NIU students might have the opportunity to register for courses to be applied to a Peace Studies minor as early as the spring of 1989. Wesley Foundation Director Dave Schmidt said he hopes several existing NIU courses will be available to students for...

Information regarding a possible Illinois constitutional convention in 1990, which would challenge state legislation, is available in a special issue of NIU's Law Review. Eleven essays in the volume detail issues that could be considered at the 1990 state...

The President's Fee Study Committee might discuss today two proposals to raise the NIU student activity fee. The committee, however, will not make any final decisions today on changing the activity fee. According to one proposal, the activity fee would...

The Board of Regents' eminent domain lawsuit to obtain more land at NIU scheduled for Thursday was postponed to Dec. 1 and will be heard in the DeKalb County Courthouse. The Regents filed the lawsuit on NIU's behalf Oct. 14, 1987 to obtain property between...

Faculty Assembly members have sent a letter critical of Board of Regents Chancellor Roderick Groves' response to questions at a Sept. 28 meeting with the group. The faculty found Groves' answers to questions they asked him insufficient on topics such...

The 24,255 students enrolled at NIU this semester represent a decrease of 1,200 students from the fall of 1987, according to a report by Board of Regents Chancellor Roderick Groves. This semester's figure also marks a decrease of 425 students from the...

Charges of resisting a peace officer for about 75 NIU students involved in the April 13 Day of Action II sit-in at Lincoln Highway have been dismissed. In a letter to the students' attorneys and the state's attorneys, Associate Judge Douglas Engel stated...

An extra $2 million will be added to NIU's budget from the $125 mid-year tuition surcharge students must pay this spring. NIU's fiscal year 1989 internal operating budget will total $178 million after the additional revenue is added. During an Oct. 20...

A jury trial for Michael Fitzgerald, NI Towing owner who is charged with unlawful towing practices, has been postponed to Nov. 2 because witnesses for the city of DeKalb were unavailable. Fitzgerald pleaded not guilty to six charges brought against him...

Complaints of no-smoking violations has prompted the installation of fans in Altgeld Hall to create a smoking area. Shey Lowman, NIU publications associate director, said there has been a problem with violators of the policy in Altgeld because it was...

Recent work by Chicago painter Susan Bloch will continue to be on display this weekend through Nov. 12 in the X/S Space at the NIU Art Gallary, 212 W. Superior St., in Chicago. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Bloch's...

It is not NIU's job to prevent credit card companies from advertising in unauthorized areas said University Legal Counsel George Shur. "There are certain places on campus where we allow commercial activities to occur," Shur said. Unauthorized posters...