The $1,995,000 budgeted by the Board of Regents for the Holmes Student Center Tower renovation is not enough to cover bids submitted by contractors July 7. The Northern Star has learned that bids for the project came in at more than $3 million, $1 million...

A DeKalb police officer recently attended a "Vehicular Homicide/Driving While Intoxicated Conference" at the Northwestern University Traffic Institute. The four-day conference attended by Officer Donald Gladden, held June 26 through 30, focused on vehicular...

NIU soccer coach Willy Roy hauled in an impressive freshmen class with his first try at the college recruiting game. National Letters of Intent were signed by forward John Lechner of Waukegan West, forward Frank Sparacino of Elk Grove, defender John Kelly...

The latest offering from the "male model of pop," Robert Palmer, is an anomalous work that attempts to encompass every conceivable form of contemporary music. But while Palmer experiments a great deal with styles on Heavy Nova, there's basically only...

Some NIU students might be involved with the new engineering and research park, but as employees rather than students. NIU has started efforts to obtain tenants to rent space in the park located about four miles south of NIU at the former Wurlitzer Piano...

Pizza, beer and other fast foods are popular among NIU students, who spend twice the per capita average for these goods. But sales taxes from pizza and beer don't bring the city of DeKalb much money. "Is pizza and beer sales tax the same as tax from buying...

Purchases of albums, alcohol, fast foods, clothing and supplies generate money within the economy of DeKalb County. Students spend an estimated $4,000 apiece in the county each academic year. The statistics come from a report titled, "The Economic Impact...

After a screening process an associate athletic director is named. It is mentioned in the article in the Star that the candidate met the screening committee's criteria. What the candidate does have is an association with our athletic director dating back...

Gay/Lesbian Union members are protesting the breakup of the union's annual Corn County Picnic by Elburn Police and the Kane County Sheriff's Police last weekend after an Elburn park ranger discovered illegal alcohol at the gathering. No arrests were made,...

The Aurora Area Blood Bank will hold a blood drive July 26 at the Student Recreation Center and July 27 at the Holmes Student Center Illinois Room. The blood drive is sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs and will last from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m....

Complaints about pornographic materials found in area businesses prompted an investigation by the State's Attorney's office that will focus on sexually explicit materials depicting children. "Any borderline materials, I will not challenge," said Philip...

Charlie Jones, a former Huskie football player injured during a 1985 practice, filed a second lawsuit in his home state of Michigan against former NIU men's athletic director Robert Brigham and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Jones,...