The DeKalb City Council Monday discussed extending its contract with DeKalb County Disposal for garbage collection, which would result in a 23.4 percent cost increase for consumers. The present contract ends May 31. The council is expected to vote on...

NIU's TV-8 television station is the recipient of a computer graphics system worth over $20,000, which projects animated graphics images onto the television screen. The hardware was donated last fall by Commodore computers. The software was donated by...

DeKalb's mayoral candidates responded to NIU student concerns, including gay rights, during an open forum Tuesday night. Sponsored by the Student Political Education and Action Committee, the forum included mayoral candidates Nick DeGraffenried, Adolph...

A "speak-out" where participants can express their opinions on higher education issues has been planned for April 5 as a part of Day Of Action III. At two joint meetings between the John Lennon Society and the Student Political Education and Action Committee,...

Intended as an experimental effort to deter crowding in the Campus Recreation Center weight room, the movement of some weight machines to a racquetball court has met with disapproval from the SA Recreation Committee. Betty Montgomery, director of the...

Sen. John Maitland, R-Bloomington, will introduce a bill in the Illinois General Assembly today proposing that the Illinois Board of Higher Education's college admission requirements be made advisory rather than mandatory. The requirements, which are...

Although it's been four months since football season ended, something in the air at Tuesday's NIU spring practice opener might have led the squad to believe it had picked up where it left off. Dark, drizzly skies and a sloshy field had set the scene Nov....

Although two of the four drug-related arrests in DeKalb Friday involved NIU students, wide-spread university drug connections are not suspected in the case. DeKalb County Sheriff Roger Scott said a "major" involvement with NIU students and the individuals...

Five NIU students interested in state governmental procedures attended the Intercollegiate Model Illinois Government simulation in Springfield March 3, marking the first participation of NIU students in this event. The students make up the Northern Illinois...

The placement of campaign signs has led to the accidental violation of a city ordinance in Huda Scheidelman's campaign for Student Association president. Thora Blise, secretary of DeKalb's Department of Building and Community Services, said political...

Controversy over a city sign ordinance dominated the Student Association executive candidate's meeting Monday night. SA Senator Gary Stittgen, who recently resigned from the senate, informed SA Election Commissioner Rob Perry of the ordinance Monday....

MOSCOW (AP) - A delegation of Illinois businessmen, politicians and labor leaders headed by Gov. James R. Thompson arrived Monday for an eight-day visit to open what officials say will be the first U.S. state trade office in the Soviet Union. The Illinois...