In an effort to increase revenue and to keep fee increases at a minimum, the Student Association Mass Transit Board has made a commitment to promote its service to the community. "Anything we can do to increase revenues will offset the increase of (student)...

NIU marketing Professor David Richard Rink entered a plea of not guilty at the pretrial for the charges of two counts of forgery. William Brady, Rink's defense attorney, also asked for a trial date to test the validity of the warrant used in acquiring...

A gathering of experts and concerned persons will take part in a panel discussion tomorrow in an effort to increase awareness about the problems of hunger and poverty. The third annual World Food Day Teleconference will be held at the Holmes Student Center...

Huskie fight song lyricist and former NIU men's swimming coach Francis Stroup recently was inducted into the North Texas State University Hall of Fame. At NTSU's Homecoming football game Saturday, Stroup was one of five members inducted into the hall,...

NIU student Lisa Taranto will vie for the Miss America Petite title in December after being crowned Miss Illinois Petite in September. The pageant, which was sponsored by the Casablanca Modeling Agency, consisted of 96 contestants. The contest has the...

More than 200 NIU students and DeKalb residents will participate in a 10K walk across campus on Sunday at 2 p.m. The annual Crop Walk, sponsored by Church World Services, is a nationwide effort to aid in the fight against hunger and poverty. The Crop...

Although DeKalb Fire Department paramedic Tim Hughes tried finding true love on "The Love Connection," his date turned out to be an "airhead," Hughes said. Hughes, 24, was featured on the daytime TV dating game Monday and Tuesday where he picked Kat,...

The NIU personnel office will be sponsoring a variety of workshops on Unity through Diversity, supervisory skills, personnel operations and personal development. Dates and locations of the workshops can be obtained from the personnel office. Personnel...

NIU has approached Equitable Insurance of America and informed the company of its interest in the land formerly occupied by the Wurlitzer piano company at 403 Gurler Road, said Mike Tozzi, Equitable sales vice president. Tom Montiegel, NIU vice president...

Pretrials begin today at the DeKalb County Courthouse for NIU marketing professor David Richard Rink, who was arrested and charged with two counts of fraud Sept. 1. NIU Legal Counselor George Shur said, "My understanding is that this hearing is to set...

Editor's note: This is the second of a three-part series on the possibility of NIU's receiving its own governing board. This part focuses on those who oppose such a move. If Sen. Patrick Welch, D-Peru, and Rep. John Countryman, R-DeKalb, are going to...

The sound of music once again will emanate from King Memorial Commons at noon Thursday in order to draw students to participate in a rally sponsored by the Student Committee On Political Action. The rally is part of the Student Association committee's...