A DeKalb alderman boycotted the Cornfest and publicized this action on WBBM radio because he was angered that the DeKalb City Council did not vote on his resolution honoring the achievements of a deceased Polish-American celebrity. Seventh Ward Alderman...

The NIU Faculty Assembly will meet Wednesday at 3 p.m. to submit annual reports and begin nominating members to several faculty committees. Some of the committees that will receive new members will be the Judicial Advisory Board, the Advisory Committee...

DeKalb County Clerk Terry Desmond said students should not forget the Oct. 3 voter registration deadline for fall elections. "It's not too late for students to register to vote or apply for an absentee ballot for the Nov. 8 General Election," Desmond...

Fall is the most dangerous time of the year for vehicle/deer accidents, and motorists traveling in wooded or field-covered areas should be especially aware of this problem, DeKalb County Sheriff Roger Scott said. In DeKalb County alone, 15 percent of...

There now is only about a 30 percent chance NIU will be able to purchase the former Wurlitzer Corp. property on Gurler Road because of a lack of capital development bond funds, said Thomas Montiegel, NIU vice president of development and university relations....

About 460 NI Guides assisted students in moving into their residence hall rooms last Wednesday through Sunday. It was just one of the services offered to new students by NIU during the Tenth Annual New Student Welcome Days. A five-day schedule of activities...

Tragedy marred the first day of the fall semester when an 18-year-old NIU student was fatally injured in a two-car accident Monday. Dead is Kristine Conn, 15606 Lorel Ave., Oak Forest, Ill. Conn, who resided at 295 Douglas Hall, was a passenger in a car...

NIU faculty will receive an 8.5 percent salary increase this year, 75 percent of which is based on performance and 25 percent across the board. NIU President John LaTourette said the Board of Regents passed a salary increase for those faculty members...

A no-smoking ordinance effective Sept. 1 which will strengthen the existing policy was approved after brief debate by the DeKalb City Council Aug. 22. In a 5 to 1 vote, the council passed the policy after voting to delete a section regulating private...

Holmes Student Center Bookstore Director Stanley Shedaker will leave NIU on September 16 to take a job as a marketing developer for Missouri Book Services. Shedaker, whose last few months at NIU were fraught with controversy over the allegedly racially-induced...

The Board of Regents Executive Committee held a telephone conference call meeting Aug. 18 mainly to discuss personnel transactions at Illinois State University and NIU. Regents Chancellor Roderick Groves said the meeting was of routine character. He said...