Mr. Clifford Luxion, business development manager for Wil-Freds Construction Company of Naperville, Ill., will lead a discussion entitled "Future Shock—The Future of World Economics" at 7 p.m. Thursday in room 156 of the Psychology-Math building. The...

Thanks to the legislature's passing of an Illinois state income tax increase, NIU faculty and staff will begin to see their paychecks increase. This means faculty and staff will finally get what they've been waiting for and what they certainly deserve....

Martha Palmer, a former NIU CHANCE program counselor, is directing a program to bring relief to public aid recipients living on Chicago's West Side. Palmer, whose unrenewed NIU contract spurred cries of racism last December, is now employed by Bethel...

This year, once again, Cornfest will be held without the great rock and roll sound of one of DeKalb's best bands, the Shades. Why? Because the quasi-intellectuals at WDEK (a station noted for its sophisticated blend of everything from Debbie Gibson to...

Things are changing in Poland. At least that is what the public is being led to believe after parliamentary elections and gradual reforms seem to be slowly thawing the communist grip on an economically ravaged country. A government headed by party boss...

The NIU School of Art and School of Music with the Emergence Dance Theatre will premiere a dance for the Chicago Repertory Dance Ensemble's prestigious New Dances '89. The work will premiere with seven other dances in concerts scheduled for 8 p.m. Friday...

I cannot help but be astonished by the insensitive, looking down-the-nose stereotypes that oozed from the pen of Greg Rivara onto the pages of The Northern Star on June 28. Without further ado I ask why in the name of Leslie Holmes' de-clad tower does...

Gerrie Hayward, DeKalb County Animal Welfare League president, advises anyone thinking of bringing a new pet home to consider these points: Don't bring a pet home until you are certain you have enough time to take care of it. Students juggling school,...

Now that the approval of $10.4 million for a DeKalb County civic center is virtually certain, area residents can look forward to the opening of this long-awaited and much-needed local resource. Members of the DeKalb County Exposition Authority Board have...

As one of the more outspoken critics the past three years of the growing lag in state spending for public higher education in Illinois, I would like now to publicly and sincerely thank those Illinois legislators who voted responsibly last Friday to help...

The words of praise given by Northern's Athletic Director to his former associate are insults to the intelligence of those within the NIU community who are familiar with the "engaging personality, administrative skills, enthusiasm" and motives for resignation...

The preliminary hearing for Vivian Hammoud, who was fired by NIU for inconsistencies in her credentials, was held June 26. Hammoud was hired as NIU's affirmative action assistant director Jan. 4 only to be officially terminated on April 5. After receiving...