One week ago today marked the beginning of the fifth year of captivity for American journalist Terry Anderson. Anderson and 13 other international hostages are being held in Lebanon, and Anderson is the longest held hostage there. Anderson, while working...

After more than a year of controversy and deliberation, "the light at the end of the tunnel" is in sight for NIU's fraudulent registration issue, said Conard White, chairman of the University Council's Academic Policy Committee. Members of the committee...

DeKalb's newest bar, Molly's, 1022 W. Lincoln Highway, first opened its doors to the public only five months ago, yet it already ranks among the most popular social spots in DeKalb. The atmosphere of the bar has been called "upper scale casual" and attracts...

Dear President LaTourette: The recent firing of Coach James Rosborough as your head basketball coach appalls me. This is a major break in the trust and integrity of your university. When Coach Rosborough was hired, Robert J. Brigham, then-athletic director,...

"Most of the history we were told is lies," said Dr. Delbert Blair at a lecture Wednesday on "What Could Have or Would Have the World Done Without the Black Man." Dr. Blair has been an educator, lecturer and consultant for the past 20 years in the area...

Students enrolling at NIU for the fall semester will be able to sign up for four new alcohol-free residence hall floors. Jack Felver, associate director of student housing, said the floor was made available because an interest was expressed by some students...

The Washington Post WASHINGTON—Since writing a week ago about the inequity of taxpayers being sent a bill that will top $100 billion for a savings-and-loan bailout, a flood of disturbing information has come across this desk. No one challenges the seriousness...

Imagine yourself in a new country, able to speak only fragments of the language. All around you life rushes on, people too caught up in the frenzy of daily living to explain confusing cultural quirks. You feel lost, anxious to be given the cues to fit...

"We've got talent and we want to be THE rock band in DeKalb," said Jim Howatt of the band Red Line. The name is familiar to anyone who saw their performance in Battle of the Bands this year, where the group received second place. The group was formed...

All right, three weeks ago I bared my liberal soul to the world in a brief "coming out" period. It was a painful but necessary therapeutic move for me, and although my friends gently warned me I might regret it, I think it was for the better. Soon after...

One man is in critical condition and another is in fair condition after a helicopter leased by Commonwealth Edison apparently suffered engine failure and crashed in Huber Park Wednesday. Com Ed employee Robert West, 51, Rockford, Ill., was transported...

"We should recognize the good times while we have them because they are lost so easily, and once they are lost they are lost forever." This is what Director Patricia Ridge wants the audience to realize when they come to see NIU's production of "Diviners."...