The DeKalb Ski-Ears' "kick-off meeting for the season," will feature a $50 raffle, slide show and club exhibits, Vice President Mary Shott said. The open house, at 7:30 p.m., Oct.19 at Matthew Boone's restaurant in DeKalb also will feature a question...

Blind NIU students can use computers in residence hall and university computer labs because of instruments such as the IBM Speechboard and Apple "Echo" computer hardware. Devices like these speak to the user as he or she punches keys on the computer keyboard....

Under the Montgomery GI Bill, National Guard and military reservists can receive educational benefits to gain a bachelor's degree. The regional office began processing applications in July of 1985. In Illinois, the program is run by Samuel L. Holmes,...

Inventors who want to learn how to turn their ideas into money-makers are invited to attend an NIU seminar on how to accomplish their goals. The program is sponsored by NIU's Technology Commercialization Center and will be held Tuesday at the Rockford...

I had a pretty damn good weekend. How was yours? Mine, however, didn't start out as wonderful as it ended. In fact, when all is said and done and the final judgements are made and God decides to banish us all to the impetuous, fiery nightmare that is...

Campus reaction about the proposed policy changes during last week's Board of Regents meeting at Illinois State University was strongly presented, SA President Huda Scheidelman said. "This issue has caused a definitely strong response from Normal," Scheidelman...

What would you say to a Friday-night event that stirs your creative juices, makes you think in an unaccustomed vein and provides cultural enrichment to boot? This Friday is one of the rare occasions when such an event will occur in DeKalb. The Campus...

Gay rights activists are calling for a sexual orientation provision to DeKalb's human relations ordinance that would outline protection from discrimination. The NIU Gay/Lesbian Union, the DeKalb Gay/Lesbian Community Foundation and the Student Association...

Most sexual assault and abuse victims are between the ages of 19 and 35. But statistics show that victims between the ages of 19 and 24 seek more help after the crime than those between the ages of 25 and 35. Lynda O'Brien, coordinator of the Sexual Assault...

Despite recent damage to residence halls and an increase in floor damage between 1987 and 1988 fall semesters, the amount of floor damage over the last four years has steadily decreased. Donald Buckner, director of student housing services, said both...

The DeKalb City Council voted Wednesday to reduce the boundaries of a special taxing district created to promote economic growth. To comply with a new state requirement, the move will reduce the district's share of sales taxes by about 50 percent. An...

A new assistant director for NIU's Affirmative Action Office will start at an annual salary of $33,996. Affirmative Action secretary Jeanette Ezra said that Eddie Williams, vice president of finance and planning, approved money in July 1988 for the new...