The Student Association Mass Transit Board tonight might consider making a recommendation to raise the student busing fee. Transit board chairman Dave Emerick said if a fee increase is implemented, he would not approve an increase of more than $1. "If...

Drugs. Yes, peoples the government is cracking down on drugs. It's election time and the public is pissed about drug use, so the clowns in Washington are trying to do something. Yep, the big boys got a plan. But the bill they're working on looks to be...

"Preliminary findings" show a July pesticide spill at the DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport resulted from pilot error, and the owner of the airplane involved must assume the $9,635 cost, said DeKalb City Manager Mark Stevens. Stevens said in a press conference...

"Unity in Diversity" week, which runs through Oct. 1, is set aside to recognize the varying cultures and religions on campus with educational seminars and workshops. The phrase "Unity in Diversity" originated in a statement presented to NIU President...

An NIU program used in the 1970s to recruit minority workers slowly is being revived. The "learner/trainee" program, organized by Richard Flournory, NIU affirmative action officer for civil service staff, was cut significantly in about 1975 for budgetary...

Designed to keep quality faculty and attract new teachers to NIU, five professorships garnered by NIU's College of Business this semester will supplement the salaries of accountancy and marketing faculty, said Richard Brown, College of Business dean....

DeKalb city officials and NIU administrators are at odds concerning a fire protection contract supplied by the city, and city officials warn next year NIU will be asked to pay an increased amount for the services. The $237,848 price paid for fire protection...

Unification of the NIU black community is the main objective of newly-elected Black Student Union president, Tracy Deis. Deis, a sophomore English major, won the position in the BSU officers' elections Sept. 22. Other elected officers include Vice President...

NIU's vice presidents are trying to prevent racism at NIU with an action plan implemented last spring including affirmitive action and steps to confront racial incidents. "Over the past year and a half, a number of incidents have occurred across the country....

Student Association funds were used to pay for two missing megaphones used in last Spring's Day of Action. SA Treasurer Dianna Turowski decided the SA, which is supported by student fees, was liable for the disappearance of the megaphones valued at $290...

Charges by State Rep. John Countryman, R-DeKalb, that the Board of Regents sent the wrong message to legislators when they approved a tuition surcharge, should be taken seriously. Higher education officials have spent the last year screaming about the...

A variety of social and cultural programs are slated to kick off NIU's "Unity in Diversity" Week, which begins Sunday and runs through Oct. 1. "Inner Circle," a husband, wife, and sister-in-law gospel group, will perform Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in the Music...