campus editor A group of demonstrators calling themselves "Students For America" gathered in the Martin Luther King Memorial Commons Wednesday night to protest the John Lennon Society. NIU history instructor and graduate student Michael Hickey said he...

In response to Mike Murvihill's letter about Star Wars (Feb. 9), I would first like to say I find it hard to believe we could build the whole Star Wars system for $30 billion to $60 billion when we have just recently spent $26 billion on Star Wars research...

Broken windows and pried open cash registers were the trademarks of four burglaries to West Lincoln Highway businesses late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning. DeKalb Police Detective Jim Kayes said the burglaries were probably all committed by...

NIU Students will have to pay an additional $16.32 in fees if Thursday's recommendations to the President's Fee Study Committee are approved. The recommended increases in four fees totaling $16.32 per semester will be sent to NIU President John LaTourette...

Cooking and reading sound like simple tasks to NIU students, but many handicapped students need help, which they can receive through NIU's Services for Handicapped Students. "Students can go around in a wheelchair, as a game, knowing they can get up or...

Commonwealth Edison's Byron Nuclear station was given the go-ahead to operate at full power Jan. 30, although an environmental group claims widespread safety and procedural violations existed at the plant. The Sinnissippi Alliance for the Environment,...

The NIU women's athletic program officially gained membership to the North Star Conference Wednesday after the Athletic Board voted to accept a formal invitation from the league. As a result, NIU will join Notre Dame, DePaul, Marquette, Dayton and Valparaiso...

epresentatives from junior colleges and universities from all areas of the state attempted to formulate solutions to student drug abuse last week at a conference on illegal drugs. The two-day conference, held at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana...

The Corn Fest Committee, celebrating its 10th anniversary and DeKalb County's 150th birthday, is having a logo contest open to all artists high-school age and older. olf Langehaug, DeKalb High School art teacher, is a member of the Corn Fest Committee....

The Rev. Jesse Jackson will be at NIU Saturday to discuss issues related to Black History Month and his views on world peace. Jackson, who ran against Walter Mondale in the 1984 Democratic presidential primary elections, is the founder of People United...

More than $17,800 was approved Sunday for four organizations' 1987-88 budget requests by the Student Association senate. A majority of the Residence Hall Association's $14,924.40 budget was approved for events related to Black History Month and for various...

A proposed $6 increase in student athletic fees could wipe out the athletic department's $370,000 deficit within the next two fiscal years. The proposed increase was discussed but not approved at Thursday's President's Fee Study Committee meeting. A decision...