NIU student Clark Cavish pleaded not guilty Tuesday at a preliminary hearing Monday for allegedly striking a student with his car during the Oct. 21 Day of Action rally. Duke Harris, assistant DeKalb County state's attorney, said Cavish, 22, 824 Greenbrier...

The completion of a Martin Luther King Jr. statue, which will stand in the Holmes Student Center, is pending approval by NIU's Martin Luther King Jr. Statue Committee. Eddie Williams, vice president of finance and planning, said art Professor Dave Bowers...

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP)—A judge jailed a 9-year-old boy for five days after his repeated scrapes with the law, releasing him after an attempt to teach him "there are consequences for his actions," authorities said Tuesday. Attorneys involved in the case...

The proposed smoking policy created by the Interior Facilities Environments Committee will go into effect June 1 if it is approved by NIU President John LaTourette. A survey conducted by the committee in November indicated a majority favored a smoking...

Through a "clerical" error, 55 students found their political science 100 class cancelled after add/drop lines had closed. J. Dixon Essecks, political science assistant director, said POLS 100 section 3 was supposed to be cancelled Dec. 3 along with sections...

An Iowa judge granted the motion to dismiss the case against NIU men's basketball player John Culbertson. Judge Steven Van Marel ruled in Culbertson's favor because "the state of Iowa didn't file trial information within the statute of limitations (three...

With accomplishments reaching to the faraway cities of London and Tokyo, the NIU Press has published more than 125 works since its creation in 1965. Two foreign offices in England and Japan generate sales of books published by the press. Published works...

DeKalb has spent more than one-half of its budgeted funds for snow removal, but officials are not concerned about a deficit. DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow said at least $85,000 of snow-removal funds have been spent so far, and DeKalb has received two-thirds...

Seventeen students are running in the Student Association senate elections Thursday, in which one on-campus position and five off-campus positions will be decided. There are three students running for on-campus positions. Risa Newman said students need...

A senior staff writer and columnist for Playboy magazine will be on campus tonight to present a lecture and discussion on love, sex and relationships. James Petersen, author of "The Playboy Advisor" column for nearly 15 years, will lecture about his experiences...

NIU service organization Circle K will be introducing new members to the club as well as entertaining the elderly by holding a "puppy day" at the Pine Acres Retirement Center Saturday. Circle K is a not-for-profit organization interested in raising money...

The Student Association Finance Committee will meet tonight to begin budgeting for Fiscal Year 1988-89. Committee Chairman Todd Lipscomb, also the SA treasurer, said budgets from the SA Recycling Center, the Gay/Lesbian Union, BROTHERS and the Northern...