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...

DeKalb 7th Ward Alderman Mark Powell told the Student Association Sunday that an alleged incident involving "threatening" phone calls made by The Northern Star Managing Editor Mike Lacy is under investigation by the DeKalb Police Department. Powell said...

NIU's Huskie Marching Band, under the direction of Frank Bibb, will perform its last concert of the year in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the Music Building Friday at 8 p.m. The concert will include music the band has performed at half-time shows...

Joe Annunzio, Student Association senate speaker, accepted the resignation of another SA senator Wednesday and expects between three and five more resignations before Sunday's SA meeting. Annunzio will present off-campus Sen. Michele Gerritson's resignation...

NIU's Department of Development and University Relations updated its map of the Interstate-88 Illinois Research and Development Corridor. The map, titled "55 Miles of Opportunity," identifies more than 40 business firms from Oak Brook to DeKalb which...

One Student Association senator is saying she will make a motion at the SA meeting Sunday to remove SA recognition from the Sigma Chi fraternity. Five members of Sigma Chi performed a skit Nov. 20 which was considered by some audience members as racially...

Sangamon State University President Durward Long, against whom charges of sexual harassment recently were filed by seven SSU faculty members, spoke to members of the Board of Regents during their meeting Thursday about the sexual harassment policies at...

A settlement was not reached in a pretrial hearing Thursday for a Board of Regents eminent domain lawsuit filed last fall. The Regents filed the suit Oct. 14, 1987 on NIU's behalf to determine how much land south of the NIU campus the university can obtain...

Relatively elaborate security measures, prompted by threats of student protest, were taken for Thursday morning's Board of Regents meeting in the Holmes Student Center but ultimately proved unnecessary. Jon Dalton, vice president for student affairs,...

The Board of Regents approved a 10-year acquisition contract for the property at 801 N. First Street, DeKalb, formerly known as the Palmer Music Building. The approved contract-for-purchase of the facility, located on the eastern edge of the NIU campus,...