The DeKalb Police Department has implemented a Drug Investigation and Enforcement Unit to combat domestic violence by substance abusers. DeKalb Police Sgt. Charles Kross said the task force is operational but that he was "not going to say a lot about...

The Illinois Board of Higher Education will vote today on a tuition guidelines policy for Illinois public colleges which the Board of Regents plan to vote down. The Regents made the decision to vote against the policy last week on the recommendation of...

University Police are investigating a criminal sexual assault that occurred this weekend in Neptune Residence Hall. "At the present time, it is an active case and we are following up on leads," UP Lt. Ron Williams said. Williams could not say if the department...

Since this is my last column for the semester and possibly even longer, I decided it's time for me to make amends with some of you whom I might have offended this semester. I was going through my mounds of press releases when I came across some valuable...

Two Delta Upsilon fraternity members engaged in a fight Saturday night at Otto's, 118 E. Lincoln Highway, which resulted in one being thrown through the bar's front window. Dean Chalmers threw Chris Martin through the east side of the outside front door,...

The U.S. Census Bureau announced that the median American age will rise to almost 39 by the year 2010, the highest point it has ever been estimated to reach. The median age (meaning the age level at which half of all Americans are older and half are younger)...

An NIU junior who fell from a railroad tressel early Saturday morning faces about ten hours of surgery Tuesday for a broken lower vertebra. Dale Spencer, 20, of 916 Greenbrier Drive, was listed in fair condition Sunday in the intensive care unit at Northwestern...

Members of the Black Student Union rallied in the King Memorial Commons Friday to urge black students to band together and fight incidents of what they called institutional racism at NIU. Pam Bozeman, former BSU president, told the black students who...

An advisory committee to NIU President John LaTourette tentatively approved a budget Friday of about $1,145,000 for the Student Association Mass Transit Board. The President's Fee Study Committee approved a student fee increase for the SAMTB from $2.33...

About 185 calls were received by the Fox Broadcasting Company in response to a Nov. 27 "America's Most Wanted" episode profiling former NIU student Richard Church. Church is charged with the murder of his ex-girlfriend's parents and has been missing since...

The Student Association Senate passed a resolution and sanctions Sunday against the Sigma Chi fraternity in response to a skit considered by some audience members to be racist. The skit was performed on Nov. 20 at the Jungle, 1027 Hillcrest Drive, during...

The NIU Parking Committee voted Thursday to convene Dec. 8 for a special meeting to consider recommendations of possibly redesignating two campus lots. The proposed redesignation will affect lot 28, located south of Gabel Hall on Annie Glidden Road, and...