This fall, the Student Association is back with recharged energies and fresh ideas. Our packed agenda will improve our campus environment and the spending of students' dollars. I would like to expose you to much of this agenda and allow you the opportunity...

If you are a new student, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to NIU. If you are a returning student, I extend a warm welcome back to you. Although my remarks are especially addressed to our new students, the remarks will serve as a reminder for...

A warm greeting for the new year to all residence hall residents and a special welcome to new students. I am utilizing this occasion provided by The Northern Star to highlight some of the many opportunities available to you to be involved, grow and enjoy...

A warm wind is blowing over the strange land of Iran. Where once a frigid attitude permeated the power seats of the country, it now seems there may be some slight reason for hope. Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani has taken the reigns in war-torn Iran...

Ashley Sweda, new trip coordinator for NIU's Office of Campus Recreation, plans to establish multi-dimensional programming that is attractive to all types of people. Sweda said he intends to look at the needs of different subgroups of people and plan...

The country's waste disposal problem is growing worse every year, and as America's dumps continue to fill, the nation is faced with the inevitable question of what to do with its waste. Many believe the solution is recycling. In an attempt to meet this...

As acting vice president for student affairs, Barbara Henley wants to "broaden the thinking" of the NIU community. As Henley steps into the position vacated this week by student affairs vice president Jon Dalton, she outlined four major areas on which...

As NIU students start thinking about moving back to campus for the fall semester, Jon Dalton is preparing for a much longer journey. The NIU vice president for student affairs will assume a similar position at Florida State University in Tallahassee on...

Like so many people, I find it increasingly difficult to study toward the end of a semester. I don't know why this is. Okay, I lied. I do know why it is. It's because I'm a fool. Well, maybe not a fool exactly... In fact, I've done some really weird things...

In an effort to beautify the downtown DeKalb area, the city has allocated up to $50,000 to be used in their storefront improvement program. The city is taking applications until Sept. 1 from commercial property owners who wish to improve the exterior...

After a national search, George Gutierrez, acting director of University Resources for Latinos at NIU since July, 1987, has been named to the position on a permanent basis. He said the recent appointment changes his job by means of assuring him he will...