An eight-hour dance-a-thon fundraiser Saturday was a success, raising between $1,200 and $2,000 for the Jennifer Ettema Scholarship Fund. Ettema, a senior communications major, died of Marfan's disease one week before this semester started. Her one goal...

If the high-and-mighty Editorial Board had bothered to discuss the matter of the SCOPA name change to SPEAC with some of the members of IAC, it would have discovered some important information. This information would have included the fact that we spent...

A class action lawsuit against NIU is on hold pending the outcome of a University Council committee's analysis of grades issued to students who illegally registered for spring 1988 classes using a fraudulent "REG" stamp. Charles Larson, a communications...

A spokesman for the DeKalb County Coroner's office said an autopsy revealed a man found dead Sunday underneath a railroad bridge in DeKalb died of internal injuries. Further details into the cause of death will not be known until a toxology report is...

Experiencing a few extra "minor" problems with your vehicle lately? For example, does Ole Beater start only on calendar days that are prime numbers? Are you starting to keep track of miles per quart rather than miles per gallon? Do friends suggest you...

Let me go on record as saying the John Lennon Society is an asset to the NIU campus as a WHOLE. The JLS led the total campus population when racism appeared in the form of a blatant flyer on campus. The JLS has demonstrated that they have done research...

Hey, is CHANCE counselor Martha Palmer in jail? I'm not sure, but there is a group of students who call themselves the "Students for the Freedom of Martha Palmer." What is she behind bars or in chains or something. I don't get it...the "freedom" of Palmer?...

Student Association Sen. Bill Kraemer, who was nearly impeached Nov. 20, said Senate Speaker Joe Annunzio plans to impeach about seven or eight senators before Christmas vacation. Kraemer, who the senate failed to impeach by one vote, said Annunzio is...

Thanksgiving at Jeff's What did the Monday columnist do for Thanksgiving? Allow me to take you on a little journey into...Thanksgiving at my house. Picture yourself fast asleep in your bed at home. (Assuming your parents didn't rent it out when you left.)...

Once again, NIU has made news in the Midwest about racial tensions on campus, but apparently university officials have forgotten that in the United States one is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Sigma Chi fraternity was suspended for the acts of...

University Police Captain James Webster was quoted in a recent article criticizing the security phone system proposed for NIU. He apparently was unaware of the facts regarding the system. The security phone system proposed by the SA Welfare Committee...

I am outraged about the parking situation here at NIU. Last semester, parking stickers were $9, so why did the price increase to $30? What is NIU trying to pull on its students? And also, there is a problem with finding parking spaces on campus. Students...