An NIU sophomore and a DeKalb resident were killed in a car accident Saturday morning in a southwest Chicago suburb after the car struck a guardrail and spun several times in the air. Douglas Peterson, 20, 846 Stevenson Towers South, and Paul Oosterbaan,...

NIU will be visited next weekend by about 30 youths who have dropped out of school and their retired teachers as part of a special university project in Chicago's South Side Engelwood neighborhood. The youths, aged 16 to 20, either have completed or still...

The provost's relationship with the faculty and the university president was the main topic of discussion at an open forum Friday for provost candidate John Gruber. Although Gruber said he did not know much about this relationship at NIU, he said the...

The bronzed bodies. The scantily-clothed men and women. The crowd whistling and chanting as the lights dimmed. No, it is not a description of spring break in Florida. It is a description of the Sixth Annual Mr. NIU and Second Annual Ms. NIU 1987 Body...

Students will be able to celebrate springtime in DeKalb this week by participating in the activities of Spring Fest '87. A Second City touring group will kick off the week by holding an improvisation workshop from noon until 2 p.m. in Martin Luther King...

In order to improve the early experience of young children, an early childhood studies program might be jointly developed by the department of human and family resources and the department of curriculum and instruction. The proposed program, which would...

Three faculty members from NIU's journalism, mathematical science and special education departments have been honored as this year's winners of the Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Awards. Of the 14 nominees, Donald Brod, Elliott Lessen and Peter...

Two DeKalb residents, one an NIU student, competed with students across the nation to win research grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities Grant. Noel Milan, NEH spokesman, said only 19 percent of all the applicants won the award. He said...

A plan to come up with long-term solutions to NIU's parking problem will be discussed this summer, with the possible addition of up to 1,100 parking spaces sometime in the future. Campus Parking Committee member Anthony Lorusso said Lot P, west of Stevenson...

NIU junior Paul McDowell has been awarded a $2,200 grant for a French research proposal by the National Endowment for the Humanities. McDowell, a French major, received NEH funding for a proposal titled, "Comedic Elements of Moliere: 300 Years of Fresh...

NIU senior visual communication students are competing in a hypothetical contest to re-design packages of Quaker Oats instant oatmeal. Students are entering the Edward M. Wallner Competition for Excellence in Graphic Design which is sponsored by Wallner,...

Free performances by local bands, singers, poets and speakers will highlight the second annual Peace in the Park festival scheduled for Saturday, April 25, from noon to 6 p.m. in DeKalb's Hopkins Park. The NIU/DeKalb County Freeze Campaign will be hosting...