In a close vote, the Student Association Senate rejected President Jim Fischer's nomination of Tom Rainey to sit on the University Committee on Reserve Officer Training Corps. Fischer said the committee's purpose is to advise and develop policies for...

Illinois Circuit Court Judge Carole Bellows said in a lecture Friday she is pleased with the increasing number of females entering the law profession. Speaking to a group of about 25 students, Bellows said about 40 to 50 percent of the law school population...

One of the most difficult things for a journalist to do is admit being wrong. Writing a retraction or a correction always carries with it the red face of embarrassment and the empty feeling of having messed up. On occasion, I made references to the John...

Day of Action II, in its beginning planning stages, will pressure the General Assembly at the spring legislative session to roll back the $150 tuition increase. Illinois Student Association directors unanimously agreed at Saturday's meeting to plan Day...

Reverend Fred Morris, who lives in Costa Rica, Central America, spoke to an audience of about 35 DeKalb residents Sunday on the recent Nobel Peace Prize winning Arias Peace Plan. Morris is a Methodist Minister from the United States. He said he speaks...

You know there's been some excitement when a game is decided after it's over. But that's how it ended Saturday before 7,325 fans at Huskie Stadium. The NIU football team's 21-20 loss to Cal State-Fullerton was not finalized until Keith Hurley was forced...

Improving the substance and image of NIU's Center for Southeast Asian Studies is the goal of its first full-time director. Michael Aung-Thwin, former assistant professor of Asian history at Elmira College, Elmira, N.Y., said although the center is one...

Another campaign to organize faculty in an attempt to determine if a union will become the collective bargaining agent for NIU professors will begin today. Richard Beard, of NIU University Professionals of Illinois (UPI), said the organizational meeting,...

DeKalb-area children will be treated to Halloween games and candy at the DeKalb County Youth Service Bureau's annual Halloween costume party Friday night from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. YSB youth counselor Marie Kaemmerlen said the party is open to children from...

"The university system has no intention of rolling back tuition in the spring with or without a tax increase. We need to do it for them," Illinois Student Association President David Starrett said to NIU Student Association senators Sunday. Starrett visited...

DeKalb Police are looking for two males in connection with an armed robbery Thursday night on the 800 block of Edgebrook Drive. Police said two suspects struck a pizza delivery man with a jack handle and took the pizzas the man was delivering to an apartment...

Even if you are in your fourth year here at NIU, you were still just a high school senior the last time the Huskies met California State-Fullerton. It has been nearly four full years since the Huskies beat the Titans 20-13 in California Bowl III. With...