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...

The other night I was walking from the student center to my car, which was parked in the lot by the Wesley Foundation, and I noticed two guys were walking very close behind me. At first, I figured they must be walking to the same lot I was, but after...

The Kane County state's attorney's office has filed a petition for a preliminary injunction against the owner of two pit-bull dogs that fatally attacked an NIU graduate student Nov. 10. However, a hearing date has not been set because Kane County officials...

The President's Fee Study Committee is meeting Friday to develop an advisory report to NIU President John LaTourette on student-fee budget recommendations. This will be the committee's final meeting of the fall semester and will be held in the Lowden...

Philosophy Professor Sherman Stanage publicly stated Wednesday that he is "very concerned" about a university vice president's opinion of racism at NIU. Stanage, academic adviser to CHANCE counselor Martha Palmer, said he disagreed with statements made...

Dissatisfied with NIU's formal appeals process, Students for the Freedom of Martha Palmer have decided to try to raise about $2,500 through contributions to help Palmer receive legal assistance outside of the university. CHANCE counselor Martha Palmer...

A recent statewide law, called the Minority and Female Business Enterprise Act, will require NIU to make at least 10 percent of all its purchases from minority and female-owned businesses. Although the law was first enacted in Illinois in November 1987,...

Surgery for an NIU student injured in a fall last weekend "went well" said a spokeswoman for Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Dale Spencer, 20, 916 Greenbrier Drive, was being transferred out of intensive care Wednesday to another room on the...

Students and faculty have the opportunity to listen to NIU President John LaTourette and Jon Dalton, vice president for student affairs, address student issues tonight at 7:30 in the Holmes Student Center Heritage Room. Student Association President Paula...

State Sen. Patrick Welch, D-Peru, said he will submit a bill proposing the establishment of NIU's own governing board to the state legislature by the second week of January. Responding to Welch's bill, Regents Chairman Carol Burns said she believes that...

With President-elect George Bush's administration on the brink of beginning, two NIU professors believe he will not jump into arms talks with Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev during his visit to the United States, which began Tuesday. Gorbachev...