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...

Repairs for an estimated $25,000 in damages resulting from a Jan. 29 arson fire in the Holmes Student Center are almost complete. Judd Baker, Holmes Student Center director, said all repairs except the installation of two fire doors, ceiling tiles and...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A new form of chromium could help athletes beef up their bodies without dangerous anabolic steroids, enable diabetics to use less insulin and cut cholesterol, a researcher said Tuesday. Gary Evans, a chemistry professor at Bemidji State...

Construction work on an addition to the Hopkins Park Community Center that was expected to be completed later this spring is ahead of schedule, according to officials. Irving Constuction Co., Inc. broke ground on the $550,000 project on Aug. 31 and set...

BEIJING (AP) - China's leaders on Tuesday announced new controls and taxes on the liveliest sectors of the ailing econmy: private businesses, rural factories and free-market farming. Economic and budget reports delivered to the National People's Congress,...

Students will have the chance to find a summer job at the summer employment fair Thursday sponsored by the Career Planning and Placement Center. The job fair will include about 60 companies offering various summer positions for interested students. Some...

NIU President John LaTourette recently addressed the relationship between the economic development of the "Golden Corridor" and higher education. The "Golden Corridor" runs for 23 miles between O'Hare International Airport and Elgin along Interstate 90....

One of the goals the DeKalb County Nursing Home administrator set for himself when he took the position almost a year ago was to utilize the opportunities available in the "university community." "In an era of tighter and tighter public funding, we're...

The fate of Wirtz House will be addressed within the next few weeks when NIU students, faculty and staff can express their opinions in open meetings about the house's possible removal. Members of the commons' renovations committee will attempt to get...