"Play It Safe...Plan Your Escape!" is the theme for Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 5-9, said DeKalb Fire Chief Alan Berg. Berg said planning a way of escape now, before the fire, is essential because by the time the smoke alarm sounds, it is too late to stand...

While the rest of campus was sleeping in late and/or recovering from Friday night's festivities, about 104 NIU students were gathering in front of Stevenson Towers South early Saturday morning. Some were there to help pay for their education. Others were...

Faculty salaries, plans to offer a graduate degree off-campus, a synopsis of Illinois public universities and a review of Gov. James Thompson's stance on different legislation will top the agenda of items affecting NIU at the Illinois Board of Higher...

The Black Greek Council participated in the Greek Scholarship Awards Presentation Thursday for the first time as NIU fraternities and sororities were recognized for outstanding achievements. BGC adviser Martha Palmer said the BGC does "want to cooperate...

Bacteria which water department officials say is not harmful has been found in samples of water taken from two DeKalb homes this summer. Water Superintendent Gerry Bever said the bacteria found is not harmful and is "not unusual for water supplies." He...

NIU's on-campus residents competed in a variety of activities for Unity Through Diversity Week including a hall decorating contest and sporting events. Lincoln Hall received the most points throughout the week and was the overall winner in the Residence...

Kishwaukee Community Hospital's fundraising club will kick off its annual drive this Thursday at 6 p.m. with a meeting of local volunteers. The club is seeking 700 members this year, said Dr. Robert Skabo, the drive's membership chairman. Skabo said membership...

The Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra, including some NIU students, opened its 10th season Sunday with "An Afternoon of Pops" at the Egyptian Theater. Conductor Arthur Montzka said the orchestra includes residents of DeKalb and non-music majors at NIU. "The...

As tradition calls, "Homecoming Hoedown ‘87" is rounding up a court of royalty. This year 31 students were nominated to represent their own organizations in the traditional homecoming court. From the 31 nominees, a panel of judges narrowed the field...

Cosette Kies, chairwoman of library and information studies at NIU, recently published "Supernatural Fiction for Teens, 500 Good Paperbacks to Read for Wonderment, Fear and Fun". The book, published by Libraries Unlimited, is a bibliography of fiction...

NIU and its traditions have come a long way since its very beginnings in the late 1800s. At its unofficial birth in 1903, Homecoming consisted of nothing more than an alumni meeting, banquet and varsity football game between the varsity football team...

The Student Association senate Sunday discussed the possibility of entering a Huskie Bus in the NIU Homecoming Parade and continued with "beginning of the year" committee nominations and approvals. SA senators and staff are making plans to decorate and...