NIU students walking past the Holmes Student Center on their way to afternoon classes today will see the beginning of a 24-hour marathon. No, the Olympics have not been moved to DeKalb for the day. DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow will help begin a charity teeter-tottering...

Many "Unity in Diversity" week activities for today will center around the theme of physical awareness. The activities include a handicapped simulation, in which campus personalities will experience how life appears to a handicapped individual for one...

An armed convict who escaped from the Pontiac Correctional Center and took four hostages was apprehended by local police Monday evening in a rural area about five miles north of Sycamore. Police captured fugitive Jessie Donald Sumner, 51, Stanford, at...

DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow denounced 7th Ward Alderman Mark Powell Monday and refused to meet with the councilman. The council denied support for Powell's request that the mayor hold monthly meetings with aldermen. "As of eight weeks ago, I told him (Powell)...

The DeKalb City Council voted 5 to 2 for pay increases for aldermen and mayor at Monday night's meeting. Under the increases, the mayor will receive $16,200 instead of $13,200 per year and aldermen in wards 2, 4 and 6 will receive $5,200 instead of $3,600...

Board of Regents Chancellor Roderick Groves will address the "mission and future" of NIU at a special Faculty Assembly meeting Wednesday, said Judy Bischoff, University Council executive secretary. Bischoff said Groves also will talk about NIU's budget...

The Student Association Mass Transit Board tonight might consider making a recommendation to raise the student busing fee. Transit board chairman Dave Emerick said if a fee increase is implemented, he would not approve an increase of more than $1. "If...

Drugs. Yes, peoples the government is cracking down on drugs. It's election time and the public is pissed about drug use, so the clowns in Washington are trying to do something. Yep, the big boys got a plan. But the bill they're working on looks to be...

"Preliminary findings" show a July pesticide spill at the DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport resulted from pilot error, and the owner of the airplane involved must assume the $9,635 cost, said DeKalb City Manager Mark Stevens. Stevens said in a press conference...

"Unity in Diversity" week, which runs through Oct. 1, is set aside to recognize the varying cultures and religions on campus with educational seminars and workshops. The phrase "Unity in Diversity" originated in a statement presented to NIU President...

An NIU program used in the 1970s to recruit minority workers slowly is being revived. The "learner/trainee" program, organized by Richard Flournory, NIU affirmative action officer for civil service staff, was cut significantly in about 1975 for budgetary...

Designed to keep quality faculty and attract new teachers to NIU, five professorships garnered by NIU's College of Business this semester will supplement the salaries of accountancy and marketing faculty, said Richard Brown, College of Business dean....