A female Lincoln Hall resident had a violent reaction Thursday night after coming back from a party on another floor, and, according to a close friend, acted like she had been drugged. The student, who was taken to Kishwaukee Community Hospital by a DeKalb...

NIU's first Presidential Awards Convocation will honor about 150 undergraduate merit scholarship recipients tomorrow. The assembly will be held in the Sandburg Auditorium in the Holmes Student Center at 3 p.m. A reception of punch and cookies for the...

Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority is helping to "make a child smile" with their annual Balloon Ascension Contest during this year's Homecoming football game, Oct. 10. About 35 Tri-Sigma women will release balloons from Huskie Stadium during the National Anthem....

The NIU Wind Ensemble will perform its first concert tonight in the newly renovated Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, located in the Music Building. The concert will be directed by NIU Wind Ensemble Conductor Stephen Squires and will feature NIU music Professor...

"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...

A well-traveled art lecturer from England will give a speech and slide presentation on metalworking and jewlery tonight. Susan Fortune is a senior lecturer at the City of London Polytechnic. NIU art Professor Lee Peck said Fortune is noted in the fields...

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...