Applications for the 6th Ward alderman position will be accepted by DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow through June 30. Sparrow said he hopes to appoint someone by August 1 to fill the vacancy opened by Alderman Steve Brody's resignation. Applicants must be registered...

Heavy drinking by students at NIU is greater than at the average American college, according to a drug and alcohol survey conducted last fall by the NIU's Health Enhancement Office. Of 484 NIU students responding to the survey, 60 percent were heavy drinkers...

"We have a singles' group dance at Matthew Boone's (Restaurant and Lounge, 122 S. First St.) on the second and fourth Sunday of each month," group coordinator Carollyn Mapes said. The next dance will be held June 26, at 8 p.m. with a 1950s and ‘60s...

If a committee of the Board of Regents this week gives its expected approval of plans for the Holmes Student Center tower's renovation, students will see a tower off-white in color with a square, enclosed roof section by mid-February of next year. Although...

The DeKalb City Council tonight will consider a proposal to fund 10 school crossing guards for the 1988-89 school year at a $41,000 cost to the city. City Manager Mark Stevens said he had originally anticipated to help fund six crossing guards. He said...

With end-of-the-semester projects due and finals just around the corner, some students' anxieties have increased while other students are as cool as a windy day in DeKalb. Allen Owens, Counseling and Student Development Center psychologist, said, "It's...

The Student Association Senate passed a resolution Sunday against comments made by DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow about student actions during the April 13 Day of Action II. Sparrow said during an telephone interview April 17, "NIU is a college of demand,"...

An Arlington Heights resident was arrested and charged with improper lane usage after the car she was driving crashed into a window at Illini Tire of DeKalb, 1031 W. Lincoln Hwy. DeKalb Police report the car driven by Teresa McGrath, 31, 722 E. Golf Rd.,...

Two NIU reseachers discussed on a Chicago television series Sunday the attitudes of junior high and high school students toward math and science and how these attitudes affect job opportunities. Steve Franklin of the Office of Public Information said...

Students, faculty and staff will have a chance to meet the four candidates selected for the vice president for business and operations position when the applicants begin campus interviews this week. The four applicants for the position will begin interviews...

NIU students graduating in 1988 can get a sneak preview of what kind of salaries they might be bringing home by looking in The Jobs Related Almanac which comes out in May. The 352-page book, edited by Les Krantz, lists average annual salaries for graduates...

SPRINGFIELD—NIU officials raised concerns at a Board of Regents meeting Thursday that too many prospective students are kept out of the university. "I'm afraid that NIU is becoming an elitist school," NIU President John LaTourette said. "Because of...