"Tango and Cash" is a hopelessly inept action film that is filled with mind numbing violence. The film is not quite bad enough to laugh at, but it's not good enough to be worthwhile. "Tango and Cash" a is police buddy film in the tradition of "Lethal...

Illinois' higher education system must recover from more than a decade of inadequete funding, making it difficult for the Board of Regents to endorse a proposed tuition freeze. "All public universities, especially the regency system, were confronted with...

Illiteracy. Congratulations—you've passed the first test. By reading the previous two phrases, you've already distinguished yourself in American society and its work force. Frightening as it sounds, over 2 million adults in Illinois alone cannot read,...

When looking for a job, remember at least two things: working abroad is always a possibility and the NIU Career Planning and Placement Center has information to help. The career planning and placement program provides free information for students and...

Some NIU students and faculty are happy but wary about the recent legalization of the African National Congress and Nelson Mandela's possible release from prison. South African President F.W. de Klerk announced Friday the African National Congress would...

Editor's note: This is the first in a three-part series examining financial aid opportunities at NIU. Today's article looks at low-interest loans. Paying for college has never been easy, but those aware of financial aid opportunities available at NIU...

When looking for a job, remember at least two things: working abroad is always a possibility and the NIU Career Planning and Placement Center has information to help. The career planning and placement program provides free information for students and...

The best-paying jobs for recent NIU graduates have come from the electrical engineering field. Yes, that's right, electrical engineering. NIU electrical engineering majors who graduated 1988-89 report they earn a median salary of $32,000 a year, representing...

NIU will raise the hourly minimum wage five cents to $3.80 for students when the federal minimum wage increases in April, 1990. "Traditionally, NIU has always followed the minimum wage laws," even though the government does not require it from state agencies,...

Prepaid rents and security deposits protect student tenants and landlords, according to DeKalb apartment managers. Sixth Ward Alderman Jamie Pennington proposed a landlord and tenant ordinance limiting the amount of prepaid rent to a month and a half....

Rockford area college officials welcome an NIU graduate studies extension. "We're looking forward to NIU being established in our community," said Rock Valley College President Karl Jacobs. "It'll be an evolutionary process of NIU fitting into Rockford's...

This letter is in response to a letter that appeared in the Jan. 29 edition of The Northern Star. The subject of the letter was, of course, abortion. I found a statement made by the author rather disturbing. Ms. Hoffner stated, "This result (conception)...is...