The Ellwood House Museum in DeKalb will hold a three-day open house to celebrate the Christmas holiday. "Christmas Around the World" is the theme for this year's annual open house which runs Dec. 4-6 from 1 to 5 p.m. ooms in the Ellwood Mansion, 509 N....

Students and faculty members will tackle the topic of whether NIU's minority organizations contribute to or help solve the problems of racism in a forum tonight in the Holmes Student Center Diversions room. The Student Association minority relations committee...

From Swan Lake to nuclear war protesting, the NIU theatre dance department will cover it all Thursday night at the premiere of the annual fall dance concert. The concert will feature members of NIU's theatre dance department performing in five distinctly...

In order to obtain community input about the future development of the university, NIU President John LaTourette has appointed fifteen regional senior corporate executives, including seven NIU alumni, to a president's advisory council. Tom Montiegel,...

The holiday season brings a time for sharing and that is what some NIU student organizations are encouraging as they sponsor food drives for the Salvation Army food pantry. The Public Relations Student Society of America is sponsoring a food drive through...

Combining water and the human body is the focus of "Aqueous Myths," a series of photographs by Suda House on display in the Photospace of the Swen Parson Gallery. House, a San Diego photographer, depicts the human-water relationship illustrating several...

A shortage of physical education teachers for the handicapped has been proven by a needs assessment survey. More than 150 of these teachers, called adapted physical education teachers, are needed in Illinois special education programs according to the...

Celebrating its sixteenth year of existence, the Students' Legal Assistance, located in the lower level of the Holmes Student Center, still is unknown by some NIU students, Director Donald Henderson said. Although the SLA's two lawyers make more than...

The DeKalb County Animal Control office, aided by the University Police, caught a stray dog last week which had been loose on campus for two years and had bitten four people. University Police Lt. Ken Kaiser said he received a report Nov. 22 of an individual...

The Aurora Area Blood Bank broke their one-day record for the most donors at the Sigma Nu sponsored blood drive Nov. 23. About 161 donors gave blood in the Illinois Room at the Holmes Student Center, Sigma Nu Vice President Steve Serpico said. There were...

The Duke Ellington Ballroom will become "a lord and lady's 16th-century manor" Dec. 3-5, as the School of Music holds its 24th annual Madrigal Dinners. The ballroom will be decorated in 16th-century style for the dinners, which will feature madrigal singing...

Students no longer will be able to park in central and east parking areas if the university gets the go-ahead to construct about 1,200 additional parking spaces. Central and east campus parking areas will be changed to accommodate primarily faculty, staff...