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...

NIU President John LaTourette will be a guest on WLBK's call-in show, "Party line", on Friday. WLBK News Director Mike McPhillips said the show's host will ask LaTourette questions for the first 25 to 30 minutes of the show and the remaining minutes are...

Although students may not have to pay more for bus service next year, the fee might be increased about $5 per academic year for fiscal years 1990 and 1991. The Student Association Mass Transit Board approved a budget recommendation Monday which includes...

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 2,100 teenage traffic deaths in 1985 has prompted more than 75 DeKalb High School students to inform others about the dangers of drinking and driving. The DeKalb chapter of Students Against Driving Drunk (SADD) informs students about alcohol-related...

Anyone out there ever read "Slaughterhouse Five" or listen to the Beatles? You know that they were once banned, burned or just generally condemned along with a score of other materials now widely accepted. It seems like NIU is facing a similar situation...

There are some topics which evoke concern by their very mention. Sexual harassment is one such problem difficult to combat because people have trouble even discussing it. Fortunately, at NIU steps are being taken to correct this. A new policy concerning...