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...

The American Legislative Exchange Council recently named NIU Regency Professor of Public Administration William Monat as an adviser to a state legislative task force. Monat serves as academic adviser to ALEC's task force on legislative procedures and...

Gov. James Thompson signed a new handicapped parking law on Sept. 17. The new statute will require all handicapped parking spaces to be widened to 16 feet and to be posted with signs designating their reserved status. At last, someone had the good sense...

While senators in Washington consider the nomination of Judge Robert Bork, two scholars at NIU's College of Law evaluated the Supreme Court nominee's record on important legal issues. College of Law Dean Leonard Strickman, who had Bork for an anti-trust...

The NIU men's tennis team will try to keep its undefeated record intact when it travels to Nielson Tennis Stadium in Madison, Wis., Saturday. The Huskies, who have a 5-0 dual-meet record, have overcome the injuries from last weekend, and will enter the...

Huskie Stadium will be the arena for the NIU High School Band Championship Saturday to be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. NIU Marching Band Director Frank Bibb said area high schools from classes AA through D will be in the competition. The eight judges will...

The NIU women's field hockey team will travel to SIU-Carbondale today to encounter its first match in a four-game weekend. "Although Southern is 0-9, they are not the kind of team to overlook," coach Laurie Bell said. "We're used to a much faster game...

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...

Calling it "one of the best drunk driving packages we've ever come up with," Representative John Countryman, R-DeKalb, Thursday praised legislation recently signed by Gov. James Thompson. The legislation, which increases penalties for repeat drunk drivers,...

Phi Kappa Phi, the highest honorary society at NIU, has named famed NIU students as Jack Villmow Scholars for 1987-88. The scholarship program, in its sixth year, honors seniors from among those inducted into the PKP society their junior year. "NIU juniors...