Students interested in improving the quality of NIU academics can apply for the position of Student Association Academic Affairs Adviser, as the previous adviser resigned at the end of last semester. SA President Paula Radtke said a lack of funds kept...

Only about one in 18 United States adults are scientifically literate enough to know how nuclear power, acid rain or health would affect them as consumers and citizens, a recent survey stated. The survey, conducted by the NIU Public Opinion Laboratory,...

Students visiting Founders Memorial Library this semester will notice that the escalators continue to await repairs. A three-phase plan outlining a complete restoration of the escalators estimates the overall cost at $242,500 to restore the operation...

The Organization of Latin American Students is a group designated to "creating an atmosphere where incoming Latino freshmen and transfer students can adjust to a college campus environment," said OLAS President Angel Rodriguez. Rodriguez said the organization...

NIU President John LaTourette's Fee Study Committee reviewed a proposal for a student fee increase for fiscal year 1990 to help fund a Revenue Bond Fee. The Revenue Bond Fee Committee requested a fee of $68.04 per semester from full-time students to help...

NIU is one step closer to seeing a security phone system installed on campus after the Student Association's referendum passed by 64 percent Tuesday. The phone system would cost each student a maximum of $3.24, and students would see the one-time fee...

The DeKalb City Council said Monday it would encourage development of a local shopping mall and expressed disapproval that DeKalb County Board members voted against selling land to Wilmorite, Inc. for an enclosed shopping center. DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow...

A report presented at the Student Association Mass Transit Board meeting Monday stated that the number of passengers riding Huskie buses decreased by about 220,000 last semester. A report prepared by Graduate Assistant Robin Purdy-Lee states that 1,421,818...

The world and its inhabitants never cease to amaze me. Now this fact is not necessarily a bad thing, because it is part of the spice that keeps life flavorful. But sometimes, no matter how hard you try, there is just no getting through to people. Life...

A final decision for the renovation of the Holmes Student Center tower is expected to be made this week at the Board of Regents meeting in Springfield. NIU has received bids for the renovation of the student center, which were discussed last December...

Designs are being developed for an addition to Faraday Hall which is expected to cost almost $950,000, said Eddie Williams, NIU vice president of finance and planning. Richard Preston, physics department chairman, said the Faraday facilities are "inadequate"...

The Student Association Supreme Court will hold a hearing Thursday regarding a petition that challenges the constitutionality of the current SA senate voting districts. The petition, filed by SA senate candidate Andy Shankman, states that the redistricting...