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...

Michael Gonzales, associate professor of history at NIU, was recently selected as the interim director of the Center for Latino and Latin American Studies. "There was strong support for Gonzales from everyone. He is very well-respected and has good relations...

The Akron Zips' offensive linemen might still be seeing yellow handkerchiefs in their sleep. Crucial penalties, costly turnovers and NIU red-shirt freshman halfback Eugene Edmond were too much for the Zips to overcome Saturday night as the Huskie football...

DeKalb holds a support group for parents wishing to instruct their children in their homes, and an informal meeting for the parents will be held at the DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St., on Sept. 12 at 6:30 p.m. Tentative topics for the following (October)...

Holmes Student Center tower renovations will not begin at least until the spring due to approaching winter weather and the need for plan approval by the Board of Regents. Conrad Miller, assistant to the director of NIU's Physical Plant, said NIU will...

DeKalb area intersections were the scenes of more than 131 accidents in 1987, putting several on local "most dangerous" intersections lists. University Police Lt. Ron Williams said, "Most intersections on campus are city streets." He was unable to calculate...

NIU is one of about 140 universities nationwide to receive a two-year $69,000 federal grant as part of the first project funded by the United States government for secondary education to assist in substance abuse programs. Michael Haines, coordinator...

The NIU Faculty Assembly agreed to pass a resolution changing the decision-making process of summer-school funding at its Wednesday meeting. Gordon Dorn, undergraduate director of the NIU art department, called for the resolution, saying faculty should...