A faculty member who wants to do research and get funding for it must follow a long road before the research and consequent book or article is completed. Linda Schwarz, director of NIU's Office of Sponsored Projects, said a professor who wants to research...

Sycamore residents might be able ride Huskie buses in as early as two weeks if a contract regarding their use of the system is completed by Friday. The completion of the contract between Sycamore, the Student Association Mass Transit Board and the American...

Student Association members Sunday night heard a letter from one University Council member stating there probably will be changes in the handling of illegal class registration cases—changes the council member said she is not in favor of. In a letter...

NIU's Albert Resis received new information on a historical mystery while in Russia last month at a 10-day international symposium. The information came regarding the 12-day "disappearance" of Joseph Stalin when Hitler invaded Russia in 1941. Nikita Khrushchev...

The DeKalb City Council will discuss forming a search committee at its meeting at 8 p.m. tonight to help the city manager select a replacement for Police Chief Joe Maciejewski, who will retire Feb. 18. Maciejewski discussed his retirement plans with DeKalb...

Well Now Throughout the United States, the incidence of incurable sexually transmittable diseases (STDs), such as herpes, AIDS, and condyloma, is on the rise. One of these diseases, condyloma or venereal warts, appears to be linked to the growth of a...

About 12 John Lennon Society members protested the city's loitering law Friday by marching from the Martin Luther King Memorial Commons to a downtown DeKalb bank where they joined several people at 1 p.m. for a sidewalk picnic. Dressed in army fatigues,...

NIU has seen a new breed of fraternity members roaming the streets of DeKalb since one man started a new chapter of the Kappa Sigma fraternity house this semester. Kappa Sigma President Bill Scheidhauer said, "I was an initiated member at the University...

Classes at the Creative Arts Center and Photography Lab provide students with an opportunity to learn a craft or skill they might otherwise not get a chance to learn. "No class credit is given for these classes; they are purely for fun and enjoyment,"...

A 25-year-old graduate chemistry student who had planned to graduate from NIU in December died after being mauled by two pit-bull dogs Thursday night. The Kane County Sheriff's Department said Kevin Cull, 25, 120 Gurler St., DeKalb, was visiting friends...

An advisory committee to NIU President John LaTourette decided Friday to postpone a tentative decision about whether to recommend an increase in the Student Association Mass Transit Board busing fee. The President's Fee Study Committee began reviewing...

While working at the Egyptian Theatre Saturday night, NIU journalism professor Irvan Kummerfeldt, 55, suffered a massive heart attack and was taken to Kishwaukee Community Hospital where he died at about midnight. "Irv was the unsung hero of the Egyptian,"...