A new concept used in NIU's "Pizza Fest '87" should help to involve more DeKalb pizza establishments in the years to come, said Steve Pikturna, coordinator of the fest. Pikturna said in the past two years, the fests, sponsored by the Phi Sigma Epsilon...

As part of National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week, the Delta Theta Phi legal fraternity will sponsor a breathalizer test demonstration at 6:30 p.m. today in Swen Parson Rm. 170. Delta Theta Phi co-dean K. Patrick Yarbrough, said "two fraternity members...

More than $5 million the Illinois State Scholarship Commission collected from defaulted student loans cannot be used to help students pay the $150 tuition increase. Through a joint effort between the ISSC and the U.S. Department of Education (ED), the...

SPRINGFIELD—A bill that would give the Illinois State Scholarship Commission supplemental funding to offset the effect of the $150 tuition increase was held in committee yesterday and did not appear before the Illinois Senate. A spokesman for the senate...

The Black Student Union invited Maulana Karenga to speak Wednesday to the student body to encourage students to strive for excellence in academic studies despite racial intentions on campus. BSU President Pam Bozeman said, "The BSU invited him (Karenga)...

As legislators gather in Springfield today for the General Assembly Veto Session, students at NIU and campuses statewide will protest Gov. James Thompson's $53 million budget cut to higher education. One bill students originally hoped to lobby for today...

The importance of journalism to the NIU community will be the focus of a series of events scheduled this week by the journalism department. A reception for current and prospective journalism students will be held tonight at 8:30 in the Holmes Student...

The Company Dancers of NIU will step their way into the spotlight Thursday, Friday and Saturday in a production called "Lights, Camera ...Dance!" The show is choreographed by students who make up their own dance steps or find them in other classes, faculty...

Sycamore's 26th annual Pumpkin Fest kicks off the Halloween season today with entries for the pumpkin contest. "The Pumpkin Fest actually began 26 years ago when Wally Thurow put pumpkins on his lawn for the kids," Fest Committee President Mary Emmer...

An NIU alumnus is the playwright of "Bridgehouse," a romantic comedy mystery which premiered Friday at the Egyptian Theater showing the conflict of an engaged couple marrying for looks and not for love. Albert Reynolds, who earned his doctorate in education...

In a effort to encourage NIU alumni to contribute to the university, one couple has offered a $20,000 challenge donation for the annual fund program. James and Linda Mason, Geneva residents and NIU alumni, will match all new gifts, up to $20,000, from...

Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week will take on legal dimensions tonight at 6:30 p.m. when NIU Health Services and the Delta Theta Phi legal fraternity present a mock trial in Swen Parson, Rm. 170. Delta Theta Phi co-Dean K. Patrick Yarbrough said the...