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...

Although it bears the Alpha Sigma Alpha letters, a building in the Greek Row area near Blackhawk Road and Ridge Drive is not the sorority's new house—it is a shed storing equipment for the construction of a new apartment complex on the site. The complex...

Durward Long, president of Sangamon State University, resumed his presidential duties Monday in the midst of rumors of "numerous incidents" of sexual harassment. Long's return followed a 60-day leave of absence during which he was treated for alcohol...

The Public Address System, a progressive alternative newspaper run by NIU students, will be distributed for the first time this academic year after Thanksgiving break. The newspaper, which was published only once last year under the name Mush!, is liberal...

Department of Energy Secretary John Herrington's tentative decision was announced Thursday that the $4.4 billion Superconducting Super Collider will be constructed in Texas, and officials from competing states have voiced their strong opposition. The...

One University Police officer says there is "no justification" to install a campus security phone system that might be on NIU's campus by the 1989 fall semester. The proposed system would link about 50 security phones with the University Police Department,...

Professors in major universities across the country live by those words, knowing their careers may depend on being published. Doctoral degrees might get professors in the door at a university, but being published will keep them there, possibly with tenure....

The First National Bank of DeKalb has made its services more accessible to physically disabled persons since the completion of several renovation projects. Recent construction includes a ramp at the main bank's entrance, 141 W. Lincoln Hwy. The ramp provides...

Two Chicago-area legislators said Thursday night that NIU President John LaTourette would "feel the wrath of the (Illinois) legislature" for the controversial dismissal of CHANCE counselor Martha Palmer, which they said was prompted by institutional racism....

NIU wrestling coach Ed Vatch has been "rubbing elbows" this week with the women's volleyball team. "They've been hot lately," Vatch said. "I'm hoping some of it will wear off on us." The wrestlers travel to Stevens Point, Wis., for the Wisconsin-Stevens...