Illinois taxpayers might receive state income tax refunds more quickly as a result of legislation signed into law earlier this month by Gov. James Thompson. "The issue originally came about as a result of the slow payment of refunds in 1987," said Jennifer...

Jon Dalton, NIU vice president for student affairs, and two student leaders relied on wheelchairs instead of their feet yesterday, but two disabled students point out simulations alone will not bring about changes. Sue Haas, a physically disabled student...

Convicted murderer Jessie Donald Sumner, 51, who escaped from the Pontiac Correctional Center and was captured Monday night north of Sycamore, was returned to Kendall County late last night. Sumner's last of four hostages, department of correction employee...

The recently released Campus Master Plan recommends renovations of the Martin Luther King Memorial Commons and construction of pedestrian walkways to improve the safety and beauty of NIU's campus. Eddie Williams, NIU vice president for finance and planning,...

Robert Morley, the man accused of harassing NIU Judicial Office Director Larry Bolles by telephone last spring, was found guilty and was sentenced Tuesday to the maximum penalty of six months conditional discharge and 40 hours of community service. Morley,...

Students with full Illinois State Scholarship Commission Monetary Award Program scholarships will not be required to pay the $125 tuition surcharge for the spring 1989 semester. The Board of Regents Chancellor's report stated that the increase would be...

All too often at this university, administrators and student leaders alike spend more time talking about and calling attention to problems than they do trying to solve them. Such is the case with Unity in Diversity Week's physical awareness day. Yesterday,...

Once again the university's "parking problem" has become a scape goat for people too lazy to get out and walk. Now the complaint has turned from not enough parking to parking that is too far from campus. The approval of a proposal made to the Student...

NIU's Office of Resources for Women will begin a special discussion group next month and a late night open house program for older female students. A conversation group for women whose lives are changing will begin Oct. 4. Weekly meetings of "Turning...

The estimated amount of $2 million that NIU was expected to receive in additional funding from the 1989 spring semester tuition surcharge must be reduced by a total of $550,000 to offset the cost of previous commitments. Payment of the $125 surcharge...

Several on-campus student employers have noted a substantial decrease in the number of students taking jobs, starting with a large drop last fall. Robert Frederickson, director of NIU Food Services, said that although student food service employment is...

DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow denounced 7th Ward Alderman Mark Powell Monday and refused to meet with the councilman. The council denied support for Powell's request that the mayor hold monthly meetings with aldermen. "As of eight weeks ago, I told him (Powell)...