. The program was started...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinios Commerce Commission cleared the way Wednesday for a final decision on a 6.9 percent, $60.5 million rate boost for Illinois Power Co. after dismissing last-minute questions that threatened to swell the increase to...

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The leader of Moslems in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg and his aide were shot and killed Wednesday, five weeks after the imam distanced himself from Iran's death sentence for author Salman Rushdie. Imam Abdullah Al Ahdal,...