Third-year law student Ed Gil is ready to utilize his experience to perform the duties of Student Association Supreme Court Chief Justice. Gil was appointed last semester by SA president Huda Scheidelman. Gil said Scheidelman selected three people to...

The implementation of the security phone system proposed in March of 1988 and delayed because of red tape has still not won support from a key group. Morenike Cheatom, Student Association welfare adivser, said the process is a "slow, bureacratic thing."...

Recently I heard that the homeless are now hitting the airports, but I found a few problems with this rumor. This past weekend I went to O'hare Airport to meet my sister who had flown in from Boston. Since it is the nature of all airlines to be five hours...

It's showtime for the NIU Field Hockey team tonight at 6 p.m. against St. Louis University—a key game for the Huskies. After tonight the Huskies play Northeastern University on Saturday (1 p.m.), an NCAA Final Four team from a year ago. They battle...

Darrell Newell, chair of NIU's electrical engineering department, has been cited for developmental work in his field by an international engineering organization. Newell was recently awarded the W.G. Cady award by the sonics and ultrasonics group of the...

NIU might penalize students with incomplete immunization records by barring their spring semester registration. In accordance with a state law that took effect July 1, NIU students must submit their immunization records for tetanus/diptheria, measles,...

The definition of an abyss is a bottomless gulf or chasm in the earth - one that is too deep for measurement. The creators of the movie "The Abyss" sure dug their own bottomless hole when they tried to combine a thousand different elements into one story....

Controversy has surrounded the Board of Regents' chancellor's position since its creation in 1984, when William Monat was named for the job. Previously, the board was headed by an executive director, Franklin Matsler, who served for 16 years in the board's...

The nights of September 8 and 9 will be hopping at the O'Connell Theatre as the Northern Illinois Stage Company production of "Noises Off" returns for two encore performances. The original play was written by Michael Frayn in the early 1980's, was first...

Susan is an NIU sophomore and has no idea what she wants to do with the rest of her life. She filled in "pre-business" on all documents, but now finds herself dangerously close to failing her tool courses. She glumly estimates she will graduate a year...

The Student Association does not have enough names on their election ballot to fill the available seats. Only 35 people turned in petitions for the 45-seat senate by Wednesday's 4:30 p.m. deadline. Candidates had to collect 200 in-district student signatures...

Retail licenses will be revoked if taverns do not obey the recently signed legislation prohibiting happy hours in Illinois. "The governor's action recognizes that happy hours and other drink promotions encourage people to drink too much alcohol, too fast,...