After investigating the possibilities of a DeKalb city emergency 911 service, the city council decided it would favor a countywide service instead because it would provide wider coverage. Rowever, the council moved cautiously to this conclusion because...

I, like you, am crazy enough to go to summer school. But please, don't for one iota think that anywhere would be better than DeKalb. Instead of being in DeKalb and grieving at NIU, I am suffering in the valley of Hickville while sweating it out at ICC....

Means for upgrading the deteriorating DeKalb-Pond-Fisk area neighborhood still are under consideration by the DeKalb City Council and residents. The city hired the Economic Research Association at $25,000 to arrive at an "analysis of existing housing...

A Republican bill, which would provide money for higher education, is expected to surface some time this week as a result of the Illinois State Senate's rejection of the Madigan plan last Friday. NIU would have received more than $119 million as a result...

The recent demonstrations in China's Tiananman Square and the bloodshed resulting from a crackdown by the Chinese government have left many people wondering what will happen next in a country where democracy seems far from possible. Following the actions...

A possibility exists that DeKalb County will receive state funds to build a civic center after discussing the prospect of such a building since the 1970's. Sen. Patrick Welch, D-Peru, introduced an appropriations bill to the Illinois Senate calling for...

The recladding of the Holmes Student Center tower, which began last March, is progressing "right on schedule" according to Conrad Miller, physical plant project manager. The recladding is being done to replace crumbling surface brick that 20 years of...

A permanent NIU branch campus might be built in Rockford to expand the university's educational services if the Illinois legislation approves funds to locate a site and construction costs. The Illinois Senate approved to amend the Board of Regents' fiscal...

The NIU Faculty Assembly recently has elected its new chairman, Professor J. Carroll Moody who has served on the assembly as well as the University Council for the past year. He is also a member of the Joint University Advisory Committee. As Faculty Assembly...

Jon Dalton, vice president for student affairs at NIU, has accepted a similar position at Florida State University in Tallahassee, effective Aug. 15. Dalton will leave NIU for the 26,000-student FSU campus where he will administer a $17 million budget...

William Raspberry The Washington Post Anyone who has worked with a large organization has seen the types. One woman will play her gender stereotype to perfection: deferring to male co-workers, taking little offense in their offhanded sexism, and trying...

In order to curb the increasing number of pedestrian accidents along Normal Road, city officials are planning to remove parking spaces and construct barriers designed to keep students from crossing outside of crosswalks. Ralph Tompkins, assistant director...