When it comes to the seemingly endless and tedious process of class registration, NIU students should learn to accept complications as "just one of those things." That is how Director of Registration and Records Richard Durfee referred to the more than...

The U.S. Department of Commerce is hiring NIU students and area residents to help in compiling a list of correct addresses to begin its 200th nation-wide census. People that are hired to work in DeKalb will begin Aug. 10, Barbara Peterson, recruiting...

About $53 million in state funding for new buildings, renovations and repairs could be allotted to NIU over the next three fiscal years, Illinois Lt. Gov. George Ryan announced Wednesday during a trip to the NIU campus. The funding will be used to construct...

Despite the attempts of one NIU official, damages resulting from the March 24 fight between Phi Kappa Sigma and members of the NIU football team will be settled between the groups without legal action. Larry Bolles, director of the University Judicial...

"Why Men Are The Way They Are" will be the topic of discussion at Warren Farrell's speech tonight at 7 p.m. in the Holmes Student Center. Farrell's book, printed under the same name as the lecture, has won two national awards and has been translated into...

If you're looking for a classy, Chicago-style nightclub in DeKalb, then Paradise Club, 1212 W. Lincoln Hwy., is what you're looking for. "We're different from the average college bar in that we have carpeting, brass rails and oak chairs in our nightclub,"...

During a two hour debate Monday, Student Association executive candidates expressed their opinions on improving the SA to a crowd of about 40 people. Candidate for SA president, Phill Buoscio, said a serious problem the SA faces next year is unity in...

Although two boys have been implicated in the Holmes Student Center arson fire, the payment of the offered $1,000 reward will not be made until further information concerning the case can be studied. James Harder, NIU vice president for business and operations,...

Due to old age, three of the elevators in Stevenson Towers A, B and C are under repair. Ed O'Donnell, building maintenance superintendent of the physical plant, said the generators in the elevators are being repaired. O'Donnell said he does not attribute...

The Northern Illinois University Jazz Ensemble will be performing their annual spring "home" concert tonight with guest trumpet artist Marvin Stamm. Founder and Director of the Jazz Ensemble, Ron Modell, will direct the concert which will be held at 8...

Nurses kept at gunpoint while child dies CHICAGO (AP)- A tearful father unhooked his son's life-support system early Wednesday, then took him into his arms and kept hospital workers at gunpoint until the baby was dead, authorities said. "I'm not here...

An initiative will appear on the ballot of this week's Student Association election asking NIU students if they are willing to pay a $2.40 annual fee for The Northern Star. NIU Student Regent Nick Valadez said during Sunday's SA meeting that the initiative...