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...

HAVANA (AP) - Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev arrived Sunday in Cuba for talks with President Fidel Castro, who has criticized the Soviet leader's new pragmatic brand of communism. Gorbachev's blue and white Aeroflot jetliner touched down at Havana's...

Chicago mayoral candidates Cook County State's Attorney Richard M. Daley, Ald. Timothy Evans and Ald. Edward Vrdolyak will find out Tuesday how well their campaign efforts have paid off. Three NIU students expressed their opinions on who they believe...

In the race for DeKalb mayor, the clear-cut and best choice is to elect Greg Sparrow to a third term. Sparrow has the experience necessary to continue to lead DeKalb towards economic growth. He has demonstrated a willingness to work hard for the city....

The devastating figures from this nation's worst oil spill in history are beginning to roll in, and for some, the worst nightmare is now a reality. Now that some 10 million gallons of oil have spilled into the once pristine coastal wilderness of Alaska,...

Tracy Deis, NIU Black Student Union president, said the main purpose of the Black Student Union is to serve as a black cultural awareness education group for all NIU students and to promote cultural unity between all races. Deis said any fee-paying NIU...

A full audience in the Swen Parson Moot Courtroom heard Saturday the cases of four NIU law students in the conclusion of the Seventh Annual NIU Prize Moot Court Competition. The competition, which began on Feb. 22, featured the case of the People's Temple...

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...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - The government said it foiled an attempt by rebel army officers Sunday to overthrow Lt. Gen. Prosper Avril. U.S. officials said loyal soldiers apparently rescued Avril as he was being driven away to be deported. A government...

A Robbins, Illinois man was arrested by DeKalb Police Saturday after allegedly stabbing his ex-girlfriend three times with a pair of scissors. Jasper C. Gillespie, 24, 3812 E. 140 St., Robbins, Ill., was charged with criminal damage to property and aggravated...

CHICAGO (AP) - Front-runner Richard M. Daley, flush with money and endorsements, and a wide lead in the polls, campaigned Sunday in the strongholds of chief mayoral rival Timothy Evans, seeking to boost his standing among black voters. With just two days...

Two NIU students were arrested Thursday by DeKalb Police after one of the students sold cocaine to another. Paul R. Batchen, 24, 1120 Varsity Blvd., is charged with unlawful delivery of more than 15 grams of a controlled substance. Batchen posted $50,000...