One in five junior and senior high school students attending NIU academic summer camps later enroll at NIU as college students, with one in two majoring in the same area they studied at camp, a recent College of Continuing Education report states. NIU...

The Student Association Mass Transit Board took an action Monday night that just might save someone's life. The committee approved committee member Matt Kouzes' motion to add a bus stop on the Weekend 3 Route in front of the Lincoln Residence Hall to...

The opponents in the upcoming state's attorney election are preparing for their Oct. 6 debate, with the areas of qualifications and effectiveness as the candidates' focal points. The debate for the candidates will take place in room 186 of Swen Parson...

Only two weeks after taking the Student Association's oath of office, senators are already taking bold steps forward to bring "credibility" to the NIU students. Senator Gary Stittgen followed up on his Sept. 25 motion to disband the Student Committee...

As of Monday, NIU resident students and graduate assistants are receiving some relief from the university's cramped parking situation with about 209 new orange and green sticker coded parking spaces. Lynn Fraser, NIU campus parking division manager, said...

The Illinois Board of Higher Education will discuss information today concerning fiscal year 1988 salaries in Illinois colleges and universities, and the planning and budget issues for FY90. The board, which meets at 9 a.m. at Lewis and Clark Community...

State Comptroller Roland W. Burris recently announced his three local government advisory boards will hold a series of public meetings in October to discuss the issue of local government funding in Illinois. The County, Municipal and Local Government...

You can smell it in the air. Basketball season is almost upon us. And the men's and women's 1988-89 basketball teams will get together Friday, Oct. 14 for the first time this season for "Midnight Madness," a sneak preview of the upcoming season. Saturday,...

NIU Provost Kendall Baker will address faculty questions concerning administrative handling of the "REG" stamp grades at Wednesday's meeting of the University Council Faculty Assembly. UC Executive Secretary Judy Bischoff said Baker also will discuss...

At their Sept. 15 meeting, the Board of Regents approved a $10 million proposed budget for NIU Program Improvements and Expansions for fiscal year 1990. The Board of Regents Chancellor's Report states that $1 million of the total $10,051,700 recommendation...

DeKalb Circuit Court Judge Douglas Engel will decide in two weeks whether or not a charge of resisting a peace officer should be dropped for about 75 NIU students who were involved in a Day of Action II sit-in on Lincoln Highway April 13. At a hearing...

Five fraternities on campus will be liable for parties serving alcohol since their respective national chapters implemented a risk management policy this summer. NIU fraternities that must follow the new policy are Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma Pi, Sigma Nu,...