The Campus Activities Board concert committee welcomes Boston rock ‘n' roll band "Scruffy the Cat" to Diversions tonight. The four-member band is part of the "big explosion of bands coming out of Boston now," said Gerald Joyce, concert committee member....

Fraternities and sororities will join other student organizations in events leading up to and including the statewide Day of Action, a response to NIU's $3.3 million budget reduction. The Student Committee on Political Action (SCOPA) is organizing those...

Universities statewide saw fall enrollment increases, resulting in major re-adjustments for some. Eastern Illinois University experienced a 139 on-campus student increase from last year, jumping enrollment to 10,121. Dr. Samuel Taber, dean of student...

Administrators, faculty and legislators attended a reception Wednesday held for author Jacqueline Fleming, the legislative black caucus and two Board of Regents members as part of Unity Through Diversity Week. Fleming, who spoke Wednesday night on the...

Andy Golletz, a senior economics major, won the Sixth Annual National Collegiate Driving Championship Friday and will compete in a national competition in Daytona, Fla. next year. The competition, which was sponsored by Dodge, was held Thursday and Friday...

NIU President John LaTourette said Wednesday the $150 tuition increase for the spring semester will cover only about $2.5 million of the recent budget cuts. LaTourette answered questions from Operating Staff Council President Diana Strink at an OSC open...

It is less than 24 hours after an exasperating weekend for the NIU soccer team, but coach Willy Roy is all smiles. But that is nothing unusual for Roy, who finds time for a joke anytime, anywhere. Freshman and son Willy Roy Jr. says the humor is just...

Every Little Leaguer's dream is to become a professional baseball player—to play in the big leagues. That dream continues with a player into his high school days, then into college. But most players' dreams end before reaching high school. Steve Adkins...

Amendments to the city's sales tax ordinance and an ordinance to ban parking on two streets near NIU were approved last night by the DeKalb City Council. The changes in the sales tax ordinance will change the penalties imposed for retailers who fail to...

After bringing back a win from Western Michigan a week ago, NIU football boss Jerry Pettibone received a victory apple from wily soccer coach Willy Roy at the weekly Huskie Club luncheon. Monday found Pettibone expressing mock disappointment when Roy...

Support for faculty research, training and creative projects has increased about 18 percent for the 1987 fiscal year since FY86. Director for Sponsored Projects Linda Schwarz said during the last fiscal year $9.71 million for 363 grants and contracts...

Author Lou Turner said Monday's rally against racism, held at King Memorial Commons, was a test for NIU students. "It's obvious racism hasn't gone away, and neither should the opposition to racism," Turner said. The rally, organized by the John Lennon...