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...

The lack of floats entered in NIU's 80th Homecoming Parade has caused a great deal of controversy. ob Arrington, vice president of programming for RHA, said, "The Residence Hall Association (RHA) has been the only entrant thus far, and it is doubtful...

NIU will have to pay back 10 percent annually of the revenue bonds the university is using to pay for construction of a parking lot south of Founders Memorial Library, said Jim Harder, vice president for business and operations. The 10 percent will have...

An a cappella song about bulimia is just one of the selections in the repertoire of the three woman band "Betty," which will be performing a noon concert this Homecoming Week in the King Memorial Commons. "Betty," a Washington D.C. band, who has dubbed...

Preliminary studies of the damage on the top of the Holmes Student Center have revealed the possibility that the entire building might have to be resurfaced, NIU Physical Plant Director John Harrod said. Although NIU engineers originally planned to complete...

A fatal accident Sunday morning at the intersection of Lincoln Highway and Annie Glidden Road injured three NIU students, one of whom later died at St. Anthonys Hospital in Rockford. Ann Smith, driver of one of the cars, and Eric Johnson, a passenger,...

Copies of a draft of NIU's new constitution and bylaws will be sent to various university constituents this week. The move will draw the university one step closer to adopting the new document. The drafts, with the proposed changes, will be sent to such...

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...

Student Association President Jim Fischer and Jon Dalton, vice president for student affairs, played the roles of handicapped individuals yesterday to raise awareness as a part of Unity Through Diversity Week. Equipped in a wheelchair, Fischer traveled...