Although her employment at NIU ended last month, fired CHANCE program counselor Martha Palmer said the fight to regain her job is not yet over, and she also wants $2.2 million from the university to compensate for her "humiliation and injustice." Although...

Four candidates announced plans to run on an independent ticket in the race for DeKalb mayor in the April 4 election. DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow and 7th Ward Alderman Mark Powell filed petitions Monday with the DeKalb City Clerk. Two DeKalb businessmen...

NIU greeks are getting into the spirit of giving this season as they prepare for philanthropic and community service activities throughout the DeKalb area. The Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and Alpha Phi sorority hosted a party Dec. 7 for more than 30...

Many NIU organizations have held their annual holiday events early because of final examinations this week, but some local groups will continue to hold events throughout the season. The Greater DeKalb Partnership will sponsor a Santa Claus House Dec....

Students can help the hungry by donating canned goods in a holiday food drive at participating White Hen Pantry stores until Dec. 16. The owners of the Chicagoland network of White Hen Pantry stores are co-sponsoring the food drive with WMAQ-AM Radio,...

Many tasks must be accomplished during the holiday season, such as shopping for gifts. Yet no other chore can be more important or more essential to one's security and peace of mind as practicing proper fire safety procedures when decorating. Tom Doyle,...

For those of you who like to jump the bumps, carve your way through new-fallen snow in a deserted back bowl or fly over cornices, NIU's Campus Activities Board has organized a ski trip to Steamboat Ski Resort in Steamboat Springs, Colo. Deb Larson of...

The saying, "home for the holidays" will take on a very significant meaning for the NIU men's basketball team this year. Southern Illinois (Dec. 17), Minnesota (Dec. 23), Rice (Dec. 28) and Iona (Jan. 7) all will visit Chick Evans Field House during the...

The Student Association Supreme Court will meet today to decide whether its senate has the power to remove Sigma Chi's SA recognition for the fraternity's yearlong university sanctions. A petition requesting the court review the SA Constitution and Bylaws...

An eminent domain lawsuit filed by the Board of Regents will go to trial on Dec. 14 at 10 a.m. in the DeKalb County Courthouse before Circuit Judge Rex Meilinger. The Regents filed the suit in October 1987 on NIU's behalf to determine how much land south...

A $48,143 grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities has been given to NIU to support a summer seminar for elementary and secondary school teachers. The seminar will run from July 10 to Aug. 11 and will be taught by Sylvia Huot, assistant professor...

Young Americans are generally ignorant of even the most basic of economic principles said David Dieterle, executive director of the Illinois Council on Economic Education. "Nowhere is (this ignorance) more apparent and more serious in its implications...