The NIU colony of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity was disaffiliated by the national chapter's grand council Aug. 1. Mark Fite, general manager for Tau Kappa Epsilon's national chapter, said the Tekes were unable to meet a set of 16 requirements required...

A spontaneously-formed Student Association committee voted Sunday to allocate itself $8,500 in summer student fees for the purchase of a new computer system. The system was among almost $14,000 allocated for supplemental funding for student organizations....

You know who you are. You're the ones who get up at 9 a.m. on Saturday mornings to watch him cavort with his inanimate friends. You amaze your acquaintances with your seemingly unending impersonations of him. You hang pictures of his bow-tie clad frame...

It's a good thing the four members of the Indigos decided to take up music in Chicago instead of politics - their honesty surely would have cut their political careers short by now. Union Station, the debut album by this two-and-a-half year old band,...

NIU student Mike Neylon, who was appointed Sixth Ward alderman July 29, brings a broad background and knowledge of the area to the position, DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow said. "Neylon is a well-rounded person. He will be able to deal with those decisions...

A no-smoking policy, that would expand DeKalb's existing ordinance by further restricting use of tobacco in the workplace, is under consideration by the DeKalb City Council. The council will discuss the proposal at its Aug. 8 meeting. "We have an ordinance...

While football may be considered a physical and contact sport, that concept may slowly be changing without anyone realizing. Due to lawsuits such as the one filed last April by former Huskie cornerback Charlie Jones Jr., football helmet company spokesmen...

Leo Olson, a former NIU journalism professor and DeKalb AgResearch communications director for 40 years, died July 25 in Kishwaukee Community Hospital at age 76. Olson was a part of the advertising team which developed the now world-famous DeKalb "winged...

Kris Brewbaker and Kathy Kobilsek are bored. Four nights a week they sit in stifling hot Anderson Hall watching 50 swimmers go through their paces. Meanwhile, NIU seniors Lonnea Herman and Kim Shackel are busy feeding hungry people at a local fast food...

NIU administrators are searching for alternate funding sources for development of the NIU Engineering and Research Park following Gov. James Thompson's veto of $75 million in capital development funds Monday. Tom Montiegel, NIU vice president for development...

Jorge Nieves, an admissions recruiter for NIU's CHANCE Program, resigned from his position last week apparently in protest of the firing of a colleague. Martha Palmer, a counselor in the CHANCE program, said that Nieves resigned in protest of the unfair...

The most visible evidence of the state's lack of support for higher education is the 90 faculty resignations NIU has received in the past year. "Illinois has a long way to go in giving assurance to (NIU's) faculty and staff that it supports education....