If today is Wednesday, this must be Springfield. That's the kind of fortnight it's been for NIU men's basketball coach Jim Rosborough and his staff, who have spent the past two weeks driving back and forth across Illinois and other parts of the Midwest...

For the third time in a month, Commonwealth Edison reached all-time record level demands for electricity in Northern Illinois. On July 15, customer demand peaked at 16,211,000 kilowatts, a figure that Mario Fontana, Com Ed DeKalb district manager, said...

A $3 million shortfall in revenue might raise NIU tuition as much as $300 per year if the Board of Regents adopts an increase plan designed to meet the rising cost of university operations. The increase, which would take effect in January 1989, would...

No matter which direction he faces, trouble seems to plague Leroy Mitchell's efforts to guide his flocks to security and stability. Whether he turns to his flock of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church members or to his flock of CHANCE students, controversy...

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....

The city ratified an arbitrator's decision on July 11 awarding DeKalb firefighters a 4.5 percent pay increase, retroactive July 1, 1987. The award will cost the city about $35,000 more than the amount the city had offered, said DeKalb City Manager Mark...

DeKalb must reduce sales tax receipts within various districts from 40 percent to 25 percent of total sales tax received, as a result of an amended Tax Increment Finance law. The law will reduce short-term and long-term state sales taxes cities can receive...

"The administration didn't want us there in the first place. We've been threatened with moving for the past 10 years." That is how Carl Hayano, graduate director of the NIU art department, summed up plans to move graduate art students from their current...