In response to Chris Sigley's recent story titled "NIU coeds highlight recruit's visits," we would like to suggest a comparable program for Northern's women athletic recruits—in the spirit of Title IX of the education amendments of 1972. Agile, skillful...

Three NIU participants in the state prison education program are saddened by, yet supportive of, a university refusal to renew contracts this year because of a mandatory drug testing requirement. NIU chose to end a decades-long program at Stateville and...

The NIU chapter of the University Professionals in Illinois union unanimously recommended to support the filing of a class action lawsuit against NIU concerning the grades given to students who illegally registered for spring 1988 classes using a fraudulent...

The Illinois Board of Higher Education will meet today to discuss the approval of fiscal year 1989 grant allocations, which include a $40,000 interinstitutional grant to a multi-university center located in Rockford. A grant of $60,000 was approved by...

This summer's drought, the worst since 1934, will cost farmers throughout DeKalb County an estimated $300 million said Dave Whitson, extension adviser of agriculture at the DeKalb County Farm Bureau Extension Office. Corn and soybeans, which make up 85...

The new state Department of Corrections' requirement for drug testing of prison instructors is necessary, said the director of an independent prison watchdog group. These urine tests are vital to curbing drug use in jail, said Mike Mahoney, head of the...

The computer lab in Graham Hall has been experiencing problems recently in its system due to the addition of networking at the latter part of the summer. However, efforts are being made to ensure the NIU computers will be ready for the NIU computer open...

To more effectively combat drug dealing in DeKalb County, Sheriff Roger Scott has requested $25,000 from the DeKalb County Board for an additional full-time narcotics investigator. The Safety and Law Enforcement Committee will discuss the proposal at...

WASHINGTON—I do not know what the "system" will do with Mary Francis Bergamsco, but I have a suggestion: Teach her a little about psycology and child-rearing, and send her home with her children. Bergamasco is in trouble, and in danger of losing her...

When about 26,000 students return to DeKalb for the fall semester, the community members learn to take the good with the bad. NIU's returning students have an overall positive impact on the city despite some increases in traffic and other police-related...

A faulty pizza oven bottom with holes in it set fire to cardboard boxes stored underneath it, causing the blaze that gutted Lukulo's Sandwiches and Pizza House, 1021 Hillcrest Drive, early Thursday morning. Lukulo's owner, Pete Matarangas, said he hopes...