The Illinois Telephone Association will offer telephone connection service at a reduced cost to eligible needy persons, including students, next month. The "Link Up Illinois" program is part of a nationwide effort called "Link Up America". It was mandated...

OK, you teach at NIU and know a wonderful student and a mere pat on the back will not suffice to tell him what a great person he is. What do you do? Nominate him for the Student Leader of the Month Award. The University Programming and Activities office...

A change in federally-backed Series EE savings bonds now makes buying them tax-free if redeemed by parents for an offspring's college tuition. In the past, a purchaser had to pay a federal tax on any bond redeemed, including Series EE. However, starting...

Growing up in a Hickville neighborhood where a girl was about as common as the bubonic plague, baseball was king. We had our own version of the minor leagues and classifications of rookies and veteran players. And, of course, we each assumed actual players'...

The Student Association Mass Transit Board developed a plan Monday to save $8,500 by combining two bus routes, but failed to pass the proposal. The proposal to combine routes 7 and 9 failed to muster the two-thirds vote necessary because four of the 12...

Now that the weather is getting cold, DeKalb must face a problem which was once confined to the big cities—homelessness. The PADS (Public Action to Deliver Shelter) organization, has accepted the challenge of caring for the homeless of the DeKalb area...

An NIU student died Tuesday when the plane he was flying crashed into a field one and one-half miles southeast of Mt. Morris, Ill. Michael W. Tubbs, 18, 521 Stevenson South, was pronounced dead at the scene after the Cessna 172 single engine aircraft...

Definitions of vicious and dangerous dogs and animal control issues were discussed at a special meeting of the DeKalb City Council Monday. A vicious dog is defined by the State Animal Control Act as a dog that bites or attacks a person or another animal...

The Illinois Pilots Association has made available a $500 scholarship to a current college student who resides in Illinois. Applicants must have an aviation-related major and be a full-time student. The scholarship is for one year, but recipients may...

NIU's Student Committee on Financial Aid wants to create a Financial Aid Advisory Board that would be activated by next semester. The board would "overlook any budget needs" and provide input in the area of staffing and policies within the Financial Aid...

Differential rates for basic cable television service in DeKalb were unanimously prohibited Monday by the DeKalb City Council, though one major cable franchise said the move contradicts the 1984 Cable Communication Act. The action stems from Warner Cable...

The 13-member search committee for NIU vice president for student affairs will meet for the second time Friday to discuss specific screening criteria qualified applicants should possess. Curt Behrens, committee co-chairman and NIU management professor,...