Samantha Smith Allen greeted about 50 guests in a brown dress, white shawl and a black bonnet ready to "rastle" the idea of the "weak feminine mind." Allen, a character from 19th century women's literature, was brought to life by Jane Curry, who has a...

Most basketball coaches look at a conference tournament as a second season, and NIU women's basketball coach Jane Albright believes in that "March Madness" philosophy. When the Huskies kickoff the inaugural North Star Conference Tournament against Cleveland...

Education benefits for about 750,000 Vietnam veterans—including about 100 NIU students—will end Dec. 31 with the end of the Vietnam Era GI Bill. The Veterans Administration will stop sending GI Bill payments to veterans attending school or in training...

Unsure future awaits fired coach Three days ago the NIU men's basketball team wrapped up its season with a 68-63 win over Chicago State. Then, just before noon Wednesday, the inevitable happened. After three seasons as the head coach of the Huskie roundball...

Spring Fake ‘89 is here. You've spent weeks preparing for this annual pilgrimage to Southern ports of call. You've done the workouts to tighten your gluteus maximus, you've made the trips to the carcinogen spas and you shopped until you dropped at the...

College Students Against Drunk Driving discussed Tuesday their objectives of educating students, reducing drunk driving and promoting NIU alcohol awareness programs. CSADD, a 40-member group formed last semester, discussed a contract stating that members...

The alcohol policy implemented this semester by the NIU Inter-Fraternity Council might face revisions after spring break because of a proposal submitted to the IFC last week. The proposal, which will be voted on at the March 21 IFC meeting, is a longer...

Parishoners file into St. Mary's Catholic Church, bless themselves and step around the paint cans and drop cloths. Dust abounds and there is a handsaw leaning against the wall. A brown, newly-painted 15-foot-high wood crucifix stares out naked, unpainted...

A recent spring break advertising supplement distributed by the Miller Brewing Company was pulled from full distribution in response to a large amount of negative reaction from readers. The section was intended to be a parody of college students' spring...

Condom machines will be installed at several locations on campus during spring break. NIU selected National Sanitary Laboratories of Lincolnwood, Ill., to install condom machines in the bathrooms on the lower level of the Holmes Student Center, bathrooms...

Several unanswered questions have prompted three Student Association advisers to request a study of the Illinois Student Association this semester. SA Welfare Adviser Lisa Gunn said student fees are spent by the ISA, and students should know how their...

Wearing a button proclaiming "Write Women Back Into History," Valerie Quinney described Women's History Month as "a month of consciousness-raising and education." After a five-year delay, Congress declared in 1987 that each March will be National Women's...