January has been an unusually warm month this year and February is expected to be just as mild, according to a prediction by the National Weather Service. The weather service has predicted above-normal temperatures and precipitation for February. Allen...

Although DeKalb has been experiencing fair weather for January, the NIU Physical Plant is prepared for the worst with a $600,000 budget at their disposal. Funds for snow removal are included in the general budget, which includes the salaries of employees...

The next time the Huskie soccer players take the field, they'll be facing the best. The National Champion Indiana Hoosiers will play NIU coach Willy Roy's squad March 26 at the Odeum Indoor Soccer Facility in Villa Park. The contest, which will be called...

In an effort to make faculty salaries at Regency universities more competitive, the Board of Regents Thursday approved salary increases for faculty promoted to associate and full professors beginning this semester. NIU and Illinois State University faculty...

The possible establishment of an NIU faculty senate will be discussed at the Faculty Assembly meeting Wednesday in room 505 of the Holmes Student Center. University Council Executive Secretary Judy Bischoff, who also served on last year's faculty senate...

Soon I will be deported. Before the feds come and get me, I want to set down my tale of descent into NIU Bureaucratic Hell. In early December I was hired to be the Star's feature editor for this semester. Since I am a graduate student who holds an assistantship,...

The fate of Wirtz House, located in the Martin Luther King Memorial Commons, has "not yet been decided," said Eddie Williams, vice president for finance and planning. The renovations of the commons, scheduled to begin in the summer of 1990, originally...

Six Sangamon State University faculty members have signed papers charging SSU President Durward Long with sexual harassment. Richard Battles, spokesman for the Illinois Department of Human Rights, said the faculty members signed the charges individually...

Economic relations between Japan and the United States could be very important for the internal economy of the United States, said Clark Neher, NIU professor of political science. "At this time, Germany is the United States' most important trading partner,...

The Illinois Board of Higher Education has requested $100,000 for fiscal year 1990 from the Illinois General Assembly for the assessment of NIU. Bob Wheeler, assessment steering committee chairman, said the purpose of assessment is to measure whether...

They call themselves "Surfistas." They are the young daredevils of Rio de Janeiro who perform a ridiculous stunt known as "train surfing." The less-privileged youth of Rio, without money to purchase surfboards made of wood or fiberglass, opt to exercise...

An arson fire early Sunday morning in the lower level of the Holmes Student Center caused an estimated $25,000 worth of damage. The fire is under investigation by the DeKalb Fire Department and the University Police Department. University Union Night...