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...

Nintendo sets, Ghostbuster items, jewlery and traditional Christmas gifts are topping off wish lists for area residents this season, according to DeKalb and Sycamore store owners. Local store owners said toys are selling exceptionally well. Jerry Tombleson,...

Political science Professor Dwight King soon will join the many NIU faculty members who have traveled abroad when he leaves for Indonesia this January. King, who specializes in development, will hold the title of visiting scholar at Gadjah Mada University...

The American Cancer Society is sponsoring a "Tree of Light" on display at the Farmers and Merchants Bank, 124 S. Main, Sycamore, until New Year's Day. The lights on the tree will represent donations made to the American Cancer Society to honor people...

Sssshhh...Did you hear that? Listen. There, off in the distance, over the horizon. Somewhere out on the unknown seas the Great Cruise Ship of Life is coming to take me away. And thus, fellow graduates, in one week we will embark together on an adventure...

Although the holiday season is a time for giving, it might become a time for taking away as thieves come out like Santa's elves to steal Christmas goodies and everyday items. On campus, some students' hopes of earning extra Christmas money by selling...

As the holiday spirit becomes more apparent, spirits of other kinds often take on importance for some people. But too often, holiday celebrators overindulge in alcoholic spirits. Drunk driving is a subject that is in the news often, particularly at Christmas...

Inconclusive evidence and the exhaustion of all avenues of pursuit by the DeKalb Police Department has landed the telephone harassment case between 7th Ward Alderman Mark Powell and Northern Star Managing Editor Mike Lacy in the hands of the DeKalb County...

Printing operations in Altgeld Hall Room 108 will be closed on Dec. 19 for a semi-annual inventory. Printing Director Ron Barnett said the printing shop produces a wide variety of of materials including envelopes, brochures and fliers. The purpose of...